A roller coaster ride from the thrill of reading Necessary Madness to the utter disappointment of Letting the Body Lead. Lessons learned here as I purchased this book based on how much I loved Necessary Madness. Reading a few pages would have warned me not to bother with this book. In Letting the Body Lead Jenn Crowell displays an exaggerated need to impress professors critiquing her for a PHD by over filling the book with a vocabulary that doesn't match her audience. If she enjoyed writing this book it doesn't come through. I felt I was going through her suffering and insecurities looking for just the right synonym for an ordinary word. I purchased one for myself and one for a dear friend. I read until I just couldn't take the disappointment anymore, put it down and will donate both copies to the local library. It wouldn't feel right to give this to a friend as I wouldn't want it associated with my preference in good reading. Save your money.