American yoga instructor (1957- )
Meditation is a silent way of looking at resistance. You're not running away from it -- you're sitting with the resistance ... basically you're trying to follow the resistance. And I think that's very interesting.
RODNEY YEE
Yoga: The Poetry of the Body
The practice of yoga has been an amazing tool to actually unearth where my inspiration lives inside my body and mind and heart.
RODNEY YEE
"A Conversation with Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee", Origin: The Conscious Culture Magazine
Yoga is really trying to liberate us from ... shame about our bodies. To love your body is a very important thing -- I think the health of your mind depends on your being able to love your body.
RODNEY YEE
Yoga: The Poetry of the Body
Yoga is the methodology with which to unveil the miracle that exists right in front of our faces and inside ourselves.
RODNEY YEE
"A Conversation with Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee", Origin: The Conscious Culture Magazine
Yoga is an ancient discipline in which physical postures, breath practice, meditation, and philosophical study are tools for achieving liberation. In my interpretation, achieving liberation in yoga means learning how to be present with everything that arises, whether it is pain or pleasure, sadness or joy, failure or success. And to be present with whatever arises, I believe we must not only be aware of what is arising but we must also be able to see all things that arise as equal, with detachment.
RODNEY YEE
Moving Toward Balance: 8 Weeks of Yoga with Rodney Yee
The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your mind.
RODNEY YEE
Yoga: The Poetry of the Body
Teaching is really a natural extension of one's practice--one wants to share something that's so influential and beautiful in one's life.
RODNEY YEE
"Interview with Rodney Yee: World Renowned Yoga Teacher", Share Guide
Yoga answers a lot of physical problems such as back pain, stress issues, and any kind of joint problems or illnesses. Even more important is the spiritual questioning that comes up around our middle years. We wonder what do I want to hand down to my children, and how do I want to spend my days on this earth? I think yoga begins to help us look at what our passions and our dreams are. And it helps give us the courage once we find passion to actually pursue that!
RODNEY YEE
"Interview with Rodney Yee: World Renowned Yoga Teacher", Share Guide