This weekend is an introduction to RocketBeats : a modern, dynamic and fun style of yoga originating in London with a growing community of practitioners and teachers in the UK and beyond
What is RocketBeats?
RocketBeats is a challenging and fun, breath-based yoga practice, which is influenced by Rocket and a range of other yoga and movement modalities.
The RocketBeats style is based on 4 different directions of travel, each based around specific anatomical movements. The directions always stay the same but the sequences constantly change.
- UP – everything shoulders and upper body – arm balances, inversions, binds and more
- DOWN – everything hips and lower body – standing balances, hip openers and more
- FORWARDS – everything forward fold – hip compression, pressing and more
- BACKWARDS – everything front body opening – core stabilisation, backbends and more
The idea is to do each of the directions equally and to gain a deeper understanding of how and why we move and find balance between what you need and what you want.
What to expect from this weekend
This is a series of 4 x 150 minute sessions held over a single weekend. Each session is dedicated to a particular direction of travel – attend one session to focus on a single direction of travel or all 4 to achieve a well-rounded practice.
Each session consists of….
- An introduction to each direction of travel
- A 60 minute direction-focussed workshop
- A 90 minute direction-focussed asana practice
Who is this suitable for?
This weekend is suitable for anyone who has a regular dynamic yoga practice and wants to do more. Whether you are a teacher or just love the practice, this weekend will encourage you to find stillness through dynamic movement, helping you develop a well-rounded personal practice and maybe also giving you the tools to help others do the same.
Agenda
- Saturday 10th May – 10am-12.30pm – UP
UP is all about shoulder strength and flexibility.
The workshop will focus on shoulder strengthening and opening so that you can refine your alignment and stability in every inversion (no more bananas!).
In the asana practice, you can expect A LOT of arm balances, inversions, transitions and binds
- Saturday 10th May – 3pm-5.30pm – DOWN
DOWN is all about hip strength and flexibility.
The workshop will focus on glute strength and hip mobility, essential if you wanna hold those complex standing balances for more than a minute.
In the asana practice, you can expect an army of warriors, standing balances and hip openers.
- Sunday 11th May – 10am-12.30pm – FORWARDS
FORWARDS is all about engaging the front of the body to open the back.
The workshop will focus on drills to improve your bandha checks, transitions and presses.
The asana practice will be peppered with hip compression, deep core, transitions and opportunities to press, all neutralised with BACKWARDS poses.
- Sunday 11th May – 3pm-5.30pm – BACKWARDS
BACKWARDS is all about engaging the back of the body to open the front.
The workshop will focus on glute engagement, core stabilisation, spinal extension and shoulder opening drills to move into distributed, even and comfortable backbends.
You can expect an asana practice with a large range of backbends, symmetrical and asymmetrical, all neutralised with FORWARDS poses.
Imi Wiseman and Alan Ellman are a teaching team originating from the Rocket tradition who have incorporated many movement modalities to create their own style of modern, dynamic – and fun – yoga. They are committed to challenging dogma, disrupting the norm and encouraging yoga teachers and practitioners to think for themselves too. Imi and Alan are based in London teaching at some of London’s leading studios where they also run RocketBeats Teacher Training.
Photography by Gemma Bringloe @gemma.b.photography
Cost
- Weekend : CHF 250.-
- Early bird : CHF 225.- if you book before 18 January 2025
Conditions:
- Registration: via Mindbody customer account only, payment by credit card or Twint (bank transfer upon request).
- Cancellation by the organizer: the amount is credited to the customers account or refunded.
- Cancellation by customer: possible up to 48 hours before the event via Mindbody. Amount credited to customers account. Refund upon request.