40 Days to Personal Revolution: A Breakthrough Program to Radically Change Your Body and Awaken the Sacred Within Your Soul

A lifechanging book if you follow the wisdom and guidelines set forth by Baron Baptiste. An easy, entertaining read. Inspirational!

This book is very well written and I've not been able to put it down since I got it. I'm in the middle of my fourth week of the 40 day program and things have been unbelievably smooth. The practices have awesome flow from one to the next. The progressions are so natural. When I saw "40 days to transformation," I conjured up some grueling process, something I'd force myself to get through and then move on. But around the end of the first week I realized these 40 days are transforming my life. The physical changes have been powerful, I've dropped weight, stress and a lot of tension. The lessons I've learned about myself are permanent. They'll be with me always!

Baron has a knack for bringing yoga to the people in a way that seems real and authentic. This book presents a personal improvement program that goes beyond what we think of as "yoga". It's simple, straightfoward, and REAL. Set aside your expectations that a yoga program should involve a lot of esoteric Sanskrit and terminology and Hindu fables. Real yoga is about real life. 40 Days worked for me on every level - spiritually, physically, intellectually, nutritionally. Baron knows what he's doing, and he makes it so simple. Any leader who speaks real truth will have detractors, and Baron is no exception. But beyond the drama is a real authentic message that comes straight from the heart of 40 Days to Personal Revolution.

I have been practicing yoga at the Baptiste Studios for over 4 years. I used to be a gym hog and since discovering Baptiste, I have all but given up the gym. The book shows a person how to get into the yoga little by little. I think it would be frustrating not to be able to go to an actual studio with Baron and his teachers and this book offers something special to those people especially.It is difficult to explain what this yoga can do for you-it is so multi-faceted. Because I have the luxury of actually going to class, I don't really do the yoga on my own, but I can guarantee you that if you do what Baron says in this book, in terms of the postures, diet, etc, you really will change. And if you ever are in the greater Boston area, definitely check out one of the studios. There is one in Boston and one in Cambridge.Also, just to set the record straight, there were never any crazy happenings at the Cambridge studio as one reader has described. The Cambridge studio is the most peaceful, beautiful place I know. There is no place I feel better or safer. I think I know the class this reader is talking about where someone voluntarily left following a disagreement-it was a little strange, but I recall no handcuffs and no arrests. Maybe I missed something but yeah, I was definitely there on that day. I think that reader was really exaggerating for some reason-strange for a Harvard student to feel the need to do so-tho the commute from NYC to Cambridge must be stressful and daunting!!!! Huh???? The book is a must have for beginning yogis especially. You will be transformed if you make the committment. If not now, when?

I'm in my fourth week following 40 Days To Personal Revolution and I have no intention of "quitting" as some readers have. Those who need to have a pill to pop for weight loss or be TOLD what to eat meal by meal (boring), or need to be hand held through a meditation will not warm to this book. This book requires a person to WORK and put forth effort towards their own growth, to take responsibility for one's self. This book provides the tools.The Yoga in "40 Days" is traditional and not mixed in with all of the other types of so-called exercise that there is today. Yes, and now there is Yogilates! Yikes!If you're not ready for a true and lasting change, of course you'll quit, of course you'll be a cynical critic. You're just not ready to look inside.