STRUCTURE

Every day will include two Rocket practices and one workshop / asana clinic. Prepare to be challenged in a fun and supportive environment and to take your practice to another level! The course will cover the following subjects:

ASANA 

• Learn to teach Rocket 1 and Rocket 2 classes

• Exploration into Rocket 3 (Happy Hour!!)

• Handstands and arm balance workshops – breaking down the techniques and drills for arm balances, handstands and transitions

• Learn the three faces of the practice (modification, classical and creative variation)

• Adjusting / assisting – learn to effectively assist the foundational postures as well as the more advanced asanas

• Mat markings – how to use mat marking as an alignment aid, tailored to your body and practice

PHILOSOPHY & HISTORY 

• History of Rocket yoga – Legacy of Larry Schultz, the lineage of Krishnamacharya and Pattabhi Jois in Ashtanga

• Usage and meaning of mantras – opening chants of the Ashtanga lineage

• Lectures on the history of yoga since the 12th century, including the development of postural yoga in the 19th century

• The application of the yoga sutras in our teaching and daily life

PRANAYAMA & KRIYAS   

• The four purifications – we will look in detail at this powerful morning pranayama sequence, used to purify and cleanse the body and mind

• Using the mala beads as meditation and a pranayama tool

• When and how to apply pranayama in personal practice and teachings

• Ashtanga pranayama

The training is open to students with a strong asana practice, as well as teachers who want to learn how to teach Rocket-Inspired classes. 

 

We are very excited to see the Rocket Yoga community becoming international, and this training is aimed at getting more teachers and students from around the globe to incorporate the Rocket in their personal practice and teachings.

READING LIST

Below are the preferred texts for the training to be familiarised on your own prior, during & post training for study and preparation

– The Practice Manual by David Swenson
– The Sutras of Patanjali by Satchidananda
– Moola Bandha – The Master Key by Buddhanada
– Yoga in the kashmir Tradition by Billy Doyle
– The Yoga Body by Mark Singleton