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Colleen Saidman Yee
Colleen Saidman Yee’s introduction to yoga was at the urging of a roommate who convinced her to attend a class at a loft space in New York City. It was not long after that first class, that her worn-out running shoes, her basketball, and her boxing gloves became relics of the past. And in 1994, after enduring back surgery, Colleen’s commitment to her yoga practice deepened.
A graduate of Jivamukti’s Teacher Training program in 1998, she has been teaching ever since. Colleen has been featured in both the New York Times and New York Magazine and in November 2003, was on the cover of Yoga Journal. A consummate student, Colleen has traveled throughout Europe and Asia studying alternative medicine and spiritual healing. Colleen holds a certification in shiatsu and lived in Calcutta, India working with Mother Theresa at the Home of the Destitute and Dying.
Colleen owes tremendous gratitude for her studies of bhakti and vinyasa to David Life and Sharon Gannon. She also offers thanks to the many other teachers with whom she has studied, as well as to Rodney Yee, who remains her principal teacher.
Colleen Saidman Yee and Jessica Bellofatto founded Yoga Shanti in 1999 in Sag Harbor, New York. Yoga Shanti is a full-time, year-round, East End Yoga studio offering opportunities for every kind of student.
The principal objective in founding Yoga Shanti was to emphasize the spiritual aspects of yoga in addition to the more obvious physical benefits. Aside from asanas (physical postures), classes may include chanting, meditation, and philosophy instruction, drawing from ancient yogic scriptures such as the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali or the Bhagavad Gita. Yoga Shanti’s aim is to help individuals increase their awareness of who they are, influencing how they relate to the world. |
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