Bad Yogi: A Guidebook for the Rest of Us

Here's the bad news: All the juicing, meditating, vegetarianism, chanting and asana practice won't get you to heaven. The good news? Your desires, your selfishness, your narcissism, neuroses and negative thoughts will. Western yoga practitioners have been sold a bill of goods - a Puritan-flavored yoga philosophy that is all too often stripped of its Indian mythological context of raging gods, holy demons and sacred whores. Bad Yogi is the guidebook through this rich landscape, a place where we can discover that far from hindering us on the path, our "bad" habits are our greatest offerings to God. If you're looking for the advanced practices of yoga, this is the book for you.