Dr Sangeeta Laura Biagi, Ph.D.
NEW YORK
My research on the power of the voice began over thirty years ago, and has led me to travel the world to learn listening, singing, and healing practices.
Originally from Siena, Italy, I moved to the United States in the 1990’s to earn a Master of Arts and PhD from the Department of Performance Studies at New York University. In New York, I deepened my studies on healing through sound with Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros and Augusto Boal, among others. I also trained, under the guidance of therapist Reverend Ione, as an intercultural interfaith Minister.
My courses, classes and seminars are rooted in ancient teachings of living traditions and combine contemporary and inclusive approaches to self-awareness and relaxation for wholistic and integrated living.
INDIA
In 2009, I moved to India to devote myself to the traditional study of Yoga at the International Center for Yoga Education and Research, in the Rishiculture Ashtanga Yoga tradition codified by Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri. I was truly blessed to meet my Yoga Gurus, Yogacharini Smt Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani and Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani.
After two years of residential studies and over 3500 hours of practical and theoretical training, I received a Two-Year Senior Yoga Teacher Diploma and the title of “Yogacharini” (Advanced Yoga Teacher).
In 2013, Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, and I published the book Saraswati’s Pearls: Dialogues on the Yoga of Sound and, in 2023, we published our second book, Nada Yoga: The Vibratory Essence of the Yoga of Sound.
EMMY AWARD NOMINATION FOR OUR DOCUMENTARY
Since 2013, I have been teaching communication, voice studies and contemplative and healing practices in Italy, Germany, India and, in the United States, at New York University and Vassar College.
From 2017 to 2020 I worked as faculty of voice and creative writing at The Theater School of DePaul University in Chicago where, from 2017 to 2020, I created and taught the academic course “Storytelling as a Healing Art” inside Cook County Jail. This work was featured in the 2020 Emmy- nominated documentary “THE GIRL INSIDE”.
In 2020 I earned a Health and Life Coach certification recognized by the International Coaching Federation and, in 2020 I received the “Excellence in Teaching Award” from DePaul University in Chicago.
Since 2020 I live between Italy and India to share the teachings of Nada Yoga with local and global communities and since 2023 I have been leading international residential programs in Nada Yoga at our “mother Ashram”, Ananda Ashram in Pondicherry.
ENJOY DR. ANANDA’S AND DR. SANGEETA’S SERIES OF TALKS AND WORKSHOPS ORGANISED BY THE FOUNDATION FOR UNIVERSAL RESPONSIBILITY OF HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA
Yoga Unveiled, a series of workshops and lectures, was held at the India International Centre, New Delhi, in July 2024 with Dr. Ananda Bhavanani, Director of ISCM and Yoga Therapy professor at Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, and Dr. Sangeeta Biagi, Cultural Anthropologist and Yoga Teacher. The series was inaugurated at the IHC.
“Reimagining Failure: Breathe, Belong, Believe”
TEDx Talk 2018
A tribute to the essential role that breathing, listening and honoring one’s voice play in building and maintaining healthy and respectful societies.
My Publications
