Emily Weitz McLean has been teaching yoga in the Hamptons and NYC since she received her certification in 2008. Trained in the Anusara style by senior teachers Elena Brower, Lois Nesbitt, and Ellen Saltonstall, Emily also draws influence from her time living in Bangkok, Thailand, and studying eastern philosophy. Her gentle nature infuses each class, so that there's a sense of ease and softness even in the most challenging poses. Her precise alignment instructions are designed to prevent injury and keep practitioners safe as their practice advances. Learn more at her web site,

Emily believes that yoga is a tool to access the truth within, to remain grounded in the moment, and to breathe through the tight spots in life. Educated in the Anusara style, Emily combines themes like joy, grounding and centering with precise alignment instructions to help students bring the strength of their practice to their everyday lives. Learn more about her at www.yogamatized.com. Contact: Emily Weitz emilyweitzmclean@gmail.com www.emilyweitzmclean.com 

I was introduced to yoga in the mid 80’s on a summer trip to Vermont. We stopped at a spa in the mountains and took a class with a local yoga teacher. It was a transformative experience. There was no turning back! I knew that I would continue as I had never felt so much more at ease and so alive after any other type of exercise class I had taken. I continued to practice, and then in 2000 completed a 200 hour yoga teacher certification program in Westchester. Since then, I have studied extensively with many internationally renown yoga teachers ,including Colleen Saidman Yee, Rodney Yee, Angela Farmer and Victor Von Kooten, and completed additional trainings – 500 hour Yoga teacher and Urban Zen certifications at Yoga Shanti in Sag Harbor, Trauma Sensitive Yoga at the Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute and, most recently, I completed a certification in the Inelda End of Life Doula training. My master’s in social work had also deepened my yoga practice.
I seek to maintain a perpetual beginner’s mind in my yoga and hope you will join me in class to continue to explore finding peace of mind, more balance in life, ways to unwind, to explore yoga from the inside out and to breath.