false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170599340m/62072.jpg 62072 2 Those familiar with yoga teacher Baron Baptiste know that he trains many high-profile celebrities and athletes. Yet his message is the antithesis of the American obsession with wealth and fame. For Baptiste, personal transformation is about facing the abyss of our internal emptiness and recognizing all the ways we seek to fill the void with money, status and material possessions. Ultimately, this program offers readers a kick-butt chance to get started on a steadier and more lasting, internal form of fulfillment. "In the end yoga is not a magic cure-all, but the way challenges our bodies moves our stuck energy, clears our mind, and inspires us to seek and live in truth can be a catalyst for amazing spiritual growth," he writes. "Ultimately the yoga program found in the book is about developing a soulful perspective to the question that I hear nearly every day in my classroom: 'How did I get into this state, and how can I get out?'" </p><p> Baptiste divides his program into a six-week system. Each week focuses on a theme for transformation. For instance, Week One starts with the theme of "Presence." Baptiste suggests readers start with a daily 20-minute yoga practice. (His asanas are all gentle, but the mechanics may be challenging for readers completely new to yoga, although the pictures and lengthy captions will help.) He also suggests a beginning "balancing diet" (based on Ayurveda principles), and thematic meditations, which include a list of "excavation questions." One could argue that this book is even better than going on a 40-day retreat at one of Baptiste's yoga centers. The program is designed to be integrated into your life as you live it. Readers do the yoga and prepare the food in their homes, and contemplate the principles for enlightenment within the routines of daily life. In this way it has the potential to be a lasting and well integrated transformation. --<I>Gail Hudson</I> 60326 5 10 2004 40 Days to Personal Revolution: A Breakthrough Program to Radically Change Your Body and Awaken the Sacred Within Your Soul total:51|5:17|4:19|3:14|2:1| 51 205 76 8 0 0 false false Thu Sep 17 20:57:40 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 21:07:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 20 15:43:10 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 15:51:39 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 23 13:38:34 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 13:39:08 -0800 2008 3 0 true true Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 17 22:05:55 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 22:08:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 19 15:57:58 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 18:18:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 18:32:57 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 18:34:19 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Aug 06 18:56:15 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 14:35:44 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 18:56:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 03 06:42:39 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 06:42:39 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 02 16:02:04 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 16:02:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 12 18:56:50 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 18:56:50 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 07 07:27:34 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 07:27:34 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 31 20:54:26 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 20:54:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 14 15:12:27 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 15:12:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 12 14:41:21 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 14:41:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jul 25 18:46:20 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 18:46:20 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jul 23 16:21:48 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 16:21:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 12 08:17:01 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 08:17:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 09 15:39:10 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 15:39:10 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jun 04 09:51:39 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 09:51:39 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 30 21:26:44 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 21:26:44 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=62072