An Adventure Through the Jungles of Enlightenment

by Michele Hébert

In the Tenth Door, Michele Hebert recounts the stunning personal story of her spiritual training with legendary yoga master Walt Baptiste. Journeying with her, the reader is transported from 1970s San Francisco through a years-long stint of near solitude in the jungles of El Salvador just as that country moves from seeming tranquility to revolution. In that exotic venue, the author comes face to face with challenges that test her devotion, her carefully cultivated yogic discipline, and even her earthly existence.

The Tenth Door transcends the world of physical yoga and explores its deep ancient mysteries. Within this down to earth and fast moving adventure lie innumerable insights for those just stepping onto the spiritual path as well as for seasoned travelers. What Michele learned from Walt Baptiste’s brilliant but often unorthodox methods is at the heart of her memoir, which illuminates timeless teachings and authentic practices in a tale that is as accessible as it is captivating.

"Hébert's memoir is a colorful eyewitness account of a transformational time in American history and an up-close look at a seminal figure in the history of yoga in the West."
- Yoga Journal

KGO Radio's Joanie Greggains interviews Michele and discusses Michele's book, The Tenth Door. The interview is presented below.
- KGO Radio's Joanne Greggians

"Michele Hebert's story fascinates me. She found the courage to do something very different from anything she could have imagined, yet she conveys a powerful sense that the path she is traveling was "meant" and could not be denied."
- Linda Wertheimer, National Public Radio (NPR)

"The Tenth Door is spiritually galvanizing, totally engaging and brimming with insight. Whether waiting on tables in a vegetarian restaurant in California or meditating in a pyramid Central America, she challenges us to step through our own inner door to fearlessness and freedom. This is one of the best books on living in the light of spirit that I’ve read in years."
- Linda Johnsen, author of
   Daughters of the Goddess: The Women Saints of India

“Michele’s Hebert’s book is one of the most absorbing and enlightening accounts of a spiritual journey I have ever read. It opens doors of the mind and soul.”
- Dan Wakefield, author of
   Returning: A Spiritual Journey

“It is not everyday that you have the opportunity to join a renowned yoga teacher on their step-by-step experience and hear their inner thoughts and feelings. The Tenth Door is a gift to the world of yoga and is for anyone interested in evolving.”
- Peter Davis, CEO, IDEA Health and Fitness Association

"The perfect weather to stay inside and read and the new book,  The Tenth Door by Michele Hébert.  Michele is one of the teachers who widened the western Yoga to be understood as it is today, along with many great teachers.  Michele's tales of Adventure through the Jungles of Enlightenment is an intimate story of spiritual transcendence and a totally enjoyable read."  
- Kim Schleicher, Feathered Pipe Foundation

“Hébert has written a 21st century spiritual adventure that is in large part "Autobiography of a Yogini" with an ounce of Eat, Pray, Love.  Hébert lives through dangerous and even potentially life-threatening experiences, but as she puts it, "because I trusted my guru more deeply than I have ever trusted another living being, I was at peace with everything that was - and was to come."  Whether or not you have a teacher on your own spiritual path, Hébert's story of devotion to hers, told with such clarity and kindness, will touch your heart.  You may even question your assumption about the guru disciple relationship.  Self-inquiry is a good thing."
- Amy Weintraub, LifeForce Yoga