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Rodney Yee

American yoga instructor (born 1957)

Rodney Yee

BornMarch 1, 1957[1]
OccupationYoga instructor
Years activeearly 1990s–present
Spouses
  • Donna Fone;
  • Colleen Saidman

Rodney Yee is an American yoga instructor who rose to national prominence in the mid-1990s when he was featured on the cover of Yoga Journal magazine and later starred in a series of Gaiam/Living Arts yoga instructional videos and DVDs.[2] Yee has narrated meditation audios and written two books.

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Early life and education

Rodney Yee was born in 1957, the Chinese-American son of an Air ForceColonel, and spent his childhood on military bases in Altus, Oklahoma and Puerto Rico. He was a gymnast during his high school years and later became a ballet dancer, performing with the Oakland Ballet Company and the Matsuyama Ballet Company of Tokyo, Japan.

He began studies in philosophy and physical therapy at the University of California, Berkeley, tho About — Rodney Yee Yoga CYDU