New Book In a Rush to Go Nowhere: Finding Savasana Examines What Modern Yoga May Be Leaving Behind

Tony Tenaglier explores how yoga philosophy, neuroscience, and stillness can move modern yoga beyond physical practice and off the mat.

MANCHESTER, NH, UNITED STATES, September 21, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Author, yoga teacher, and psychology researcher Tony Tenaglier will release his new book, In a Rush to Go Nowhere: Finding Savasana, on October 20, 2026. The book examines a central tension in contemporary yoga: practitioners may become stronger, more flexible, and more accomplished in physical postures while still struggling with the restlessness, distraction, and stress that yoga was intended to address.

Tenaglier, a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher with a background in engineering and psychology, approaches yoga through an interdisciplinary lens. Drawing from yoga philosophy, teaching experiences, psychology, physics, and neuroscience, he asks readers to reconsider what it means to have a yoga “practice” in a culture increasingly shaped by speed, performance, social media, and constant stimulation.

At the center of the book is Savasana, the resting posture traditionally practiced near the end of a yoga class. Although physically simple, Tenaglier presents Savasana as a revealing test of the modern practitioner’s ability to stop moving, disengage from external stimulation, and remain present.

“Yoga is a practice to live—not a performance to perfect,” Tenaglier writes.

The book explores Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, particularly the traditional understanding of yoga as calming the fluctuations of the mind, while examining how that goal fits within the realities of contemporary studio culture. Topics include the role of music in classes, attachment to phones, breathwork, meditation, flow, the eight limbs of yoga, and the increasing emphasis on asana, or physical postures.

Tenaglier also draws upon B.K.S. Iyengar’s metaphor of yoga as a tree. Rather than treating asana as the entirety of yoga, the framework positions physical postures as one part of a larger practice that includes ethical principles, self-discipline, breath regulation, withdrawal of the senses, concentration, meditation, and integration.

The book does not argue that modern yoga, technology, music, or physical practice should disappear. Instead, Tenaglier asks readers and teachers to examine whether the ways they practice are helping them become more attentive and intentional outside the studio.

Throughout the book, personal stories and recurring characters are used alongside philosophy and scientific concepts to make those questions accessible to both students and teachers. Chapters conclude with “Putting It Into Practice” sections designed to encourage readers to apply the ideas to everyday situations—from sitting in traffic and navigating work stress to noticing the impulse to reach for a phone.

The result is less a manual for mastering yoga poses than an examination of what happens when yoga follows practitioners off the mat.

In a Rush to Go Nowhere: Finding Savasana will be released October 20, 2026. Additional information and companion materials are available through inarushtogonowhere.com.

About Tony Tenaglier

Tony Tenaglier is an author, 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher, manufacturing leader, and PhD researcher in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. His work explores the intersection of psychology, flow, leadership, yoga philosophy, and the ways people experience both internal and external work. He hosts the podcasts Work Sucks, But I Like It and Yoga is a Practice, Not a Performance. In a Rush to Go Nowhere: Finding Savasana is his third book.

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