For more than 20 years, yoga and meditation teacher Rod Stryker has inspired thousands with his approach that he calls “Pure Yoga”.

Pure Yoga empowers individuals to achieve their full (physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual) potential so they may enjoy a richer, more rewarding life. It provides the knowledge, wisdom and tools that enhance all aspects of modern life through the timeless spirit and teachings of yoga.

"Nothing inspires me more about what I do than providing the tools that inspire and empower others to realize a life of fullness and purpose,” Rod says.

Rod began studying yoga at the age of 19 and later began an intensive apprenticeship with internationally renowned yoga master Yogiraj Mani Finger, becoming his teacher's only American disciple to receive the title of Yogiraj, Master of Yoga. Rod became part of this spiritual lineage that included some of India's leading yoga masters of the past century: Paramhamsa Yogananda, Swami Sivananada and Ramana Maharishi.

He has owned two successful yoga studios in Los Angeles and has a long list of private clients, which include celebrities and high-powered professionals. Known to most for his work as a teacher's teacher, Rod also instructs students of every level who are interested in deepening their yoga. His teaching takes him regularly to cities throughout the United States and abroad.

Additionally, Rod lectures to a wide variety of groups, consults with corporations on the benefits of yoga, and has taught yoga and meditation alongside Deepak Chopra. He has written articles for the country's leading yoga publications, and has been featured in numerous magazine articles and interviewed by various television and news programs. Rod is also on the advisory board of Yoga International Magazine.