Ashtanga vinyasa yoga Bryan Kest, in the late 80s. Baron Baptiste, a Bikram enthusiast, put his own spin on the style, and branded it. Neither Baron Baptiste's power yoga nor Bryan Kest's power yoga 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". Yoga Journal" Magazine: (scriptures). Additionally, Beryl Bender Birch would later name some of her works “Power Yoga”, while paradoxically (primarily) teaching within the Ashtanga system. In an article published by "The
Ashtanga vinyasa yoga classes in similar style, offering posture variations, and teaching Ashtanga in a much less linear style, with a greater emphasis on alignment and breathing. Sharath's "new generation" of young students have adopted Sharath's new rules, and teach in a linear style without variations. According to the Sharath generation, variations are not allowed, and practice must be in a strict Mysore environment under the guidance of a Sharath-approved teacher. How-to videos & workshops, detailed alignment instructions, and strength-building exercises are not part of the method, neither for the practitioner or the teacher. These types of instruction are not approved by Sharath,