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Yoga, Pray, Love 　　If you have seen the movie Eat， Pray， Love， you must remember Liz Gilbert， a writer and the movie’s main character who gives up almost everything and starts a totally new life in her 30s. In today’s material world， how many people would possess the courage to do this for real？ Well， 51-year-old Yin Yan for one. 　　In 2003， Yin was editor in chief of ELLE China， earning an annual salary of 1 million yuan （$161，100）. Despite her success， she felt something was missing. “I just wanted to look into myself rather than continuing to move on. I owned many things that other people may have been envious of， but I was not happy at all. I said to myself， ‘I must find the reason’，” said Yin， now founder of Yogiyoga， a Beijing-based yoga club. 　　Inspired by the movie A Passage to India directed by David Lean， Yin decided to go there to find herself. She holds that something in her snapped prior to taking up the position of editor in chief at the fashion magazine. 　　“I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to bear the burden if I kept going. I had to give up，” she recalled. 　　 A chance encounter 　　Having arrived in New Delhi， Yin instantly headed for Rishikesh， where the British rock band The Beatles learned transcendental meditation in the 1960s. The Himalayan city is recognized by yoga fans as the capital of yoga in India. 　　“I didn’t go there for yoga but for meditation. Whether I would be able to make it or not， I had no idea then，” Yin said. 　　However， in order to learn meditation in the ashram called Parmath Niketan where she studied， one had to start with yoga positions. 　　At 7 a.m. the next day， Yin had prepared herself at a yoga classroom. When the door opened， she saw a man in white walk in， unfold a yoga blanket， sit down and cross his legs， before Yin heard him say， “Close your eyes.” That man was Manmohan Singh Bhandari， aka Yogi Mohan， then 29 years old. Having walked into Yin’s life， he has remained there ever since. 　　“I didn’t quite c