Rocket Yoga of dedicated Ashtanga practice with his teacher Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. ROCKET is a dynamic and fast-paced method of yoga. Larry Schultz, the founder of It’s Yoga®, created The ROCKET routines, a series of postures based on a modification of the traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga primary and intermediate series. Dani Burlison of the New Bohemian Magazine says: "Rocket yoga promises to get students to fitness nirvana faster." Classes are guided with Sanskrit names of the asanas, following through 142 poses in 75 minutes in a typical class(there are alternate 60 minute and 90 minute class versions as well.) The structure
Ashtanga vinyasa yoga classes in similar style, offering posture variations, and teaching Ashtanga in a much less linear style, with a greater emphasis on alignment and breathing. Sharath's "new generation" of young students have adopted Sharath's new rules, and teach in a linear style without variations. According to the Sharath generation, variations are not allowed, and practice must be in a strict Mysore environment under the guidance of a Sharath-approved teacher. How-to videos & workshops, detailed alignment instructions, and strength-building exercises are not part of the method, neither for the practitioner or the teacher. These types of instruction are not approved by Sharath,