Colleen Saidman Yee
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Colleen’s teachings help practitioners feel both safe and challenged through thoughtful sequences and a dash of silliness. Her classes range from physically demanding vinyasa, restorative healing practices, to warm meditations. Colleen’s hybrid teaching style draws influence from over three decades of studentship under yoga luminaries Sharon Gannon, David Life, Richard Rosen, Richard Freeman, and husband Rodney Yee. Colleen’s vast resume includes being a mother and wife, author, former athlete and model, co-director of Urban Zen’s Integrative Therapist program, studio owner of Yoga Shanti in New York, world-renowned yoga teacher, and working with Mother Theresa at the Home for the Destitute and Dying. When not leading trainings and teaching to her New York community, Colleen can be found savoring kombucha and chocolate, bird watching, and spending time with her beloved family. Discover more about Colleen: https://www.colleensaidmanyee.com
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Colleen Saidman Yee
Post-Menopause Strengthening Flow
Explore full body strength in this energetic practice geared toward women post-menopause. Begin seated to work on arms and low core toning, then move to a brief standing and downward facing dog series. Complete your practice with supine hip lifts and a final seated series of arm movements.
Colleen Saidman Yee
Revamp Your Practice
Fall back in love with your yoga practice in this invigorating sequence to inspire your body and mind. Begin low to the ground to rediscover your vitality through fundamental movements in your spine and shoulders, then rise to your feet to explore your full body strength in fluid movements through warrior II, triangle, extended side angle, and pyramid pose.
Colleen Saidman Yee
Tender Heart
Find solace and comfort in this moment with a slow and soothing practice. Begin with comforting supine (lying down) and seated postures before gently blossoming into standing movements. Close the practice with small backbends to reawaken your heart space.
Yoga Foundations
Embrace Your Journey
Enjoy a well-rounded practice that starts with seated twists and moves onto some big standing poses and breath-to-movement. Close the practice with a short meditation.
Yoga Talks with Rodney & Colleen
The Next Step
Rodney and Colleen discuss what comes after you complete the Yoga Foundations Guide and offer inspiration to help you continue practicing yoga.
Yoga Talks with Rodney & Colleen
Confronting Emotions through Yoga
Emotions often come to the surface while practicing yoga.
Yoga Foundations
Foundation: Hip Openers, Arm Balances, and Inversions Prep
Explore prep poses for inversions and arm balances to increase your agility and flexibility. Learn to enjoy challenges as you re-orient your body and mind.
Yoga Talks with Rodney & Colleen
Yoga for Life
Colleen shares how she has seen yoga help people in many aspects of their lives, including managing their overall health.
Yoga Foundations
Refine: Hip Openers, Arm Balances, and Inversions Prep Workshop
Refine your practice by learning the healthy and safe way to prepare for more challenging poses. Break poses down and discover patterns so that even seemingly difficult poses become more approachable.
Yoga Foundations
Flow: Hip Openers, Arm Balances, and Inversions Prep
A foundational flow offering perserverence into your arm balances and inversions. Open your hips, build strength in your core, and explore challenging postures designed to prep your body for handstand and crow pose.
Yoga Talks with Rodney & Colleen
Exploring Your Limits
Colleen and Rodney discuss how to practice yoga within your own physical limits.
Yoga Foundations
Flow: Closed Twists and Forward Bends
A flow to stimulate the organs, intestines, and spine to create heat and encourage purification. Explore a variety of twists and forward folds.
Yoga Foundations
Foundation: Closed Twists and Forward Bends
Cultivate patience and relaxation with an exploration of closed twists and forward bends. Shift your reflection inward by exploring standing and seated poses taught with many accessible variations.
Yoga Foundations
Refine: Closed Twists and Forward Bends Workshop
Refine your understanding of the architecture and movement of the physical body by focusing on subtle aspects of closed twists and forward bends.
Yoga Talks with Rodney & Colleen
Is Yoga Really for Everyone?
Colleen shares her strong conviction that yoga can help each and every one of the 7.2 billion people on the planet.
Yoga Talks with Rodney & Colleen
Why Do We Say Namaste?
Why do we bow and say Namaste during a yoga class? Rodney and Colleen discuss the various meanings of the word used to share a heart connection with fellow yogis.
Yoga Talks with Rodney & Colleen
Is Yoga a Religion?
Rodney and Colleen return to their earlier conversation: “What is yoga?”
Yoga Talks with Rodney & Colleen
Yoga and Loving Your Body
Colleen Saidman shares how yoga helped her learn to love her body after years of being insecure about her appearance. Watch this Yoga Talk to find out more.
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