Colleen Saidman Yee is an internationally respected yoga teacher
who has been teaching since 1999. For twenty years before that, she
was a top fashion model working around the globe, represented by
Elite and Ford Models. Colleen opened her first studio, Yoga
Shanti, in Sag Harbor, New York, and she and her husband, Rodney
Yee, have studios in New York City and Westhampton Beach, New York.
With Donna Karan and Rodney, Colleen created and runs the Urban Zen
Integrative Therapy Program, which is utilized in healthcare
facilities around the country. Saidman Yee has been featured in The
New York Times, New York magazine, Vanity Fair, and O, The Oprah
Magazine, among many others. Mother to a daughter and three
step-children, Saidman Yee teaches retreats, workshops, and
conferences around the world, but calls Sag Harbor her home.
Susan K. Reed is former Editor-in-Chief of Golf for Women magazine
and a writer whose work has appeared in Golf Digest, The New York
Times Book Review, Conde Nast Traveler and other publications. She
is the co-author of the book Yoga for Life: A Journey to Inner
Peace and Freedom with Colleen Saidman Yee. An avid recreational
golfer, Susan lives in Sag Harbor, New York.
"Colleen Saidman Yee is an extraordinary yoga teacher and human
being. And the genuine item. Read this book and enjoy her
incredible story— and the healing power of yoga!!"
*Christiane Northrup, M.D., ob/gyn physician and author of the New
York Times bestsellers: Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The
Wisdom of Menopause*
"There are so many maladies that keep the body and mind from
working optimally. Colleen Saidman Yee tells us her story and how
yoga has unraveled the knots that have been stored from different
traumas and everyday life. The yoga solutions she offers are a
first aid kit that we should be schooled in. This book is a must
for your library of home health."
*Mark Hyman, MD, Director, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional
Medicine and author of #1 New York Times bestseller, The Blood
Sugar Solution 10 Day Detox Diet*
"Colleen Saidman Yee’s life has been a wild ride that, thankfully,
led her to yoga. Her story, her insights, and her yoga sequences
will improve your emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing, and
help you onto the path of peace and freedom."
*Frank Lipman, MD, author of REVIVE*
“Colleen touches my heart from the inside out. She inspires me as a
woman, a mother, and a girlfriend, always coming from a place of
love and kindness. Her teaching is that yoga is as simple as a
breath. Reading her book is like having a woman-to-woman
conversation with the Colleen I know and love -- an honest,
nurturing, and encouraging friend who shares and cares with all her
heart. It is a powerful wake up call to the spirit within, with
real down-to-earth strategies to empower yourself through this
beautiful journey called life."
*Donna Karan, Founder and Chief Designer of Donna Karan New York +
Urban Zen*
"In Yoga for Life are fantastic instructions and sequences for
feeling and releasing the stories and games that bind us. Colleen's
confessions and experiences teach a compassionate embrace of the
shadow. They let you feel the frightening underbelly of who you
think you are. I highly recommend her book to anyone wanting to be
free."
*Richard Freeman, author of Mirror of Yoga*
"Courageous.Compelling. A yoga book you can’t put down! Saidman Yee
writes with ease and honesty and by example invites us to look at,
embrace and embody our own complex life’s circumstances in light of
yoga and in context of others. I highly recommend Yoga for Life--a
wonderful book for our times."
*Mary Taylor author of What are You Hungry For? Women Food and
Spirituality*
“Colleen Saidman Yee has written a beautiful book with generosity
and loving candor. Colleen’s wisdom and compassionate teachings in
these pages are genuinely empowering; she gently leads you to the
mat and guides you to breath through suffering and into grace.”
*Zhena Muzyka, founder of Zhena's Gypsy Teas and author of Life by
the Cup*
“Like Gandhi, Colleen is stayagraha—meaning possessed by the truth.
She tells her story honestly, without pretense, no makeup—totally
fearless while at the same time gracefully imbuing every word with
infectious joy, gratitude, and compassion. You will find no blaming
or complaining in this memoir for this is the story of a remarkable
woman who approaches life as an adventure, armed with a bewitching
ability to transform obstacles into opportunities and the ordinary
into something magical. She is living proof that yoga is for
life.”
*Sharon Gannon, Jivamukti Yoga*
"Colleenis a strong, empowering woman who I look to for sisterhood
and wisdom. She has used every crazy twist and turn of her own life
to find her spiritual center,and now she teaches us how to do the
same. In Yoga for Life, herunfiltered honesty will break you open
and give you courage to find personalfreedom as you reevaluate your
own stories. Colleen's funny, moving andcompassionate approach
helps women set down their shame and pick up theirvoices. Her work
has helped me to find more joy and contentment through asana,honest
self-reflection, and loving kindness. This book is a treasure."
*Kris Carr, New York Times best selling author*
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