NHK YOGA has been conducting Yoga workshops for Power Yoga and Government organisations for the last 17 years, training over 27,000 employees in various sectors.
Power Yoga, also known as Vinyasa yoga, is a fast-paced style of yoga that focuses on building strength and endurance. Although it requires mindfulness and focus on breathing, power yoga is more dynamic than meditative forms, providing a good cardio and strength-training workout.
Power yoga incorporates the athleticism of Ashtanga, including many vinyasas (series of poses done in sequence), but gives each teacher the flexibility to teach any poses in any order, making each class different.
With its emphasis on strength and flexibility, power yoga helped bring yoga into American gyms, as people began to see it as a way to work out.
Power yoga is a general term used to describe a vigorous, fitness-based approach to vinyasa-style yoga. Though many consider it to be “gym yoga,” this style was originally closely modeled on the Ashtanga method.
The human body is designed for movement. Sitting for long hours continuously can:
