Cost: $40 ($30 for unlimited members)

Light the fuse and send your practice into orbit with this fun and challenging arm balance workshop at Asta Yoga. Based off of the sequences of traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa and Rocket Yoga we will explore the intricacies, training methods, and shortcuts to balancing on your hands and arms. Discover how these poses are not merely based on strength, but instead find them through awareness and creativity.

The workshop consists of a 2 hour session of “exercises” where we will first warm up and then break down the components of hand/arm balancing asana’s from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd series of Ashtanga. Included and following the workshop is the evening Rocket class where you will be able to employ your new found strength and awareness.

Poses to be explored (not limited to) include: Bakasana (Crow), Eka-Pada Bakasana (One Legged Crow), Koundinyasana, Eka-Pada Koundinyasana I and II, Astavakrasana, Parsvabakasana (side crow), Tittibasana (firefly), Bhujapidasana and more.

These poses not only create a sense of weightlessness, but can also help overcome fears
and inhibitions that carry into your everyday life.

Designed for students of all levels who are seeking flight.

Cost: $40 ($30 for unlimited members)

Ashtanga Vinyasa is designed to bring back flexibility, strength and balance to the body.  Reshaping hands and feet, limbs and spinal column. Improving our posture, our breathing and mind processes through a series of postures linked with movement.  Everything begins with your breath and with the placement and alignment of your hands and feet as you move on the mat.

In this workshop you’ll learn about the importance of your breath and understand how to engage in ujjayi pranayama (victorious breath technique) and to synchronize breath and movement. You’ll also be advised on better posture and different variations for your practice.  How to utilize the core to protect the lower back from unnecessary stress and pain with an introduction to pilates.  How to strengthen the arms and upper body by correcting your push-ups (chaturanga). And other tips tailored to your own specific case.

This is an excellent workshop for those new to vinyasa, beginners and for those looking to improve or deepen their practice.

$40 ($30 for unlimited members)

Larry Schultz created the Rocket routine, a series of postures based on a modification of the traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga intermediate series, to renew energy and vitality in the body. Full of back bending and spinal twisting, this uplifting sequence of postures has gained global recognition as a feel-good experience which opens the body and clears the mind.

The Rocket Yoga DVD breaks through areas of tension and energy blockage, combating tendencies towards stagnancy and resistance in the body. Frequent hand stands and arm balances keep the energy level high and encourage students to connect to their inner power and change their world view.