Ep 177 Rodney Yee – Modern Yoga Pioneer

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Rodney Yee is an American yoga instructor who rose to prominence in the mid-1990s when he was featured on the cover of Yoga Journal magazine and starred in some of the first-ever yoga instructional videos and DVDs with Gaiam/Living Arts. After his interview with Oprah in 1999, both Yee personally and yoga were catapulted into the mainstream spotlight.

Key Points

From dance to yoga

Starting with Iyengar yoga

Working with Richard Rosen

There was no such thing as a yoga career in those days

The need to study yoga

Creating Gaiam yoga videos

On Oprah in 1999

Sold a million videos the day after

Fulfilling the map of your skin

Being in a place where there is no you

Yoga and self reflection

The pyramid of yoga

Giving a touch of the yoga landscape

Even in a bad asana class something else happens

Staying relevant in yoga teaching

Questing for meaning

Teaching this new generation

It was easy for us to out do our parents

I’m inspired by anyone who is enquiring deeply