Rod Stryker is a world-renowned meditation teacher, yoga educator, and thought-leader.

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About Rod Stryker

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One of the world’s leading yoga and meditation teachers, Rod Stryker has dedicated the last 40 years of his life to improving the lives of others through his teaching, lectures, writing, leadership, and service. 

Rod is the founder of ParaYoga®, and the author of two books—his first, The Four Desires: Creating a Life of Purpose, Happiness, Prosperity and Freedom, and his second, Enlightened Sleep, soon to be released. He is the creator of one of the world’s most comprehensive online yoga training programs and most recently, Sanctuary with Rod Stryker: the meditation & yoga nidra app with deep sleep, yoga, and pranayama (breathing) practices. Rod has also written numerous articles on yoga and meditation, has been featured in countless interviews, and has been a keynote speaker and presenter at a multitude of conferences internationally.

Rod Stryker is renowned for making ancient wisdom and practices accessible to modern audiences. He continues to share the gifts of his practice, discipleship, and life with diverse audiences beyond the yoga world––which is to say, anyone wanting to experience the tools (such as meditation and deep relaxation) that help them successfully navigate an ever-changing world, or those simply looking to improve their quality of life and well-being. 

Raised in Los Angeles, California, Rod attended Beverly Hills High School and the University of Denver, in addition to studying abroad. He was 19 years old when he began his study of yoga. He taught his first class in 1980 and seven years later, led his first teacher training.

In addition to mentoring hundreds of teachers and thousands of students worldwide, Rod Stryker also serves on the board of Give Back Yoga Foundation and is a featured faculty member of Yoga International. Rod is father to four amazing souls and currently lives in Boise, Idaho.

ParaYoga

Rod Stryker founded ParaYoga after nearly three decades of study, intensive practice, and apprenticeship with two master teachers: South African yoga master, Kavi Yogiraj Mani Finger, along with his son, Yogiraj Alan Finger. Rod would become Mani and Alan’s only American student to be designated a master teacher, guiding students and teachers into a living tradition that had been practiced and passed down from teacher to student for thousands of years. Upon Mani’s passing, Rod sought out a new master teacher under whom he could continue his own studies and growth, both as teacher and practitioner. Since 1999, Rod has been a student of Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, P.h.D., spiritual head of the Himalayan Institute, who initiated him into the tantric tradition of Sri Vidya. 

ParaYoga was developed to be an authoritative resource for students and teachers of all levels to access the time-tested practices of yoga, tantra and ayurveda. One of the cornerstones of the curriculum is its 300-hour ParaYoga Master Training (PYMT) program, widely considered one of the most comprehensive teacher training programs in the world. Today, ParaYoga is practiced not just throughout the United States but extensively worldwide. 

To further support the live, in-person training program, Rod developed an online version of the first four foundational PYMTs, so that students throughout the world could access the teachings. Meticulously crafted, and totaling over 150 hours, these four foundational online courses make it possible for students, and aspiring teachers, to gain a depth of understanding and skill (self-mastery) far beyond the average yoga teacher training. Its structure and tradition-based content ensure that ParaYoga students truly embody the teachings and, if they so desire, become highly knowledgeable, skilled and effective teachers. Rod continues to teach ParaYoga trainings regularly, offering his decades of experiential wisdom at numerous live events—in-person and via livestream—many of which are suitable for beginners as well as the most advanced practitioners. You can find the events calendar here for a list of upcoming opportunities.

The Four Desires

First developed as a live event, which Rod continues to teach throughout the year, The Four Desires is also a best-selling book that leads readers through a transformational, step-by-step, life-changing process, empowering them to fulfill their soul’s four innate desires: the desire for purpose, the desire for the means to prosper, the desire for pleasure, and finally, the desire for spiritual fulfillment and lasting freedom. According to ancient wisdom, achieving all four of these desires is the key to lasting happiness. View Rod’s Four Desires talk here.

The Four Desires will unleash your vision and power to thrive, show you how to tap into the power of your soul, and guide you to become who you were meant to be—the place where worldly and spiritual prosperity meet. To purchase the book, workbook or 2-CD practice set, click here. To learn about upcoming The Four Desires Immersions with Rod, click here.

ParaYoga Nidra: Enlightened Sleep

ParaYoga Nidra: Enlightened Sleep guides you into deep rest and complete well-being through the ancient method of yoga nidra (yogic sleep), a method Rod helped first spread word of to Westerners nearly 25 years ago. A sublime science, rooted in a vast body of knowledge and time-tested tradition, ParaYoga Nidra has five distinct aims or outcomes. It is a potent modality for: healing, transformation, sankalpa, transcendence, and ultimately, accessing the timeless wisdom of the sages––the most subtle application of yoga nidra. Thus, the template for the practice changes depending upon which one of these five aims you wish to achieve. On the most basic level, ParaYoga Nidra is a comprehensive method for maximizing rest, health and well-being. On a deeper level, it is a profoundly spiritual practice. And somewhere in between, it is one of the most profound and accessible ways to positively reshape the unconscious.

Experience ParaYoga Nidra through Rod’s app, Sanctuary with Rod Stryker, through his 10-hr Immersion in Enlightened Sleep featured on YogaInternational.com, or at any of his various upcoming, live ParaYoga Nidra trainings.  

Featured Offerings

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Sanctuary with Rod Stryker

More than just a leading meditation and yoga nidra app, Sanctuary is now a singular, premier destination for total well-being. Explore sections of Sanctuary’s comprehensive library—devoted not only to Yoga Nidra and Meditation, but also to Deep Sleep, Yoga, and Pranayama (breathing). New tracks are added monthly. Available on the App Store and Google Play.

Reflections and Timeless Solutions: An Online Series with Rod Stryker

Reflections and Timeless Solutions is a 3-part online series of gatherings, dedicated to returning you to the salve of Spirit. Each session is an opportunity to reflect and turn toward real-life solutions. Access to recordings of both Volumes I & II is now available for purchase.

Costa Rica Retreat and other events both in-person and live-stream

Experience an exceptional week of yoga, both on your mat and in nature. This time is dedicated to taking you deep into the heart of self-enrichment and renewal, clarity and freedom, healing and empowerment.

The Four Desires: Creating a Life of Purpose, Happiness, Prosperity, and Freedom.

Rod Stryker is one of the world’s leading yoga and meditation teachers. He has helped thousands of people from all walks of life recognize their soul’s call to greatness and achieve their dreams.

Light on the Teacher: Yogarupa Rod Stryker

A Short Portrait Film by DJ Pierce

The history of ParaYoga and its founder Rod Stryker – how yoga found him and what has driven him to these devotional teachings all these past 35 years and counting.