Journey Into Power : How to Sculpt Your Ideal Body, Free Your True Self, and Transform Your Life With Yoga
by Baron Baptiste
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Author: Baron BaptisteEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-06-03
ISBN: 0743227824
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Touchstone
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Book Review: Yoga master presents reader with tools to deal with life from a center of power
Summary: 5 Stars
I've long loved power yoga. The reason is simple. I appreciate the philosophy and power derived from eastern thought but I need the energy and strength building of western athleticism. That's brought together in power yoga.
Now, I don't really know who founded "power yoga." I know Bryan Kest and Baron Baptiste are two of the greats and the ones I love the most.
Two American yoga teachers are most often credited with the near simultaneous invention of power yoga: Beryl Bender Birch, based in New York, and Bryan Kest, based in Los Angeles.
Baptiste has his own method, which is only taught by teachers he certifies.
Baptiste has written what I consider an excellent book. It's not just a book of poses. It's not just a book of eastern thought. It's not just a book of healthy eating. It is, in fact, all three and more.
This is a book you can, and perhaps should, re-read many times. I know I do. I bought the book when it first came out and am still reading it and learning new things each time I read it.
The book is divided as follows:
Part 1 - Rewiring your mind
Part 2 - Daily power yoga practice
Part 3 - The cleansing diet
Part 4 - Meditation for truthful living
Part 5 - Journeying into real life
Baron also offers a section of resources.
Let's examine a few of the wonderful things you'll learn.
He starts the book telling about his background, his family and his training. You'll learn why Baptiste is qualified to write the book and teach yoga.
"We soak up life like a sponge, holding tensions, fears, and anxieties in our system," he says. He goes on, "In yoga practice you reach down into all the nooks and crannies and hidden pockets of tissue, excavating all this clogging, unwanted stuff. Through the challenges on your mat, you step up to what I call your edge and pull up whatever is inside you that needs to be healed and released. You also discover how strong you really are, physically and mentally."
This is no sissy stuff. This is power-giving practice. That's why with power yoga you can clean out your mind, heal your hurts, get strong mentally and get strong, toned and powerful physically. To me, this is such a beautiful thing! It's like discovering the atom and using it for the good of mankind.
In the second part, Baron explains his type of yoga. Yes, I said "his" because there are many forms of power yoga. For example, Bryan Kest's form of power yoga is Asthanga yoga. Baron's is a form of Vinyasa Yoga.
"I combined what I thought was the best of the best from the East and West and left everything else out. I wove it all together into one powerful, all-inclusive practice," he says in the book.
"My style of yoga is called Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga, 'power yoga' for short. It is just what the name implies: vigorous and powerful. Strength is the pillar of my style."
He adds, "The word 'vinyasa' means 'flow,' or the linking of one movement into the next, one breath into the next, the presence of mind from one moment to the next, and that is another pillar."
I love the flow of power yoga. Moreover, I love how it builds strength and uses all your muscles to tone and strengthen. It is strenuous and takes practice. But it's a beautiful thing to do and even to watch. It also develops flexibility, something many of us in the west lack.
This is a very comprehensive book. It is a book that can be a precious gift if you allow it to be. Baptiste speaks to your inner being. He touches your hurts and inner most thoughts. And he helps you develop your own path. He helps you find what will work for you --- a plan that will give you power and strength and a way to empower yourself and arm yourself against the unpleasant things we all face in life.
I highly recommend this book to you.
- Susanna K. Hutcheson
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Summary of Journey Into Power : How to Sculpt Your Ideal Body, Free Your True Self, and Transform Your Life With Yoga
Whether you are looking to lose weight, trying to increase your strength and stamina, hoping to sharpen your mental edge, or seeking to go deeper within, Baron Baptiste can take you there. Baptiste Power Yoga isn't just the ultimate workout, it's the ultimate life transformation program.In this unique and inspiring book, one of the world's most dynamic and sought-after master yoga teachers brings us the same revolutionary program for body, mind, and spirit that has changed the bodies and lives of Hollywood celebrities, all-star athletes, and millions of people just like you. In his refreshing and iconoclastic style, Baron Baptiste shows us that the key to true power is not to chase an ideal version of ourselves but to reveal the perfect self already within. Here are just some of the benefits you can expect from using this book:
? Strong, lean muscles and a shedding of unwanted pounds
? Laserlike mental clarity and focus
? An easy release of the beliefs and habits that hold you back
? An inner oasis of calm and composure
? Inspiration to live authentically every day of your life
Baptiste Power Yoga is the ultimate commitment that yields the ultimate transformation, as Baron's millions of students have discovered. It heals, detoxifies, and electrifies body and mind at their deepest levels. You will find your true strength, your real self, and a new way to live that is both authentic and joyful!
"Every single one of us is suffering from the same problem," says Baron Baptiste. "We are not living from our authentic selves." Journey into Power offers more than yoga poses; it also aims to "rewire your mind" and "recharge your spiritual batteries."
Baptiste's program, based on his weeklong "Journey into Power" boot camps, integrates the physical and spiritual components of yoga. His daily "Power Vinyasa Yoga Practice," done in a heated room, is a challenging series of 54 yoga poses, one flowing into another. The poses are well illustrated and clearly described, including modifications. Baptiste encourages you to reach your edge ("where we come right up against ourselves and what we can do and be") by holding a pose for a breath longer than you think you can or stretching a quarter-inch farther.
Eight spiritual/psychological principles, described cogently and often lyrically, guide the transformation process. Principle 5, "In Order to Heal You Need to Feel," has this introduction: "The real irony of spiritual growth is that instead of being some miraculous experience, it feels a lot more like going to pieces."
The rest of the program includes a cleansing diet, daily meditation, and a strong, spiritual focus in daily living. Journey into Power is highly recommended for people ready for a major physical, emotional, and spiritual change. --Joan Price
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