The premise of the book is great and the author really delivers. Great read. Highly recommended. .

I have had the privilege of being a student in Seane Corn's yoga classes and it is indeed a privilege. Her teaching is so rich and layered and when you read her story, you know why. She is such a jewel in the yoga family and in the world, that she instantly makes the environment around her better. I'm so glad she finally wrote a book and I hope she writes more!

I'm always interested in what brings a person to yoga and their journey to that destination. Seane's story was authentic, raw and moving. Yoga is much more than a physical practice and this shows through in her book.

Thank you NetGalley and publishers for an ARC.

Seane Corne id a driving force in the yoga community. This book is her journey from chaos to peace.

It is a cross between biography and yoga knowledge. Corne is open and honest with the events she experience and why she has felt yoga to have been a life saver as well as teacher in her life.

I really enjoyed learning about her life and experiences.

Revolution of the soul

The book follows the life of a successful yoga teacher and business woman from early adulthood in the 1980’s to present day. At times she explains her personal growth via yoga philosophy, therapists and yoga practice, at other times she maps her journey via trips to other countries such as India, Cambodia and Uganda.

I was expecting a more generic approach and perhaps more objective exploration into a soul’s development but this is a personal story, yet not too personal. The narrative straddles the boundary of personal journey and self-help guide. The result is a warm engaging ride of one woman’s soul journey.

The title of this book tells you exactly what to expect: Seane Corn discusses her own revolution of the soul and how she awakened to love through raw truth, radical healing, and conscious action. Some of the stories she shares are quite disturbing, but she uses the ugly parts of her life to grow, and overall, it’s a very inspiring story.

I love how Seane uses her experiences to teach about the eight limbs of yoga. It grounded the teachings for me, making yogic philosophy much easier to understand and relate to. This is also a very quotable book; I highlighted countless passages to come back to again and again, and “ahimsa before satya” is my new mantra.

I have only two minor complaints about this book, both related to the organization. Each chapter starts with stories from Seane’s past, and then concludes with teachings based on those experiences. It’s a logical way to organize her content, but it gets a bit repetitive at times. Also, I sometimes felt disoriented by the frequent changes in verb tense. I was reading an uncorrected and not fully formatted proof, so these transitions may be smoother in the final published version.

I highly recommend this book both for those who enjoy reading memoirs and for those interested in learning about yoga.

Readers should be aware that the author frequently uses profanity, including f-bombs. In addition, some of her stories may be quite triggering, including discussions of child abuse, sexual assault, and people living in extreme poverty.

I was provided an ARC through NetGalley that I volunteered to review.

I thought this was excellent. As with any of these kinds of books, not all readers will connect with the author, but I suspect most will if they like the book description. If you've had much exposure to Seane and/or taken any of her classes you've heard some of these stories. But that doesn't lessen their value (although they are more impactful in person). You don't have to do any yoga to get value from this book, and in fact you may be compelled to try yoga after hearing of it's positive affect on Seane and others. Seane is a pretty good story teller too. Recommended.

I really appreciate the advanced copy for review!!

I have to say that I was completely mesmerized by this book from the first page. Seane shares her journey on how yoga transformed her life, and it was so inspiring and made so much sense. This book definitely made me want to delve deeper into my personal journey and into my yoga practice. This book is a must read for anyone who desires to transform his/her life for the better!

Seane Corn can sure tell a good story! I really enjoyed Seane's "coming of age" narrative, as she works as a waitress and newbie yogi in New York and Los Angeles. She finds God while working in a gay men's sex club and eventually takes up yoga to deal with her issues. Her life lessons are both exotic and relatable.

Within this narrative, Corn teaches the basic philosophy of yoga. At times, this teaching gets to be a bit much. Overall, however, I thoroughly enjoyed the book, and it gave me lots to think about.

Seane has written an amazing book. I'm not even a yogi but I found this boon to be incredible. After reading about Seane's in Wanderlust advertisements when I visited the Squaw Valley every summer, I was curious to read about her journey. I loved her storytelling style and her authentic, raw way of sharing and interpreting her key life events. While the theoretical sections were new to me and not always easy to understand, I found them comprehensive and relevant. I will never forget Seane's lifechanging travels in which she depicts how she realized she couldn't swoop in to save the underprivileged the way she had envisioned. This is an extraordinary recounting of a full life. I highly recommend Seane's memoir!