CorePower Yoga CorePower Yoga CorePower Yoga is the largest privately held chain of yoga studios in the United States. The company is based in Denver, Colorado and headed by Eric Kufel who serves as the CEO. Each yoga studio teaches a CorePower yoga style developed by founder Trevor Tice that combines power yoga, Ashtanga yoga, Vinyasa yoga, and Bikram yoga. Trevor Tice (died December 2016) founded CorePower Yoga in 2002. Tice funded the first 20 studios with the proceeds from the sale of his previous company, Tech Partners International. The company later received an additional investment of over $100 million from Catterton
Ashtanga vinyasa yoga and never taught by Sharath. However most of his teachers who claim to have been taught by him will teach the above methods, exercises, & postures, even though none of what they teach is part of the Ashtanga method of instruction under Sharath. Pattabhi Jois also did not require students to independently drop back and come up from back bending before progressing to the 2nd series. Sharath changed the requirements, and has now made this mandatory. However, it is important to note that Pattabhi Jois was the founder of the system, and taught each of his original students differently, instructing