Yoga Mama's Buddha Sandals: Mayans, Zapatistas, and Silly Little White Girls - Couverture souple

A gritty, grimy adventure memoir about friendship and crumbling walls. On her own at the age of 16, she's survived homelessness, poverty, and predators who look for young women in those situations. She thinks she's ready for anything. Until she finds herself alone, in the Lacandona jungle of Chiapas, with no pesos, no ability to speak Spanish, in the middle of a longstanding revolution, and suddenly forced to trust people she'd been told all her life she couldn't. Walk in Donna Stewart's Yoga Mama Buddha Sandals, and you'll stumble upon Mayan ruins, Zapatistas and really big spiders. You'll come face to face with history and legend, kidnappers and temptation, friendship and heroism. You will cringe at her mistakes, but cheer her bravery. And you'll probably chuckle more than once. Adventure, humor, history and a little transformation. This is a walk worth taking. "An enlightening journey of character and heart." Terry Bacon, author of Winning Behavior. "Ms. Stewart writes with passion and the eyes-wide wonder of a child experiencing the world for the first time." Billy Wilson, Musician, Master of Reality "Stewart is a terrific story teller and writes with beautiful authenticity." Kate Siber, Outside Magazine "Like all good travel writing, the inner journey is as important as the external one, and Ms. Stewart doesn't hold back!" Terry Hobbs, author of Healed.

The ruins of the ancient Maya draw many adventurers into the jungles of Mexico. Once there, they usually find adventures aren't hard to come by. Donna Stewart has been on her own since the age of 16. She's faced down poverty, stereotypes, thugs and crazy ex-boyfriends. She thinks she's ready for anything. But when she finds herself in the remote jungles of Chiapas, with no pesos, no understanding of the language, and no awareness that she's in the middle of a long-standing political revolution, it doesn't take long for her to learn more about herself, and the world, than one, silly little white girl could have ever imagined. Walk in Donna Stewart's Yoga Mama Buddha Sandals,and you'll stumble upon Mayan ruins, Zapatistas and really big spiders. You'll come face to face with history and legend, kidnappers and temptation. You will cringe at her mistakes, but cheer her bravery; You will be stunned by the courageousness of kind strangers. And you'll probably chuckle more than once.