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Author Benjamin Lorr wandered into a yoga studio - and fell down a rabbit hole. Hell-Bent explores a fascinating, often surreal world at the extremes of American yoga. Benjamin Lorr walked into his first yoga studio on a whim, overweight and curious, and quickly found the yoga reinventing his life. He was studying Bikram Yoga (or "hot yoga") when a run-in with a master and competitive yoga champion led him into an obsessive subculture - a group of yogis for whom eight hours of practice a day in 110-degree heat was just the beginning. So begins a journey.

Hell-Bent explores a fascinating, often surreal world at the extremes of American yoga. Benjamin Lorr walked into his first yoga studio on a whim, overweight and curious, and quickly found the yoga reinventing his life. He was studying Bikram Yoga (or “hot yoga”) when a run-in with a master and competitive yoga champion led him into an obsessive subculture—a group of yogis for whom eight hours of practice a day in 110- degree heat was just the beginning.

I used to think food freedom would make me lose control. That resting meant falling behind. That I’d never feel confident in my body without obsessing over it. I was wrong—and this podcast is where I help you see that too. I’m Gena—fitness and nutrition coach, self-love advocate, and someone who’s been through it all—restriction, bingeing, body hate, and full eating disorder recovery. Now? I help high-achieving women heal their relationship with food, feel strong and sexy in their skin, and build the body and life they love—without obsession, food guilt, or punishment. Inside ...