You, Me, and the Insects

You, Me, and the Insects, is cumulative, the narrative, detail by detail, drawing the reader into Gina's tense and ecstatic experiences as she travels from the East Village to south India to study with a Brahmin acharya, a master teacher of meditation, philosophy and hatha yoga. While negotiating daily life in a third world country, Gina also conducts a careful examination of her present reactions, as well as her life during the 70s in Detroit when she lived in a bohemian community with her lover and family. Her teacher instructs her in how to transform her samskaraâ€"impressions left from previous actionsâ€"so that the present moment becomes illuminated.