Rocket Yoga Training Curriculum
Feeding the seed of Rocket Vinyasa Sequences
Rocket Yoga Training can begin after you have completed a 200 hour yoga training and would like to learn more advanced yoga sequencing and transitions. Rocket yoga training is based in Larry Schultz's Rocket Yoga.
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Module 1 Rocket Training 60 Hours - 5 Days - 40 contact hours - 20 non contact hours - Overview of the Rocket system, learn to instruct Bottle Rocket, develop home practice of all Rocket sequences, learn the Larry Schultz Philosophy
Module 1 and 2 Rocket Booster - 60 Hours - 5 days - 40 contact hours - 20 non contact hours - Focuses on Rocket 2, if you have been instructing Rocket you will have an oppurtunity to instruct and refine your Rocket 2 script.
Daily lead practice
-Bottle Rocket/Modified Rocket
-Rocket 1
-Rocket 2
-Rocket 3 or Mixed Levels
Learning “The System”
– History of the Rocket
– 6 day a week practice schedule
– Larry Schultz Philosophy
– Pacing and tempo
Journaling
– Keeping a practice log to record hours
– Keeping an instructing log to record hours
Scripting
- Writing out a Rocket class including breath and Rocket transitions
Asanas
-arm balances
-bakasana/crow
-eka pada bakasana/one legged crow
-koudinyasana/grasshopper
-ashtavakrasana/eight crooked limbs
-parsva bakasana a,b,c/side crows
-pincha myrasana/elbow stands
-hasta sirsasana/handstand
Rocket transitions
– from headstands to arm balances
– arm balances to handstands
– mula bandha check up into arm balances
Core training
-dolphin
-Pilates
-boot camp
Deep stretching
-hips
-splits
-partner work
Learning the “Mechanics of Flight”
-weight transfer into the hands
-floating back and forth in the Sun Salutations
-jump backs from seated postures
-inversions and handstands from standing postures
-arm balances and inversions from seated positions
-creating fluid movement throughout your practice
-floating with control vs. ballistics
Rocket Finishing Poses
- raja kapotanasana, pigeon
– ardha matsyandrasana, bhardvadrasana
– passchimottanasan/forward bend
Backbends
– shalabasana/locust
– danurasana/bow
– ustrasana/camel
– kapotanasana/ advanced camel
Modifications and assists for all postures