Power Yoga: Yoga, American Style
Many of us may have developed a negative opinion of the word power in the 1980s. Power meant to control the people, places, and things around us. Having power meant having the most money, the most influence, the ability to get whatever material possessions you wanted, and the respect you wanted. In the 1990s, however, even the word power has evolved. The kind of power in Power Yoga isn't the kind used to conquer and subdue, or the kind used for personal gain. It isn't stepping on people to reach the top of some proverbial social, financial, or corporate ladder. Instead, it is the power to live fully, to be fully in our bodies, awake to the experience of life, to live as fully flowered human beings.
How do you get this kind of power? For many of us, it requires an altered point of view. Instead of looking from the outside in, wondering what's going on inside our bodies and spirits, we must look from the inside out. We must live in our bodies and in our souls, so familiar with who we are, how we move, how we feel, think, and live that we feel absolutely at home in our bodies and our minds, living and experiencing each moment of existence. We are not gross humans grasping for some higher spiritual existence in the next life, but powerful spirits who have chosen to experience humanity. If we don't experience it, we are missing a wonderful opportunity for spiritual growth! We are missing our calling.
Power Yoga is a way to help move your perception inward so you can experience life in a more loving, energetic, and healthy way for the rest of your life.
