Traces the author's journey through the world of competitive yoga, documenting his fantastical encounters with athletic prodigies, celebrities and hucksters while visiting studios throughout the country and while competing at the elite National Yoga Asana Championship.

Prologue.Bombproof? -- Part I. It never gets any easier (if you are doing it right) -- Part II. The living curriculum -- Part III. Not dead yet! -- Part IV. Like kool-aid for water -- Part V. Sickness of the infinitude -- Part VI. All lies are aspirational -- Part VII. Finding balance.