In the candid and inspiring memoir, Dancing in the Bamboo Forest, yoga teacher Djahariah Mitra takes the reader on an adventurous journey through South Indian temples, ashrams, beaches, and night clubs. She explores vast cultural differences, obstacles to traveling as a woman alone, and her own internal journey to self-acceptance. Mitra exposes the loneliness of travel while at the same time encountering fascinating people who bring friendship, eye opening revelations, and a love that rocks her heart. She analyzes her experiences from emotionally crushing obstacles to the easy openness of strangers through the perspective of yogic philosophy.....