Is this astanga or power or?

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#1

i am fairly new to yoga and have taken several classes in the astanga style here in san diego and also got a book (power yoga for beginners by liz lark) that i use at home as the poses and progression are the same in the book as in class, which caused me to think that power yoga and astanga yoga are the same thing. but this morning i got “power yoga total body workout” dvd by rodney yee, and though lots of the poses are movements are similar, there is a lot of stuff in there that i’ve never seen before. if anyone is familiar with this video, do you know if the stuff here in rodney’s video is just more advanced astanga that i haven’t seen yet? or what… i am confused.

best
nico

#2

Namaste, Nico.

So-callled “Power” Yoga is a watered down, Westernized, rip-off of Ashtanga
Yoga. Rodney Yee, I believe, is from the Iyengar school. He’s created his own style based on that. Non Ashtanga teachers often borrow from the Primary Series. If you want the real thing, I highly recommend the Ashtanga. com website for more information.

#3

thanks for the response, that is what i was afraid of! i guess it’s back to class for me…

best
nico