Anne Cushman directs the Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation Training at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California where she teaches regular classes and retreats. She is the author of the novel Enlightenment for Idiots-named by Booklist as one of the top ten first novels of its year-and the India travel book From Here to Nirvana, and her writings on spiritual practice in everyday life have been published in venues ranging from the New York Times and O: The Oprah Magazine to Yoga Journal and the Shambhala Sun. She teaches yoga as a support for and expression of embodied presence--inviting her students to relax and enliven their bodies, open their hearts, and unwind the physical and energetic obstacles that prevent them from touching their true nature. For more information go to www.annecushman.com