Yoga for Life : A Journey to Inner Peace and Freedom by Colleen Saidman Yee...

English268 (Throughout B/W Illustrations)Back of the BookThe very first time Colleen Saidman Yee took a yoga class, she left feeling inexplicably different something inside had shifted. She'd been a rebellious young woman with a dangerous heroin habit and then a globe-trotting fashion model, but she felt so alive with yoga that it became the center of her life. From learning to cope with a frightening seizure disorder to navigating marriages and divorces to becoming a mother, finding her life partner, and grieving the death of her beloved mother, Colleen has been through many of the challenges people must face in a lifetime. And she has discovered that yoga provides a path to finding our voice, our true identity, and, ultimately, peace. Each Chapter includes specific yoga practices that address issues ranging from hormonal mood swings to detoxing, grief, depression, and stress. Colleen's signature sequences, illustrated with photos and step-by-step instructions, will bring awareness to your physical body and your spirit-leading to increased confidence, energy, and joy.Yoga for Life is the remarkable story of how one woman found herself through yoga-and will surely inspire others to do the same.About the AuthorColleen Saidman yee is an internationally respected yoga teacher whom the New York has called “The First Lady of Yoga” for thirty years, she has been a top fashion model represented by Elite and Ford Models. Colleen opened her first studio, Yoga Shanti , in Sag Horbor, New York , in 1999, and today co-owns additional studios in Westhampton Beach and New York City . With her husband , Rodney Yee, and Donna Karan, Colleen created and runs the Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Program , which is utilized in health –care f