Anne Cushman

Anne Cushman (born c. 1964) is an American teacher of yoga as exercise and meditation, a writer on Mindful Yoga, and a novelist. Her novel ''Enlightenment for Idiots'' was named by Booklist as one of the top ten novels of 2008. Cushman has also been an editor for ''Yoga Journal'' and ''Tricycle: The Buddhist Review''. She directs mentoring programs and multi-year meditation training for yoga teachers at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center, emphasizing the fusion of yoga and Buddhist meditation and highlighting their shared history and philosophy. Provided by Wikipedia