Power Yoga is traditional astanga vinyasa yoga, a dynamic branch of classical hatha yoga. By using the traditional postures of yoga and putting them in a sequence of exercises including the Sun Salutation and Warrior Series, the body is in motion rather than at meditative rest. Power Yoga is series of postures linked on the backbone of the sun salutation, riding the breath to flow from one movement to the next.
Power Yoga is its own form, but may draw from the heritage of Bikram's Yoga (basic yoga poses that can provide a vigorous work-out and challenge but are accessible to most students - see bottom of this page for more info) and Iyengar (with an eye on good alignment and form and longer holdings of poses in order to maximize health benefits). Power yoga is also practiced in a room heated to 30 degrees Celsius, to facilitate this heat generation.
