Head over Heels

"The five friends from TALES FROM THE YOGA STUDIO are back on their mats. It's a year after the end of that book, and a lot has changed. Lee is coping with the demise of her marriage, the expansion of Edendale Yoga, and trying to figure out why David Todd, incredibly elusive (and attractive) teacher, is not returning her calls. When Lee's new manager signs her up for a teaching stint at Flow and Glow, a yoga and music festival deep in the California mountains, she hesitates. The world of celebrity yoga teachers and expensive yoga fashion is not exactly her scene. But can she afford to turn down the chance at becoming a "star," especially when she learns that Kyra Monroe, her longtime rival, will be in attendance? It would be more tolerable if her friends could join her, but commitment-phobic Katherine is dealing with her boyfriend's desire to move in together, Imani is deep into the difficult shoot of the film Stephanie has written, and Graciela is in New York, trying her best to fend off the advances of an internationally famous baseball player. Rain Mitchell explores the burgeoning world of commercialized yoga, celebrity teachers, and Woodstock-like yoga gatherings with the same warmth, humor, and insider insight that made the Tales so special"--

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.