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'''Power Yoga''' is any of several forms of energetic [[vinyasa]]-style [[modern yoga|yoga]] developed in America in the 1990s. These include forms derived from [[Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga]], namely those of [[Beryl Bender Birch]] and of [[Bryan Kest]], and forms derived from [[Bikram Yoga]], such as that of [[Baron Baptiste]].
{{Short description|Several forms of energetic vinyasa-style yoga}}
'''Power Yoga''' is any of several forms of energetic [[vinyasa]]-style [[yoga as exercise]] developed in America in the 1990s. These include forms derived from [[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==
==History==
Power Yoga began in the 1990s with "nearly simultaneous invention" by two students of [[K. Pattabhi Jois]], and similar forms led by other yoga teachers including [[Larry Schultz]]'s [[Rocket Yoga]].<ref name="Pizer 2019">{{cite web |last1=Pizer |first1=Ann |title=Power Yoga History and Health Benefits |url=https://www.verywellfit.com/what-is-power-yoga-3566853 |publisher=Very Well Fit |accessdate=28 April 2019 |date=8 January 2019}}</ref>
Power Yoga began in the 1990s with "nearly simultaneous invention" by two students of [[K. Pattabhi Jois]], and similar forms led by other yoga teachers including [[Larry Schultz]]'s [[Rocket Yoga]].<ref name="Pizer 2019">{{cite web |last=Pizer |first=Ann |title=Power Yoga History and Health Benefits |url=https://www.verywellfit.com/what-is-power-yoga-3566853 |publisher=Very Well Fit |access-date=28 April 2019 |date=8 January 2019}}</ref>


[[Beryl Bender Birch]] created what ''[[Yoga Journal]]'' calls "the original Power Yoga"<ref name="YJ def">{{cite web |title=Power Yoga |url=https://www.yogajournal.com/yoga-101/types-of-yoga/power-types-of-yoga |work=[[Yoga Journal]] |accessdate=28 April 2019 |quote=The original Power Yoga was developed and founded by Beryl Bender Birch, but is now a term used to describe many vigorous vinyasa styles.}}</ref> in 1995.<ref>{{cite book | last=Singleton | first=Mark | authorlink=Mark Singleton (yoga teacher) | title=Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-19-539534-1 | oclc=318191988 | page=176}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | author=Birch | first=Beryl Bender |authorlink=Beryl Bender Birch | date=1995 | title=Power Yoga: The Total Strength and Flexibility Workout | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iwFEl6Oxex8C&pg=PA291&lpg=PA291&dq=beryl+bender+birch+power+yoga#v=twopage&q&f=false |isbn=978-0-02-058351-6}}</ref>
[[Beryl Bender Birch]] created what ''[[Yoga Journal]]'' calls "the original Power Yoga"<ref name="YJ def">{{cite web |title=Power Yoga |url=https://www.yogajournal.com/yoga-101/types-of-yoga/power-types-of-yoga |work=[[Yoga Journal]] |access-date=28 April 2019 |quote=The original Power Yoga was developed and founded by Beryl Bender Birch, but is now a term used to describe many vigorous vinyasa styles.}}</ref> in 1995.<ref>{{cite book | last=Singleton | first=Mark | author-link=Mark Singleton (yoga teacher) | title=Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-19-539534-1 | oclc=318191988 | page=176}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | author=Birch | first=Beryl Bender |author-link=Beryl Bender Birch | date=1995 | title=Power Yoga: The Total Strength and Flexibility Workout | publisher=Simon and Schuster | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iwFEl6Oxex8C&q=beryl+bender+birch+power+yoga&pg=PA291 |isbn=978-0-02-058351-6}}</ref>


[[Bryan Kest]], who studied [[Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga]] under K. Pattabhi Jois, and [[Baron Baptiste]], a [[Bikram Yoga|Bikram]] enthusiast, separately put their own spins on the style, and branded it. Neither Baron Baptiste's Power Yoga{{cn|date=June 2019}} nor Bryan Kest's Power Yoga<ref>{{cite web |last=Pizer |first=Anne |title=Power Yoga |url=http://yoga.about.com/od/poweryoga/a/power.htm|accessdate=7 February 2013}}</ref> are synonymous with Ashtanga Yoga. In 1995, Pattabhi 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".<ref name="Ashtanga Yoga Library">{{Cite web | title=A letter from Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois to ''Yoga Journal'', Nov. 1995 | url =http://aylibrary.blogspot.jp/2012/10/a-letter-from-srik-pattabhi-jois-to.html |publisher= Ashtanga Yoga Library | accessdate=9 October 2014 }}</ref>
[[Bryan Kest]], who studied [[Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga]] under K. Pattabhi Jois, and [[Baron Baptiste]], a [[Bikram Yoga|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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pizer |first=Anne |title=Power Yoga |url=http://yoga.about.com/od/poweryoga/a/power.htm|access-date=7 February 2013}}</ref> 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".<ref name="Ashtanga Yoga Library">{{Cite web | title=A letter from Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois to ''Yoga Journal'' from November 1995 | url=http://aylibrary.blogspot.jp/2012/10/a-letter-from-srik-pattabhi-jois-to.html |publisher=Ashtanga Yoga Library | access-date=9 October 2014 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==

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


* [https://power-yoga.com/ The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute] (Beryl Bender Birch)
* [https://power-yoga.com/ The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute] (Beryl Bender Birch)
* [https://poweryoga.com/ Power Yoga] (Bryan Kest)
* [https://poweryoga.com/ Power Yoga] (Bryan Kest)
* [https://www.baptisteyoga.com/ Baptiste Institute] (Baron Baptiste)
* [https://www.baptisteyoga.com/ Baptiste Institute] (Baron Baptiste)
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[[Category:Yoga styles]]
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Latest revision as of 04:35, 5 January 2024

Power Yoga is any of several forms of energetic vinyasa-style yoga as exercise developed in America in the 1990s. These include forms derived from 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

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Power Yoga began in the 1990s with "nearly simultaneous invention" by two students of K. Pattabhi Jois, and similar forms led by other yoga teachers including Larry Schultz's Rocket Yoga.[1]

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

Bryan Kest, who studied Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga under K. Pattabhi Jois, and 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

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  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. ^ Singleton, Mark (2010). Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice. Oxford University Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-19-539534-1. OCLC 318191988.
  4. ^ Birch, Beryl Bender (1995). Power Yoga: The Total Strength and Flexibility Workout. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-02-058351-6.
  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.
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There are several separate institutes which each teach their own forms of 'Power Yoga'.

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