Stretch The Unlikely Making of a Yoga Dude

In this humorous and self-deprecating memoir, satirist Neal Pollack chronicles his unexpected journey from a cynical, out-of-shape writer with chronic back pain to a dedicated yoga practitioner. At age thirty-five, Pollack finds himself overweight and aging prematurely until he reluctantly tries a yoga class. What follows is a multi-year odyssey through the diverse and often eccentric landscape of American yoga, from sweat-soaked Bikram studios to high-end spiritual retreats. Pollack navigates the commercialism, the spandex, and the 'om-ing' with his signature wit, ultimately discovering that beneath the absurdity of the subculture lies a practice that offers genuine physical healing and mental clarity.

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