Author Talk with Jennifer Lang

November 13, 2024, 7:45 pm

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Join us once more for another riveting book talk with host Caren Osten Gerszberg and author Jennifer Lang on her latest book, Landed: A Yogi’s Memoir in Pieces & Poses.

About Landed: A yogi’s memoir in pieces & poses

American-born Jennifer traces her nonlinear journey—both on and off the yoga mat—reckoning with her adopted country (Israel), midlife hormones (merciless), cross-cultural marriage (to a Frenchman) and their imminent empty nest (a mixed blessing), eventually realizing the words her yoga teachers had been offering for the past twenty-three years: root down into the ground and stay true to yourself. Finally, she understands that home is about who you are, not where you live. Written in experimental chapterettes, Landed: A yogi’s memoir in pieces & poses spans seven years (and then some), each punctuated with chakra wisdom from nationally-acclaimed Rodney Yee, her first teacher.

About the author:

Jennifer Lang is a San Francisco Bay Area transplant in Tel Aviv. In September 2023, she celebrated her first book, Places We Left Behind: a memoir-in-miniature; in October 2024, she welcomes Landed: A yogi’s memoir in pieces & poses into a different world. Both books are unconventional, very Jewish, Israel-centric, and true. Her writing focuses on identity, voice, faith, belonging, and home. A graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts, Jennifer has been teaching yoga for over two decades and served as an Assistant Editor at Brevity Journal for several years. You can read more at www.israelwriterstudio.com and find Jennifer on Facebook and Instagram @JenLangWrites.