Maitri means loving-kindness or unconditional friendliness. David Nichtern and Cyndi Lee show you how to do this heart-opening Buddhist practice.
Yoga for When You Don’t Want to Do Yoga
It can be hard to do things you know are good for you. In this 2001 instruction from the Lion’s Roar archive, Cyndi Lee offers advice and a sequence of yoga poses for pushing through your own resistance.
Make Friends With Your Body
On or off the meditation cushion, we can be friends with our body—just the way it is. Cyndi Lee shows us how to sit with relaxation and ease.
Yoga to Open the Heart
“Your shoulders, arms, neck and ribs can either be a restrictive cage for your heart or an undulating, comforting protector.”
Never Too Old – Embrace Change
Embrace Change: leading Buddhist teachers and writers offer stories, teachings, and meditations to help us embrace the change in our lives.
Start With Your Body
A panel discussion with Phillip Moffitt, Cyndi Lee, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Reggie Ray. Introduction by Anne Carolyn Klein.
Go With the Flow

You’re mostly made of water, says Cyndi Lee, so why not act that way?
The Five-Minute Yogi
“A complete yoga practice involves forward bending, twisting, backward bending, side bending, inverting, breath awareness, resting and meditation.”
No Goals, No Limits
It amazes me when students say their hips are tight as they’re sitting on the floor with their legs spread. Their hips are open, but their minds are closed.
Turning Your World Upside Down
When we reverse our visual field and our base of physical support by doing an inversion, we dance with energy without attaching to preconceived notions.