Rod Stryker (born Nimrod Andre Gross; 19 October 1957) is an American yoga and meditation teacher, author and speaker.
He is the founder of ParaYoga, the author of The Four Desires: Creating a Life of Purpose, Happiness, Prosperity, and Freedom (2011 Random House).
He is a former actor on the soap opera Capital [3] and an actor in two 1980s action adventure shows (Riptide and The A-Team)[4] Raised in Los Angeles, California, Stryker attended Beverly Hills High School and the University of Denver, in addition to studying abroad.
In 1999, Stryker was initiated into the tantric tradition of Sri Vidya, by his current teacher, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, spiritual head of the Himalayan Institute.
In August 2021, Stryker acknowledged having had a one-time consensual intimate encounter with a student two years earlier.