Rocket Yoga

Because Rocket Yoga is studied through breath, bandha, and dristi, Rocket Yoga is an Ashtanga Yoga system. But this practice can be deeper and more magical than traditional Ashtanga Yoga. If you've tried ashtanga but found the tight sequences to be too restrictive, you might want to try rocket yoga. Larry Schultz, a committed ashtanga student in Mysore under Pattabhi Jois, founded rocket yoga, or simply 'rocket.'

Larry Schultz uses rockets to continue ashtanga's sequential method. He did, however, enable practitioners to adjust the positions to better suit their bodies in order to make ashtanga more accessible to the Western world. In rocket yoga, you can continue or alter a stance if it produces discomfort or tension.

Although the rocket allows for stance variation, it is speedier than the ashtanga and will make you sweat. Novices begin with the Rocket I sequence and progress to Rocket III. Arm balances and headrests are always present, and beginners begin with the Rocket I sequence and progress to Rocket III.

Hip opening, core strength, and forward folds are the focus of Rocket I, while spine twists, back bend, and sitting postures are included in Rocket II. According to legend, Grateful Dead member Bob Weir coined the phrase "it gets you there faster" to describe the technique. Trainees develop stamina, strength, and flexibility in attacks by the time they are ready for Rocket III (which combines positions learned in I and II). Rocket is still one of the yoga exercises to get stronger, regardless of Rocket.