Yoga Sadhaki Dr. Sangeeta

Laura Biagi 

• Originally from Siena, Tuscany, Italy, Sangeeta is an interfaith minister, singer, researcher, educator, and yoga teacher with a focus on sound healing and Ashtanga Yoga.
• After graduating from the University of Siena, Italy, with a thesis on ritual and performance in the experimental vocal work of Meredith Monk, Sangeeta served one year at Vassar College, New York, as Language Fellow in the Italian Studies Department. She remained in the United Stated to work on a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in the Department of Performance Studies at New York University under the guidance of theatre and ritual expert Professor Richard Schechner. Her dissertation, Spider Dreams, is on the relationship between music, dance, and healing in Southern Italian tarantella.
• While in New York City, Sangeeta studied extended vocal techniques with Meredith Monk, and Deep Listening with Pauline Oliveros, and was ordained by spiritual leader Ione as a Minister of the Ministry of Maat, an interfaith ministry devoted to the support and enhancement of creativity and peace. Sangeeta performed in the United States and in Europe at such diverse venues as The Judson Theatre, LaMama Theatre, Vassar College, Casa Italiana at New York University, The Calandra Institute, The Gallery at Deep Listening Space (New York), Salle Pleyel (Paris) and Caffé Fandango (Rome).
• From 2007 to 2009, Sangeeta served as a Professor of Italian Folk Music and Dance at New York University in Florence, Italy, and at Vassar College, New York.
• Sangeeta is a graduate of the nine-month Sound and Music Facilitator Training at the New York Open Center Sound and Music Institute.
• She is currently residing in the International Center for Yoga Education and Research, Ananda Ashram, in Pondicherry, India, where she is completing a one-year Special Diploma in Yoga Education and Therapy. In India, Sangeeta is studying Ashtanga Yoga, Mantra Yoga, Pranayama Yoga, Yantra, and Carnatic vocal music in the tradition of Raja Ashtanga Yoga in the Parampara of Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Maharaj. She is training under the guidance of Smt Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani and Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani.
• In her teachings and performances, Sangeeta brings together her experience of contemporary performance art, Italian folklore, and Indian yoga and classical music to explore the realms of sound, vibrations, and healing.