Rodney Yee
Yoga teacher
Rodney Yee is considered a pioneer of yoga in the United States and is one of the most recognized yoga instructors in the world. A practitioner for more than 30 years, Rodney initially became a yoga enthusiast as a student of Iyengar Yoga but now teaches a blend of Iyengar and his own invented style.
He began his teaching career at The Yoga Room in Berkeley, California, later cofounding the Piedmont Yoga Studio (with Richard Rosen and Claire Finn) in Oakland. Currently based in New York, he teaches regularly at Yoga Shanti, a Sag Harbor studio owned by his wife and well-known yoga teacher Colleen Saidman.
Rodney leads teacher trainings, workshops, and retreats nationally and internationally, many of them with Colleen. He has also been teaching advanced yoga teacher trainings at studios throughout the country for more than 15 years.
A former dancer with the Oakland Ballet Company and the Matsuyama Ballet Company of Tokyo, Rodney has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, CNN, and PBS, and is featured in more than 30 instructional video/DVD series by GAIM.
The coauthor of two books, Yoga: The Poetry of the Body and Moving Toward Balance, serves as a cochair of the Urban Zen Health and Wellness Initiative, a foundation dedicated to bringing yoga, massage, and holistic therapies to hospitals around the nation.
Upcoming Programs
Yoga Path to Freedom, Peace, and Balance
October 4 - 6, 2019
Friday - Sunday, 2 nights
Our internal conflicts, doubts, and fears eat up so much of our energy. How can we practice yoga to resolve confusion or resistance and promote equanimity and compassion every single day? Join internationally beloved yoga teachers Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee to learn and practice sequences for creating tranquility in your mind, body, and heart. With more spaciousness, we...
The Practice at 1440
January 17 - 20, 2020
Friday - Monday, 3 nights
The Practice Four days. Nine master teachers. One path. You are invited to deepen and reconnect to your practice at a design-your-own yoga retreat presented by 1440 Multiversity and Yoga Journal. Your experience begins Friday evening at an inspirational keynote and extends through the weekend—with your unique schedule of asana, pranayama, and meditation classes—culminating in...
Previous Programs
The Full Scope of Yoga
October 20 - 22, 2017
Friday - Sunday, 2 nights
This weekend, dive in and explore yoga asana, meditation, and pranayama with internationally beloved yoga teachers Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee. The yoga sutras tell us that for millennia yoga has been used as a practice to observe the fluctuations of the mind and cultivate the experience of equilibrium, whatever the present moment brings....
The Full Scope of Yoga
October 5 - 7, 2018
Friday - Sunday, 2 nights
This weekend, dive in and explore yoga asana, meditation, and pranayama with internationally beloved yoga teachers Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee. The yoga sutras tell us that for millennia yoga has been used as a practice to observe the fluctuations of the mind and cultivate the experience of equilibrium, whatever the present moment brings....
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