Cyndisphere: Cyndi Lee's Blog

How to go on a retreat at home

Retreat — just that very word evokes a mental sigh and in fact, an external sigh as well.  A...

Mar 3rd

CHALLENGE Month at OM yoga

Every March and October we have a 31 day challenge at OM yoga.  It seems like it is just about...

Mar 2nd

check it out!

The very cool Elephant Journal headed by Waylon Lewis has a great article about OM yoga this week....

Feb 26th

3 TIPS FOR YOU  I’ve been hearing a lot of complaints...

Feb 26th

Happy Losar!  Today is the first day of the Tibetan New...

Feb 25th

Roshi and The Heart Sutra, the Maha Prajna Paramita Sutra ...

Feb 25th

Dave says Thanks to the guys who were sitting at the table...

Feb 21st

It was somewhat ironic for me to be eating dinner in a...

Feb 21st

It was the birthday of the Nudge, aka Dave.  In our family,...

Feb 21st

Flew back to LGA on grey wintery Thursday.  Not as lovely as...

Feb 21st

My dear friend and excellent prenatal yoga teacher, Janice...

Feb 19th

This is Tari.  She has been teaching our OM yoga Women...

Feb 16th

Evelyn giving a practice class.  She has a studio in New...

Feb 16th

Maria is practicing assisting while Evelyn was teaching.

Feb 16th

Sarah, Stacey and Nancy — all OM yoga certified...

Feb 16th

The wonderful Rita Trieger, editor of Fit Yoga, long time...

Feb 16th

Tari demonstrating on Sarah how to place a blanket under a...

Feb 16th

OM YOGA WOMEN CANCER SURVIVOR TEACHER TRAINING, Class of...

Feb 16th

RESTORATIVE — AHHHH….. This is Simon and Soham,...

Feb 16th

THE HEART SUTRA, Workshop on March 23, 7-10pm at OM yoga ...

Feb 14th

IT’S EASIER IN A GROUP Last Tuesday I had ten people...

Feb 14th

OM yoga 200 hour Teacher Training Joining Heaven and Earth...

Feb 10th

The Sunday morning session is called Lovingkindness.  Dave...

Feb 10th

Last weekend Dave and I taught Yoga Body Buddha Mind at OM...

Feb 10th

Well, maybe not as cool as Kenna’s…At least I...

Feb 5th

Somehow…it’s not as easy as it looks.

Feb 5th

So I tried to do the same thing with my scarf.

Feb 5th

This is lovely Kenna, Stephen and Leela’s daughter.  I...

Feb 5th

Stephen and I dancing!

Feb 5th

Someone told the guys in the band that David wrote Midnight...

Feb 5th

The next night was John Perkins’ birthday.  He is the...

Feb 5th

We love each other.  You can just see the twinkly lights of...

Feb 5th

Eco villages are fun and communal cafeteria eating is...

Feb 5th

And he’s up!

Feb 5th

Time to go back to the beach!  Here is Stephan getting ready...

Feb 5th

They got to look at the water and the islands but this was...

Feb 5th

Before we did tree pose we turned to the sides of the...

Feb 5th

This is Helga — don’t you love sunglasses in...

Feb 5th

This is Wally. He did the whole class in a chair and we were...

Feb 5th

Teaching yoga is fun.  You just get right down on your hands...

Feb 5th

Time to go to work — it is very fun to teach yoga...

Feb 5th

Danny and Tara Goleman came down to Maho following attending...

Feb 5th

The Maho program runs for a few weeks in January and...

Feb 5th

This is Stephan, founder of Omega Institute, and Stephen,...

Feb 5th

Me on the beach at Maho.

Feb 5th

Later that same day — Nudgie on the beach at Maho.

Feb 5th

But I can’t complain.  Dave and I went to St. John to...

Feb 5th

It’s pretty darn cold here in NYC, which is...

Feb 5th

This is Roshi AKA James Mauro — Frank and Jenny...

Feb 3rd

I also really like this picture of the Beyman Bros. which...

Feb 3rd

Christopher Guest and David Nichtern have been friends since...

