Where in the Om Am I?

This was a wonderful read. I enjoyed the sneak peek into the author's life.Watching her transform from her corporate personality into a yoga teacher was amazing.

This is memoir of one woman’s journey from the corporate world to the world of yoga. Kudos to Sara DiVello for being able to write her anxieties so well that I could actually feel myself stressing with her for much of the book. I wanted so many times to tell her to quit worrying about what other people thought all the time, which means she did a good job of telling her story.I would like to say the corporate world isn’t as bad as she painted it, but neither is the yoga world as bad as she painted it. We’re all just humans with our own foibles. Still, she did a good job telling her story. And, after all, it was her view, not mine. Plus, I think she finally got to the point that she realized we’re all just doing the best we can.She successfully took me on the trail with her until she finally got to the point where she wanted to be. I could actually feel her lightening up as the book progressed. (I must say that her husband has to come near sainthood, if he is the way she describes him. And if he’s not, lucky for both of them that she’s sees him that way.)The book is not a page turner. It is a good telling of one woman’s journey into yoga. I think you’ll enjoy it.

Being a yoga lover and having written a novel that spoofs big business, this memoir seemed to be right up my alley. Sara, a recent college graduate with eyes wide open and big dreams, lands what she believes to be a great opportunity in a financial services company. She puts her nose to the grindstone hoping to make an impression, which is not easy with all that's going on around her.Enthusiasm for a great job quickly wanes when Sara's co-workers begin to show their true selves. Her boss Vicky can't separate her personal life from her work life. A business trip with Vicky turns into a drunkfest with Sara playing nursemaid to Vicky's monster hangover. A salesman, who Sara has nicknamed, The Meat, freely shares tales of his sexual conquests in the office. No one seems to notice that Sara is left to do the work the rest of them have simply neglected. Let's just say, I can relate.At the urging of her new husband, Nunally, Sara follows her dream of becoming a yoga instructor. She juggles intensive classroom training while continuing to put up with the office antics. It's a struggle since the other yoga students are as equally obnoxious as those she desperately wants to leave behind in the office.Where The Om Am I? is funny and I mean laugh out loud funny. The people in the office are real characters. In fact I think I know a few of them! The yoga students are mean and spiteful and I was pulling for Sara to rise above them. If you are looking for a light, funny summer read, I think you will enjoy, Where The Om Am I?

I didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did. I don't practice yoga; I'm a runner, through and through. Yet DiVello writes with such wit, and warmth, that it was impossible to put down. I read this from cover to cover on a red-eye from Anchorage to Philadelphia last month. And I could totally relate. DiVello, stuck in a high-paying corporate job with a cast of zany co-workers (and totally realistic, to anyone who has every worked a corporate job), enrolls in a yoga instructor class, where she meets a cast of zany yogi-wannabes that are hilarious in their very New-Agey devotion. Yet what makes Where in the Om AM I is the honesty that DiVello brings to the pages, and the way she never shies away from revealing her own vulnerabilities, even if it doesn't cast her in the best light (or, in keeping with the yoga theme, should I say best position?). "What in the hell was I thinking? Who did I think I was? What made me think I was entitled to ask--to even dark think of greedily asking for more?" she writes, at one point, and later, "Because ultimately it's easier, and far more comfortable, to continue doing what you've always done, instead of asking the harder questions that can lead to the scarier choices, like what might be possible if you let go of what you've always done?" Yes, yes and yes, I say, to both "DiVello and Where in the Om Am I? I recommend this to anyone looking for an honest and humorous memoir or searching for motivation for making major life changes.

I am currently in yoga teacher training (during a pandemic no less) became stuck in the chakras, freaking out over each one, think how am I ever going to do this all my chakras are wonky! 😁 During my chakra freak out (and the insecurity of being unable to do so many poses (yes lotus is one) I picked up this book. Thank you so much for telling your story. I have never understood catty women and there are many of them in yoga. Just look at the picture they post. Trying to play the most complicated, twisty pretzels in perfect clothes and makeup. Each trying to outdo the others. My class started with yoga philosophy and while I have a long way to go to understand everything, and let's face it that is a life time journey. I still feel like this gave us a rich background to remember when just trying to impress others . I still have so far to go and I needed to hear someone else out words to all the uncertainties and obstacles I put in my own way! Thank you, thank you,thank you! Namaste🙏🙏🙊 (my crazy monkey brain)

I picked this up because I'm currently undertaking a tai chi teaching course and I hoped I might gain some tips.I guess I have: don't run my classes like the workshops outlined in this book. I found it exceptionally difficult to read this , very frustrating to read. At times the author seems genuinely wronged, but sometimes it comes across as a pity party.For my money, while I can appreciate why some would enjoy this, I'm struggling past three quarters of the way through, only wanting to finish it out of principle and because I'm still hoping for some big turnaround. A couple of bits have made me smile, one or two have made me laugh, but my schadenfreude isn't at a level where I can enjoy stories like this, where someone gets unrelentingly screwed over for at least three quarters of it. About all I've taken from this is to be suspicious of training courses that on paper sound great but are run like a mcdojo.

Have only just read the first 9 chapters so far and wouldn't stop 'til I'm finished only I have to work and cook and so on, but Sara DiVello could be writing about ME, it's all so close to home and where I'm at right now. I just know the story's going to turn out brilliantly for her and I just hope I have the guts to get out there and do the same (well, similar - i love yoga and practice as often as I can but don't think i'll ever make it to teacher status!). Anyway it's a gem of a book and am loving every single line. I'm rooting for the author all the way!

Really enjoyed this book. I felt very connected to the way the author opens up to show us her inner self. At times I identified strongly with her struggles in the corporate world and in female bitchiness from personal experience and other times not so much, but regardless it made me want to unfurl my yoga mat!

Got it as a free book and was intrigued with yoga/training. Liked the authors honesty about trying to fit everything in a very short amount of free time and the difficulty in trying to get a work/life balance. Funny descriptions of fellow trainees and their characters - enjoyable read.

Downloaded this book as it was free and I wanted a new book to read when travelling to University. Wasn't expecting much but I absolutely loved it! Very entertaining and written in a style that many people could connect with. Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.