Life begins when everything collapses. Sasha is a young man from Orekhovo-Zuyevo, near Moscow, whose life has been turned into ruins overnight: a layoff, a painful breakup, and a complete loss of direction. With his last money, he buys a one-way ticket and leaves for Gelendzhik to stay with his Aunt Valya, who runs a small hotel. The new reality proves far from the resort idyll: instead of relaxation, a swimming pool is being built, and the smell of the sea mingles with dust and sweat. But it is here that encounters await him that will change his entire understanding of life. His eccentric neighbor, Kuzmich, a former military man who has worked his way up from special operations in India to yogic practices in the Himalayas, becomes his unwitting spiritual mentor. And his meeting with the vibrant and independent Laysan challenges all his new beliefs. This novel is more than just a story about overcoming a crisis. This is a profound yet ironic story about how, from the fragments of an old life, one can reassemble a new one-one that is whole and meaningful. It tells how the answers to the most important questions are often hidden not in books, but in simple things: in the sound of the surf, in the wisdom of an old man, in the taste of a homemade pie, and in the eyes of a beloved woman. "Yoga for the Runaway" is a story about a leap into the unknown, where support can be found in the depths of despair, and the greatest adventure begins with a ticket to nowhere.
