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.


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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