Blazenka Pocrnja - aka Blaze

I stepped on a yoga mat for the first time in 2012. Within the first few classes I was hooked — on the yoga practice, but also on the amazing new friends of fellow students and teachers I met in the studio. The community of yoga practitioners around me inspired and motivated me to continue to show up and now I am gladly still part of the community today.

My first yoga training was in 2017; since then I have amassed hundreds of additional yoga training hours. I am a dedicated student first - I learn for myself and also because I love to share the knowledge and practice with the community around me.

I am a level 2 Certified Rocket Yoga Teacher and I continue to build my expertise and training so that I can help you grow your practice as well.

I truly believe in practicing what I teach and teaching what I practice.

Trainings Completed:

  • Higher Love Yoga Academy, 2017
    200 Hour Yoga Teacher Certification with Sara Cueva

  • Yoga Girl Teacher Training, 2019
    200 Hour Yoga Teacher Certification with Rachel Brathen, Susanna Barkataki, and Rocky Heron

  • Rocket Yoga Workshop, 2019
    Danielle Murray and Leah Liew

  • Rocket Yoga, 2022-2024
    190 certified training hours with David C. Kyle

  • Yin Yoga, 2023
    20 Hour Certification with Yoga Renew

  • Rocket Yoga Intensive, 2023
    Miles Mortensen

  • Rocket Yoga Practice Weekend, 2024
    Brendan Smullen

What is Rocket?

Rocket Yoga is also known as Progressive Ashtanga Vinyasa.

This dynamic style of yoga was developed by Larry Schultz in San Francisco. Larry was a student of Pattabhi Jois who adapted the postures and sequencing of Rocket yoga from the primary, intermediate, and advanced series of Ashtanga yoga.

Rocket yoga is designed “wake up the nervous system and feed it the precious prana it craves while promoting the spirit of change and freedom in the practice.”

Rocket yoga honours the core values and teaching of Ashtanga yoga while also providing a foundation of freedom and openness for teachers and students to introduce their own creative modifications to the series.

Fun Fact: Larry toured with the Grateful Dead and taught Rocket yoga to the band. Bob Wier is credited for the name “Rocket” and the phrase, “it gets you there faster!”