#BAPTISTE POWER YOGA SEQUENCE FULL#
By breathing deeply through an intense yoga class you increase your oxygen intake and use the full range of lung function. By getting more oxygen around your body you can enjoy greater energy and reduce the risk of disease.Ī study taken on the physiological benefits of practising fast paced Sun Salutations, reported improvement of pulmonary function, strength, endurance and resting cardiovascular parameters ( 6).īreath is an integral part of your yoga practice. Improving your lung function can have profound benefits on the health of your body. One study, looking at the effects Sun Salutations have on your muscular strength and general body endurance, concluded that powerful yoga practices are ideal at keeping yourself at an optimum level of fitness ( 5). Having strong muscles not only look appealing but support your everyday life.Improved strength and endurance reduce your risk of injury in exercise and daily tasks, and improve cardiac function. Larry Schultz Benefits Of Power Yoga Improvement Of Strength And Endurance Other recently established styles of Power Yoga are Rocket Yoga, founded by Larry Schultz ( 3), and Baptiste Power Vinyasa, founded by Baron Baptiste ( 4). She labelled her classes Power Yoga to differentiate between her intense and fast flowing yoga and the more relaxed and meditation based classes that everyone associated with yoga at that time. Her personal practice began in 1979 in the style of Ashtanga, where the roots of Power Yoga are strongly connected.īender Birch wanted to take the traditional and dynamic practice of Ashtanga Yoga and make it more accessible to Western students by moving away from the set sequence and allowing more freedom in her classes.
Power Yoga is a fairly recent style of yoga founded by Beryl Bender Birch in the mid 1990’s ( 2).