{"product_id":"this-incredible-longing","title":"This Incredible Longing","description":"\u003cp\u003eA cross between Glennon Doyle's \u003cem\u003eLove Warrior\u003c\/em\u003e and the classic Yogananda Paramahansa's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAutobiography of a Yogi\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThis Incredible Longing: Finding My Self in a Near-Cult Experience\u003c\/em\u003e is a memoir about devotion, discernment, and the complicated beauty of spiritual seeking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlair Glaser thoughtfully stepped onto a path promising peace and purpose when she found Siddha Yoga, a movement led by a charismatic Indian guru and shaped by a community that would later be called a high-control group. What she found there wasn't exploitation: it was healing. Within the ashram's structure, she discovered confidence, calm, and belonging she'd never known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the guru returned to India, cracks began to show. Blair's depression resurfaced. Hypocrisies emerged. A looming exposé of the heinous truths about Gurumayi and her teacher, her parents' intervention, and a flicker of envy sparked by a \"Friends\" episode created a reckoning she could no longer ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Incredible Longing\u003c\/em\u003e is a story about the willingness to seek, and how looking for oneself by idealizing another human is simultaneously thrilling and dangerous. It is a story of awakening without bitterness that explores the fine line between transformation and entrapment, and the strength it takes to walk away with both eyes open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1956474749\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781956474749\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Glaser, Blair\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Heliotrope Books LLC\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Heliotrope Books LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Feb 2026)","offer_id":46099883393221,"sku":"9781956474749","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781956474749.jpg?v=1776646171","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/this-incredible-longing","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}