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 of a pose (e.g., Janu Sirsasana A, B, and C were done together, then a vinyasa. Likewise Baddha Koṇāsana, Upavishta Konasana, and Supta Konasana were also grouped together without vinyasa between them, as were Ubhaya Padangusthasana and Urdhva Mukha Paschimottanasana. According to Gilgoff, Pattabhi Jois prescribed practicing twice a day, primary and intermediate, with no vinyasa between sides in Krounchasana, Bharadvajasana, Ardha Matsyendrasana, Eka Pada Sirsasana, Parighasana, and Gomukhasana in the intermediate series. Shalabhasana to Parsva Dhanurasana were done in a group, with a vinyasa only at the end. Ushtrasana through Kapotasana also were done all together. The same went