In college my best friend and I started doing yoga--not just any yoga, but "Power Yoga" or "Ashtanga" as the Yogi's call it. We did a show called Inhale on Oxygen. Last night I dug out the old video tape of the show and am now able to recall why I once was addicted to yoga. What an awesome feeling. Is fun to expore/re-explore ways to get moving again. The key will be discipline and consistency...
What is Power Yoga? (about.com)
Power yoga is a general term used in the West to describe a vigorous, fitness-based approach to vinyasa-style yoga. Most power yoga is closely modeled on the Ashtanga style of practice. The term "power yoga" came into common usage in the mid 1990s, when several yoga teachers were looking for a way to make Ashtanga yoga more accessible to western students. Unlike Ashtanga, power yoga does not follow a set series of poses. Therefore, any power yoga class can vary widely from the next. What they have in common is an emphasis on strength and flexibility. The advent of power yoga heralded yoga's current popularity, as people began to see yoga as a way to work out. Power yoga brought yoga into the gyms of America.
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