12 Facts About Larry Schultz

Larry Schultz was an American yoga teacher who was a long-time student of the founder of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, K Pattabhi Jois.

Larry Schultz is primarily recognized as the creator of Rocket Yoga, a style derived from Jois's, which is known to be one of the original forms of Vinyasa Flow or Power Yoga.

Larry Schultz born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware lived in Austin, Texas in the late 1970s and early 1980s, working as an insurance salesman.

In 1989 Larry Schultz returned to San Francisco and started to teach Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga from his home.

Larry Schultz believed that all students should get access to all poses, which was in conflict with Jois's Mysore style, in which teachers were authorized to give a student a new pose to practice only after the teacher felt the student had mastered the previous one.

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Larry Schultz instead taught a modified version of Ashtanga Yoga in which each of his classes incorporated poses from all 3 of the traditional Ashtanga Series with all students welcome to try all poses; this gained Larry Schultz the nickname "The Bad Man of Ashtanga Yoga".

Larry Schultz gave priority to opening the joints to reduce the risk of injury when stretching muscles.

In 1991 Larry Schultz founded It's Yoga at 848 Folsom Street in San Francisco.

Larry Schultz became known for creating The Rocket series, which takes poses from the first, second and third series of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and resequences them around the joints of the body.

Larry Schultz was known for "his signature mix of humor and discipline, generosity and firmness—and above all, kindness".

Larry Schultz is recognized as one of the creators of Power Yoga.

Larry Schultz left behind a global network of yoga studios operating under his brand, It's Yoga, and teaching his Rocket Yoga.