Feb 3rd

HOT OFF THE PRESSES!  THE BEYMAN BROS NEW ALBUM This is the...

Feb 3rd

Thanks for coming to our party.  Happy birthday to OM and...

Feb 2nd

Frank keeps cool.  He was teaching the teacher training this...

Feb 2nd

A few more winners — let’s make sure to stir the...

Feb 2nd

Margi is happy for him!  (BTW, Margi is supposed to have her...

Feb 2nd

And Jonathan won two things!  I just found out that he gave...

Feb 2nd

Tina wins!

Feb 2nd

Sybil picks the winning tickets with the help of Lindsay,...

Feb 2nd

Time for the raffle — everyone is excited!  Clare is...

Feb 2nd

Found one — 11 to go!

Feb 2nd

Katy is a terrific yoga teacher and a very dynamic...

Feb 2nd

Last but not least, I thanked my amazing administrative...

Feb 2nd

Then we had a special surprise guest.  It was even a...

Feb 2nd

The audience loves her — here is Tina, Janna and Kira...

Feb 2nd

A brilliant performer — and she promised to sing in...

Feb 2nd

Next up — Natalie Levin, singing from Carmen.  Now...

Feb 2nd

As the mistress of ceremonies, I did my best to look...

Feb 2nd

Joined by a special guest, Leroy!

Feb 2nd

First act was Maja singing, accompanied by Edward on guitar...

Feb 2nd

Me with Sybil (OM yoga General Manager) and Tricia (OM yoga...

Feb 2nd

Mike and his girlfriend, the awesome OM yoga teacher,...

Feb 2nd

Brooke, doula and shiatsu massage giver extraordinaire and...

Feb 2nd

More OMmies celebrating:  Yancy, Maja, Giselle and Kira

Feb 2nd

More partiers:  the excellent David Nichtern and the...

Feb 2nd

Pre-show schmoozing and drinks — here is Jonathan...

Feb 2nd

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OM YOGA!!! OM yoga Center turned 11 on...

Feb 2nd

HAPPY SUPERBOWL HUSBAND I tried to be a good Superbowl...

Feb 2nd

Emanating from my living room come the booming sounds of...

Feb 2nd

Adrienne Martini, author of Hillbilly Gothic, is currently...

Feb 1st

My plane had a mechanical issue and so I got rerouted home...

Feb 1st

Evan, Katie Jay, Tania and me — an OM yoga reunion.

Feb 1st

TRADITION!  My SF assistants are nothing short of brilliant....

Feb 1st

I gave the heart to my assistant, Tania, and her fiance,...

Feb 1st

CHANGING THE WORLD, BREATH BY BREATH

With the same motivation as Cultivating Lovingkindness — that of learning how to start with...

Feb 1st

Here I am explaining this chakra system: ...

Feb 1st

Here is the class doing the warm-up vinyasa that I created...

Feb 1st

SUNDAY YOGA JOURNAL SAN FRANCISCO CLASSES In the morning I...

Feb 1st

This is Khatuna Kobiashvili, publisher of Yoga Journal...

Feb 1st

This is Mitsuo Yamada, Editor in Chief of Yoga Journal Japan...

Feb 1st

Felicia Tomasko, yoga writer and Ayurveda specialist with...

Feb 1st

Tias Little

Feb 1st

YOGA JOURNAL PRESENTER’S DINNER This is my dear...

Feb 1st

Katie Jay took me on a tour of San Francisco including a...

Feb 1st

In the end, it worked out well.  One group couldn’t...

Feb 1st

HOW TO TEACH ANY POSE TO ANY BODY Thinking about this class...

Feb 1st

BEGINNERS CONFERENCE:  BODY, BREATH AND MIND Saturday 8am!...

Feb 1st

So where was I?...

Back to SF at the YJ conference.  Friday evening I taught a class called Cultivating LovingKindness....

Feb 1st

BELIEVE IT OR NOT!...

I’ve just spent a week in a place that did not have wi fi.  And, knowing that, I didn’t...

Feb 1st