{"product_id":"9781250042781","title":"Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Tra","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\u003ci\u003eHell-Bent\u003c\/i\u003e explores a fascinating, often surreal world at the extremes of American yoga. Benjamin Lorr walked into his first yoga studio on a whim, overweight and curious, and quickly found the yoga reinventing his life. He was studying Bikram Yoga (or \"hot yoga\") when a run-in with a master and competitive yoga champion led him into an obsessive subculture—a group of yogis for whom eight hours of practice a day in 110- degree heat was just the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins a journey. Populated by athletic prodigies, wide-eyed celebrities, legitimate medical miracles, and predatory hucksters, it's a nation-spanning trip—from the jam-packed studios of New York to the athletic performance labs of the University of Oregon to the stage at the National Yoga Asana Championship, where Lorr competes for glory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe culmination of two years of research, and featuring hundreds of interviews with yogis, scientists, doctors, and scholars, \u003ci\u003eHell-Bent\u003c\/i\u003e is a wild exploration. A look at the science behind a controversial practice, a story of greed, narcissism, and corruption, and a mind-bending tale of personal transformation, it is a book that will not only challenge your conception of yoga, but will change the way you view the fragile, inspirational limits of the human body itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48299901747440,"sku":"9781250042781","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250042781_p1.jpg?v=1772577253","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250042781","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}