Guest Yoga Teacher - Cyndi Lee

Cyndi Lee is the founder of  OM yoga, with two studios in Manhattan.  She is the author and artist of Yoga Body, Buddha Mind, OMyoga Today, OMyoga, A Guide to Daily Practice; and the OMyoga in a Boxseries. Other projects include OM yoga Beginner/Intermediate class DVD,  the new OM yoga and Meditation Workshop DVD co-taught with David Nichtern, and the OM yoga Mix CD.  

Cyndi has written for Tricycle, Dance Magazine, BalletTanz, Cooking Light, Natural Health, FitYoga and wrote the yoga column in the Shambhala Sun from 2000-2004.  She is a yoga expert for Yoga Journal and the originator of Yoga Journal’s Home Practice column from 2004-2005. 

Cyndi has been featured on many TV shows and publications including ABC’s Good Morning America, CBS’ The Early Show, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, CNN, Fox’s Good Day New York, and many publications including Vogue, WWD, The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek. 

OM yoga has centers at Union Square in New York City, the Alvin Ailey Institute in midtown  Manhattan and affiliate programs in Indianapolis, Durham, Memphis and Cleveland.  As well as teaching classes and teacher trainings at her home base in NYC, Cyndi leads retreats worldwide – everywhere from  Moscow to  Memphis,  Taiwan to  Toronto, Las Vegas to London.   

OM YOGA CENTER

OM yoga is a juicy blend of flowing yoga asana.  Informed by precise attention to alignment and supported by the relaxed wakefulness of Buddhist mindfulness meditation, OM yoga is a lively dance of awakening that leads to a deeper understanding of oneself and a more personal connection to one’s world.

Established in 1998, OM Yoga Center is the preeminent yoga center in the New York City area and one of the largest in the United States.  With its staff of over 50 teachers and 150 weekly classes in two New York City locations, OM yoga has established itself as a recognized leader in the instruction of yoga, and its teacher training program is one of the most respected in the country.  OM yoga has been featured in, among others, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, New York Magazine, TimeOut/NY, Newsweek, Self, Natural  Health, Vogue, Yoga Journal, Shambhala Sun, Crains NY, as well as on CNN, NBC Nightly News, CBS’s The Early Show, ABC-TV’s Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, WB 11, and E! Entertainment Television.

OM Yoga is directed by Cyndi Lee.  Cyndi is long-time practitioner of both yoga and Tibetan Buddhism, and is an internationally renowned teacher and industry leader.  Cyndi developed OM’s unique method of yoga instruction, and her nurturing, compassionate and playful style of teaching is now legendary.  Cyndi has been teaching yoga for nearly 25 years.