Cyndi Lee founded OM yoga center in New York City in 1998. With 60 faculty members and a monthly student base of over 5,000, OM offers over 175 weekly classes, 200- and 500-hour teacher training courses, worldwide retreats, yoga in schools and corporate yoga programs, at both the flagship Union Square facility as well as at the Alvin Ailey Institute in midtown Manhattan.

Cyndi is the author and artist of Yoga Body, Buddha Mind; OM yoga Today; OM yoga, A Guide to Daily Practice; OM at Home, A Yoga Journal; and the OM yoga in a Box series. She has created two DVDs: OM yoga Beginner/Intermediate class DVD and OM Yoga and Meditation Workshop DVD co-taught by David Nichtern, which was commissioned by the One Spirit Book club as a main selection celebrating the club’s 10th year anniversary. Cyndi is a contributing author to Will Meditation and Yoga Change My Life?; Joyful Mind; Joyful Wedding; and The Idiot’s Guide to Fitness. She has written for Natural Health, Dance Magazine, BalletTanz, Cooking Light, Spa Finder, Tricyle, and authored yoga columns in Yoga Journal (2004-05) and the Shambhala Sun (2000-2003).