{"product_id":"9780312672904","title":"Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuthor Benjamin Lorr wandered into a yoga studio and fell down a rabbit hole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHell-Bent \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the fascinating, often surreal world of Bikram Yoga, a style taught to millions by a very living guru, Bikram Choudhury. Bikram Yoga is distinguished by the extreme heat it is practiced in (105 - 120 degrees), an overt focus on pain, and the materialism of its founder. It is also distinguished by impressive results—elite athletes swear by it, body-conscious supermodels swoon for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLorr walked into his first yoga studio on a whim, overweight and curious, and quickly found the yoga reinventing his life. He had slimmed down and toned up, when a run-in with a competitive yoga champion convinced him to take his practice to the next level: to train for the national championship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins a journey populated by athletic prodigies, wide-eyed celebrities, medical miracles, and predatory hucksters. It's a nation-spanning trip—from the jam-packed studios of New York to the championship stage in Los Angeles, where Lorr competes for glory. Along the way, \u003ci\u003eHell-Bent\u003c\/i\u003e explores the health claims behind yoga, the neurology of pain, the latest in therapeutic rehab, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe culmination of two years of research, featuring hundreds of interviews with yogis, scientists, doctors, and scholars, \u003ci\u003eHell-bent \u003c\/i\u003ewill change not only the way you think about yoga, but how you view the fragile, inspirational limits of the human body.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007786008816,"sku":"9780312672904","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780312672904_p0.jpg?v=1763761586","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780312672904","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}