Lee Majewski
Presenter
Bio
Lee Majewski, MA, C-IAYT, Yoga Chikitsa Acharya (certification provided by Indian Yoga Association), an author, researcher, educator and yoga therapist, is a founding director of Yoga For Health Institute, a non-for-profit organization located in Toronto, Canada. She spent 10 years in yogic ashrams living and studying various aspects of yoga. She shares the wisdom in lectures, articles, and books she writes. She co-authored Yoga Therapy as a Whole-Person Approach to Health, which was accepted as a textbook at some IAYT accredited yoga therapy courses. Her new book Spirituality in Yoga Bridging: the Sacred and the Human is now available. Lee is recognized internationally as an expert yoga therapist in cancer care and psychosomatic chronic diseases. She created a unique three-week intensive yogic retreat for cancer patients, Beyond Cancer. For six years she ran these retreats in Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute in India, the oldest yoga research institute in the world. Lee focuses now on spreading these programs to all parts of the world. Apart from India the programs were offered in Australia, the United States, Canada, and Europe. Lee works individually or with groups, offering specialized programs to complement conventional treatments for cancer and psychosomatic chronic diseases. She lives and works in Toronto, Canada.