Power Yoga is the right combination of flexible and strength training coupled with the traditional yogic Surya Namaskar moves. Power yoga is often used to describe vigorous fitness programs modeled on the Ashtanga style of yoga. Power Yoga The term Power Yoga came into usage in the mid 1990s when Ashtanga Yoga became more accessible to a western audience. This was when people began to look at yoga as a concept to work out. New Yorker Beryl Bender Birch and Los Angeler Bryan Kest are often credited with near simultaneous development of Power Yoga.

Both of them have studied under the famous Ashtanga master Sri.K.Pattabhi Jois. Baron Bapiste is another name often associated with Power Yoga.

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