Rocket Yoga


This class is taught by:

Sarah Compas

Sarah found yoga almost 2 decades ago as a way to balance her active lifestyle and as an outlet to being a mother to (at the time) four young kids. Fast forward to today, Sarah is an E-RYT 500 teacher and still loves the balance yoga offers to her outdoor adventures and managing a busy family life. Her kids have gotten much older, but she still feels like a kid herself as you will often find her upside down, standing on her hands and head as much as possible throughout her personal practice. Through her own journey of personal injury, Sarah has learned to modify her physical practice and has developed a keen sense of body awareness and safe movement to help heal and strengthen the weak areas, and also prevent future injury. Yoga and meditation have taught her patience and acceptance through the process. Sarah teaches a powerful, playful and intuitive vinyasa style class, reading the energy of the students and connecting with them in a way that provides a unique flow each class she leads. Along with her Ashtanga-based vinyasa education, she also has been trained in and experienced with teaching various styles such as meditation and restorative yoga, Yoga Nidra, yoga for trauma and addiction recovery, and corporate yoga, naming a few. She truly feels that you need to keep moving and doing what you love to be able to enjoy life to its fullest.
Rocket Yoga is a modification of the traditional Ashtanga Yoga as an attempt to make it more accessible to western practitioners. The name was given by Bob Weir of ‘The Grateful Dead’ band because he thought Rocket Yoga was quick and easy and "gets you there faster". It is a dynamic and invigorating style of yoga that combines traditional Ashtanga yoga with elements of creative vinyasa yoga flow consisting of Sun Salutations, standing poses, balances, seated poses, twists, and bends. Throughout the practice there are challenges and opportunities to strengthen the core and also work on more advanced variations of poses and transitions, arm balances and inversions in a playful and safe environment. The class is accompanied by upbeat and energetic music to keep the energy high and support students to maintain a steady pace throughout the practice, and create a more casual and fun vibe. Students can skip any pose throughout the sequence or find easier ways to practice it instead of rigidly sticking to the pattern. Therefore, Rocket Yoga has become widely accessible to all, as a smooth process of breath and movement. It may look like a purely physical process, but it helps clear your mind as well. The full Rocket class is 90 minutes, Rocket Express is 60 minutes. Both classes meet in the non-heated yoga room.

Upcoming classes:

  • Fri Sep 12 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Sarah Compas
  • Fri Sep 19 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Josh Corry
  • Fri Sep 26 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Josh Corry
  • Fri Oct 03 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Sarah Compas
  • Fri Oct 10 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Sarah Compas
  • Fri Oct 17 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Sarah Compas
  • Fri Oct 24 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Sarah Compas
  • Fri Oct 31 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Sarah Compas
  • Fri Nov 07 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Sarah Compas
  • Fri Nov 14 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Sarah Compas
  • Fri Nov 21 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Sarah Compas
  • Fri Nov 28 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Sarah Compas
  • Fri Dec 05 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Sarah Compas
  • Fri Dec 12 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Sarah Compas
  • Fri Dec 19 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Sarah Compas
  • Fri Dec 26 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Sarah Compas
  • Fri Jan 02 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm with Sarah Compas