May I Be Happy: A Memoir of Love, Yoga, and Changing My Mind
Renowned yogi and established memoirist Lee has written a book that, under the right circumstances, could change your life. Lee tackles with candor an issue that plagues most women—nagging dislike of some aspect of their bodies.  Lee’s own fixation has been on her weight. For years, neither her successful career as a professional dancer nor the affirmation of her husband convinced Lee to change her attitude, or her eating habits. With refreshing humor, she acknowledges both the narcissism and the inescapability of this sentiment, allowing the reader to watch as her thoughts vacillate from hating her thighs to hating herself for hating her thighs to hating herself for hating herself. She eventually turns to her yoga practice and the tenets of Buddhism, which prove to be a challenging but workable road map toward inner peace. Short accounts of Lee’s style of yoga and instruction methods make this book of particular interest to those familiar with yoga, but any woman will find insight and genuine encouragement toward self-acceptance, even self-love, here. --Amber Peckham