Hi Yogis, Thank you so much for your interest in becoming part of the Rocket® Yoga community here in Porto. I'm truly excited to take this step and share a practice that has transformed my life in so many ways. It means so much to be able to bring Rocket® Yoga to Porto and share this journey with you.
I hope you can be part of this growing community.
OCTOBER:
Tuesdays on the 6th, 13th, and 20th, and 27th.
Saturdays on the 3rd, 10th, 24th and 31st.
SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
18:45-19:45
60min
Class held at Ashtanga Yoga Porto
THURSDAY
12:30- 13:30
60min
Class held at Lacs Porto
SATURDAY
11:30-12:45
75min
Class held at Ashtanga Yoga Porto
LOCATION
We'll be practicing in a beautiful, cozy space that I hope becomes our little temple, a place where we can move, breathe, challenge ourselves, and share our energy together.
STUDIO WAVE LACS Porto - R. de Azevedo Coutinho 39, 4100-100 Porto
A comfortable reception area where you can relax before and after class.
Showers, lockers, and changing rooms (please ask at reception for access).
If you're driving, parking for the evening classes should generally be easy. Lunchtime parking may be a little busier, so it's worth allowing a few extra minutes.
ASHTANGA YOGA Porto - R. do Rosário 151, 4050-381 Porto
A cozy Yoga Shala that invites the spirit of Yoga practice.
Meet LITA SATTVA
E-RYT 500 - LICENSED ROCKET® MENTOR
Lita Sattva is an international yoga teacher with over 22 years of personal practice and more than 10 years of teaching experience. She is a Rocket® mentor and teacher trainer, known for her distinctive approach that bridges traditional yoga philosophy with modern, dynamic methodologies.
Her journey began at the age of seventeen with Hatha Yoga and meditation, eventually evolving into a deep commitment to the Ashtanga Yoga system. After moving to London, Lita expanded her studies across a variety of styles, ultimately finding a strong connection with the creativity, fluidity, and freedom of Rocket® Vinyasa Yoga.
Driven by her passion for the practice, Lita made a pivotal life transition, leaving behind her career in acting to fully dedicate herself to yoga.
Over the years, she has trained extensively throughout Europe, the United States, and Asia, and in 2021 she earned her Level 4+ certification from the Progressive Ashtanga Yoga School.
Lita’s teaching weaves together tradition and innovation, offering a practice that supports both physical vitality and inner growth. She now leads teacher trainings, retreats, and workshops internationally, sharing her knowledge and passion for yoga as a transformative path.
The Rocket® is a modern style of Yoga created in San Francisco, California, in the '80s by Pattabhi Jois’s long-time student called Larry Schultz. The Rocket® is a modification of the traditional Ashtanga Yoga sequences. Rocket Yoga differs from its root, Ashtanga Yoga, in that students can modify and make their interpretation of the traditional asana. If they get stuck with a pose, they can skip it or find easier ways to practice instead of rigidly sticking to a pattern. It is perhaps a less rigid and more creative way of looking at the Ashtanga method without losing sight of the traditional heritage.
Despite its sugary fame, it is actually a very accessible type of yoga at all levels and this is one of the reasons why Larry designed the practice.
He was known as "The Bad Boy of Ashtanga" since he found benefits in allowing all students to try all the poses of the ashtanga series, even the most advanced ones instead of following the traditional pattern where it is not allowed to practice the asanas of a series until they have completed each pose of the previous series.
Rocket ® has 3 set sequences, Rocket® 1 based on Ashtanga primary series, Rocket® 2 based on Ashtanga intermediate series and Rocket® 3 combining Rocket 1 and 2 sequences.
Although the Rocket® is structured in series, each class is not necessarily the same as the previous one. The practice can be traditional, following the set sequence or creative throughout variations.
The Rocket® is not just handstands, but we are not going to deny Rocketeers love to be upside down.
The Rocket® gives space to improvisation and creation, making it mouldable and accessible to all practitioners and their needs.
I didn’t get the chance to meet Larry Schultz in person, but his vision was passed to me by David Kyle, my teacher. David Kyle was a long-time Larry’s student and he is spreading the Rocket love all over the world.
This sequence brought me the freedom to explore and be more authentic with the Ashtanga Vinyasa methodology.