{"product_id":"westelk","title":"Western Yoga: A Field Report on Desertion and Deliverance, by Emily Lord-Kambitsch","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 48 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn edgy mix of soulfulness and satire, \u003cem\u003eWestern Yoga: A Field Report on Desertion and Deliverance\u003c\/em\u003e exemplifies the devotional, sad, petty, ecstatic, therapeutic, erotic, and spiritually ambiguous dimensions of a contemporary Western yoga practice.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis work is a poetic memoir of the author’s experience undertaking a yoga teacher training in her California hometown during a period of unemployment following completion of a UK graduate degree. The poems document subsequent awkward attempts to integrate the teachings of said yoga training and other (mis)adventures in California yoga settings back into life in the UK, characterized by a dissolving marriage, waning job prospects, and a sense of purposelessness. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe poems resound with the struggles of learning and unlearning, as applications of ancient Indian spiritual teachings collide with ethical dilemmas, abuses of power, and desire for belonging, in settings from the beachside yoga studio to the ivory tower. The book comes with a glossary of (mostly Sanskrit) terms to invite readers of various levels of familiarity with yoga philosophy and practice to engage with the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEmily Lord-Kambitsch is a poet-storyteller, mythologist, and yogi. Her poetry and short fiction is published in T\u003cem\u003ehe Dawntreader\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBurn Before Reading\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eEspacio Fronterizo • Espace Frontière • Borderland\u003c\/em\u003e. She teaches courses in Greco-Roman myth, ritual studies, memoir and autobiography, dissertation writing, and theoretical approaches to comparative mythology in the Mythological Studies Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emily Lord-Kambitsch","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":44548200857915,"sku":"WESTELK","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":44548200890683,"sku":"WESTELKe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/products\/yogafront.png?v=1679258249","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/westelk","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}