Power Yoga

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Power Yoga is any of several forms of energetic

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, namely those of Beryl Bender Birch, Bryan Kest, and Larry Schultz, and forms derived from Bikram Yoga
, such as that of Baron Baptiste.

History

Power Yoga began in the 1990s with "nearly simultaneous invention" by two students of

Rocket Yoga.[1]

Beryl Bender Birch created what Yoga Journal calls "the original Power Yoga"[2] in 1995.[3][4]

Baron Baptiste, a Bikram enthusiast, separately put their own spins on the style, and branded it. Neither Baron Baptiste's Power Yoga nor Bryan Kest's Power Yoga are synonymous with Ashtanga Yoga.[5] In 1995, Jois wrote a letter to Yoga Journal expressing his disappointment at the association between his Ashtanga Yoga, and the newly coined style "power yoga", referring to it as "ignorant bodybuilding".[6]

References

  1. ^ Pizer, Ann (8 January 2019). "Power Yoga History and Health Benefits". Very Well Fit. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Power Yoga". Yoga Journal. Retrieved 28 April 2019. The original Power Yoga was developed and founded by Beryl Bender Birch, but is now a term used to describe many vigorous vinyasa styles.
  3. OCLC 318191988
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  4. ISBN 978-0-02-058351-6
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  5. ^ Pizer, Anne. "Power Yoga". Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  6. ^ "A letter from Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois to Yoga Journal from November 1995". Ashtanga Yoga Library. Retrieved 9 October 2014.

External links

There are several separate institutes which each teach their own forms of 'Power Yoga'.

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