Lighting the Lamp of Wisdom: A Week Inside a Yoga Ashram | 
pickDid you ever wonder what it was like living in an ashram? The author stays at Sivananda retreats in the NY Catskills, South India and the Bahamas. A first person POV on what you eat, study and do every day when you join. It's more matter of fact vs. mystical namaste and om's.
SusanInTiburon Sounds like it would be useful in preparing for a first retreat. 8y