Sally Heppleston
January 7, 2010
AT AGE 29, ex-nanny and yoga lover Amanda is in a rut.
Amanda is an unlucky-in-love yoga teacher who writes "For Idiots" travel guides to make a living.
Fed up with her photographer boyfriend who refuses to settle down, she embarks on a journey to India, the birthplace of yoga, to research spiritual enlightenment.
She is hoping her travels will turn her into the serene and centred woman she's always wanted to be.
After finally setting foot in India, Amanda suddenly realises enlightenment isn't exactly what she thought it was. In fact, most of India is nothing like she'd pictured.
She travels from yoga centres to ashrams to Buddhist temples on a quest for true awakening, but her illusions fade with each new and strange yoga teacher she meets.
Throughout her travels through India, Amanda is forced to look deep within herself for the answers she has been seeking from yogic masters.
Author Anne Cushman is a contributing editor to a yoga journal and she co-directs a meditation training program.
Enlightenment for Beginners is her first novel.
This witty, sassy and at times hilarious novel will appeal to female readers who find great escapism in "chick flicks" and television shows, such as Sex and the City
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