Yoga of the Impossible by Diane Frank

Yoga of the Impossible Reviews

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  Leila Fortier

  I fell in love with Diane Frank’s work when I discovered her novel, Blackberries in the Dream House. Waiting for the release of her next great work was a seemingly unbearable anticipation. Yoga of the Impossible did not disappoint my elated expectation. Diane Frank has a way of weaving poetry seamlessly through the thin veil that exists between dreams and reality. All experience merges into one euphoria from the simple to the exalted. Yoga of the Impossible is a vortex of all that is sacred and arcane, seemingly unlocked for the reader’s pleasure. I have never met another author who can write an entire novel that reads like a continuous poem. Her language is the pulse of poetry that resonates into song. Yoga of the Impossible is a most exceptional encounter of divine self-discovery in literature.
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  Roxy Blue

  Yoga of the Impossible is an enthralling, heartrending saga that spans through decades to give the reader a full taste of what life can be like when one chases magic. Wafting between poetry and plot, dream-state and waking reality, it is both an entertaining romantic journey and a spiritually astute commentary on existence. It made me smile and cry.
  
  I recommend Yoga to anyone who's looking for true beauty and meaning when they open a book.
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  Rustin Larson

  Yoga of the Impossible, by Diane Frank (1st World, 2014)
  Review by Rustin Larson
   
  One cold October morning some years ago, I waited for Diane Frank’s car to round the corner.  The sky was pale and rosy as it was still early and we had a two-hour trek to Des Moines where we would spend the day as critics at the Iowa Poetry Association’s Fall workshop.
   
  I could tell Diane thrived on these events.  She dressed as if she were going to a dance, and she was chatty and animated as we drove along, the early morning sunlight crackling over rows of corn stubble in the harvested fields.
   
  Among other things, Diane chatted about her love of contra dancing, about romantic intrigue and the convoluted courtship rituals of single people in our small town.  It was an interesting tale, told in lively declarative sentences with little ornamentation. It was entertaining and it lifted a veil from the lives I had encountered at the cafes, the whole food stores, and the offices.
   
  Reading Yoga of the Impossible is, for me, a return to the experience of that clear voice.  Diane has translated herself into the character Katarina, a woman with a past of deep mystical experiences that help define not only her inner life, but also her path as an evolving spirit, and as a woman in search of the fulfillment of an earthly love.
   
  Does she find it?  That would be telling too much.  But I can say the journey is well worth traveling, and it entertains with dreams, visions, humor and, yes, lots of romance.
   
  My opinion?  I think this is the best thing Diane Frank has written.  It stimulates the senses like nothing else, and it leads you clearly and keeps you with the protagonist like a close friend.  Could be a movie?  Hell, yes!—at least I would like it to see it—it has music, dance, humor, and a suspense-filled love story.  Think of Nora Ephron gone new age.  The payoff at the end will warm you, make you cheer, and leave you cheering for more!
  
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  skye mccloud

  Diane Frank is pure majk...what i thought was a mediocre beginning never quite sure if it was ever going to go anywhere...well it blossomed & bore majkl fruit in the end.
  She is So majkl...
  Sent me back to reread Blackberries in the Dreamhouse