And when the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown hit Japan, the disasters reinforce what she'd come to know by then: that the only true home is the one we make within ourselves. It's the story of how she conquered her fears, blasted through inner and outer limits, and became the mother she'd never thought she'd be. Though raised in Berkeley, one of the most diverse and progressive places in the world, Lowitz settles in Japan, one of the most outwardly homogenous and socially staid." In Search of the Sun" is the story of what Lowitz learned from both worlds. She unearthed lessons from a Jewish childhood and married them to an adulthood spent with Zen and yoga in Japan. Then, at 44, she sought to adopt a child in Japan, where bloodlines are paramount and family ties are almost feudal in their cultural importance.
She went from doing her yoga practice for herself to opening a yoga studio in Tokyo and fostering a community. In a reverse trajectory of her own mother's life, Lowitz sought to heal the wounds that had kept motherhood at bay.Īs Lowitz's healing took her from the San Francisco Bay Area to New York and Tokyo, with spiritual quests in India on the way, she came to a deeper understanding of what motherhood means. And when she approached 40-the same age her own mother had left the family behind to "find herself" -Lowitz yearned for a child. Then she moved to Japan and met the man of her dreams, and her heart opened in ways she never thought possible. Coming of age in Berkeley, California, during the sexual and feminist revolutions of the 1960s, she learned that marriage and family could wait. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in that which connects us, holds us together, and makes us family."-MC YOGIĪt 30, Californian Leza Lowitz is single and travelling the world, which suits her just fine. "This is a story about forging family across dividing oceans, cultures, and self-doubts, but ultimately, "In Search of the Sun" proves that love is not bound by blood.
"A new EAT, PRAY, LOVE."-Graceful Passages
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