"You know those people who always radiate cheerful optimism? Nauseating, aren't they? I want to become one of those. I want to find out how to live life completely, abundantly, joyfully, stupidly. This is my quest. Enlightenment."
So proclaims Isabel Losada, Starbucks addict, exercise allergic and self-confessed skeptic as she sets out on the road to enlightenment. Beginning with an Insight seminar where a hundred people with name badges discuss their "inner beauty", Isabel journeys through a greulling course of "Rolfing", nude Goddess workshops, a weekend of Tantric Sex ("Yes! Yes! Yes!") and a Reincarnation session, not to mention a spot of colonic irrigation.
Irreverent yet open-minded, funny and always honest, 'The Battersea Park Road To Enlightenment' is also moving and ultimately illuminating. For anyone who has ever been tempted to dip a toe in the waters of self-discovery, Isabel Losada plunges you straight in.
