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 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,