Rodney Yee

Rodney Yee

Taking his first yoga class in 1980, Rodney Yee is now one of the most recognized yoga teachers in the world and is considered a pioneer of yoga in the United States.

Rodney practices and teaches yoga to bring philosophy into action and to unveil the natural beauty of our spirits. He loves the ability of yoga to cleanse the mind and body which allows for presence of being. With his wife Colleen Saidman, Yee developed the Gaia Yoga Studio, designed to make a yoga home practice accessible to a wide audience.

Relying strongly on his own practice and intuition to influence his teaching, Rodney Yee has been curious about the mind and body for as long as he can remember. He was a gymnast, a ballet dancer with the Oakland Ballet Company and the Matsuyama Ballet Company of Tokyo, and a philosophy and physical therapy major at the University of California Davis and Berkeley.

Having created and appearing in over 30 video titles and numerous audio recordings produced by Gaia, Rodney Yee has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN and PBS, and his instructional programs are often among the top 10 fitness programs in the US. Yee leads workshops and teacher trainings around the world and serves as a co-chair of the Urban Zen Health and Wellness Initiative, a foundation dedicated to bringing yoga, massage and holistic therapies to hospitals around the nation.

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Sunrise Yoga
Align mind, body, and spirit with the circadian rhythms of nature. As you transition from sleep to wakefulness, discover natural energy through cycles of gentle, nourishing movements. Brinig the body and mind into harmony with this hatha practice to get your day started!
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Sunrise Yoga
Become a witness to the power of breath in this flow. Observe the effects as the body and mind surrender to the wisdom of prana, the essence of the breath, with these subtle, simple, but powerful techniques.
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Yoga Conversations with Rodney Yee
Join Rodney Yee as he sits down with Swami Sita, an expert teacher in yoga philosophy and methods and the Director at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm in Grass Valley, California. Go deep into age-old yogic questions, like “Who Am I?” and discover what a day in the ashram is like.
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Sunrise Yoga
Enjoy a slow, steady, and graduated sun salutation practice to focus on the lyrical flow and discipline of repetition. Create a rhythm for your day that embodies the essence of a spiritual ritual, allowing you to find gratitude and appreciation for moments on and off your mat. Begin with sun salutations, then move through a series of lunges, warrior poses, and options for jump-back transitions, then close with a couple gentle movements before close in savasana.
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Yoga Conversations with Rodney Yee
Join Rodney Yee as he sits down with author and scholar Phil Goldberg to talk about how Eastern philosophies and sacred texts were brought to the West, and how these teachings have transformed the landscape of modern-day culture.
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Sunrise Yoga
A vigorous but approachable practice to evoke the qualities of loving-kindness. Service is the road to happiness.
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Yoga Conversations with Rodney Yee
Kundalini Yoga is one of the fastest growing schools of yoga and meditation in the world. Known as the “Yoga of Awareness”, Kundalini is a structured practice that is easily accessible to anyone. Join Rodney Yee as he sits down with rising Kundalini teacher Guru Jagat as they discuss her journey to Kundalini, its principles and methods, and answer several questions about the practice.
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Sunrise Yoga
Examine the interplay between effort and surrender by working with pranayama (breathing techniques) and strong postures. Find harmony between strength and softness as you move on the mat this morning. By using your yoga practice to experience balance and peace, you will begin to see these principles translate off the mat and into your everyday life.
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Yoga Conversations with Rodney Yee
In this 20-minute interview, Rodney Yee talks to Iyengar yoga teacher Scott Hobbs, exploring the fundamental practices of this school of yoga and why Hobbs will practice inversions for nearly an hour each day.
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Sunrise Yoga
Focus your awareness on your breath, allowing it to become the bridge between the body and mind. Move through a balanced sequence of static postures to tune into the pace and rhythm of your breath.
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Yoga Conversations with Rodney Yee
Join Rodney Yee as he discusses meditation and mantra with world-renowned and beloved teacher Sally Kempton. Explore the meaning of meditation, its purpose and its diverse practices, while also learning about Sally’s personal journey.
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Yoga Conversations with Rodney Yee
Join Rodney Yee as he sits down with Ann Dyer to discuss Nada Yoga. Get an intimate look at the practices and principles behind “sound yoga” with one of the world’s foremost teachers. Dive into mantra, the sound of OM, and meditation as a deep listening practice.
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Yoga Conversations with Rodney Yee
Take a glimpse into this series with Rodney Yee and a variety of guests. Learn more about yoga from the lens of yoga masters.
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Yoga Every Day
A short practice to open and release your body from head to toe. Work into standing postures like revolved triangle, utilizing the practice for self-realization and creating bliss in the body and mind.
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Yoga Every Day
Literally translated, “asana” means “to find a seat.” This practice is seated,while exploring hip openers and ultimately work towards lotus pose (padmasana).
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Yoga Every Day
With your breath as a gauge, you can explore how much effort you actually need while you move through a vigorous and playful vinyasa class.
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Yoga Every Day
Expand your upper body, explore variations of common poses leading up to a challenging balances pose, then close with stretches for your hamstrings. The suspension of the torso is the key behind freeing your breath. When you learn how to float your torso, both on and off the mat, you discover what it feels like to truly open up and allow the breath in.
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Yoga Every Day
Explore how opposites are experienced in yoga, moving through a sequence of standing and seated postures. As you work through the practice, notice how the strongest foundations are those that allow the most growth. The word “hatha” itself integrates two opposites, the sun and the moon, creating the basis for the practice. What is moving up? What is moving down? What is light? What is heavy?