Rodney Yee is co-director of the Piedmont Yoga Studio in Oakland, California. A student of B.K.S. Iyengar for many years, Yee previously danced with the Oakland Ballet Company and the Matsuyama Ballet Company of Tokyo. He is featured in the award-winning videos The Yoga Practice Series and Yoga Practice for Meditation. He is also the author of Yoga: The Poetry of the Body.