Get a Life

The art of Living has generated a substantial amount of fan following, and why not - it promotes healthy eating, shun materialism, maintains its dignity as an essential course and well - teaches you to 'live'.
My friend heard of this 'have-to-do' course and decided to indulge herself in all its nirvanic beauty. Two days of yoga and constant lectures, she thinks otherwise. She complains how much the lady talks, how little there is to learn, how good it feels to finally come back and what a waste it was of time and money.
I know someone else who took the course and refrained from junk food and television for a full week before realizing thats where the true beauty of her life lives - and came back to it all eventually.
Makes me wonder whether there really is an 'art' to living. Can anyone really define your life for you, and even if they do - can life be more satisfying following someone else's words? Can the true sense of being or living be achieved just by enrolling in a course?
Each one to his own, but to those who think lecturing young women for two hours straight in a shrill voice can give someone's life a new meaning - get a life!