Journey Into Power: Journey Into Power

This book is divided into five parts each on a a different aspect of transforming your life with a journey into power: mind, physical practice, diet, meditation and taking your yoga off the mat.The first part, Rewiring the Mind, provides eight principles for “Stepping up to the Edge”. The principles are intended as a framework for change that is continually evolving. I appreciated the emphasis in this section that the transformation isn’t the result but the process, a limitless and ever evolving process.The second part, Daily Power Yoga Practice, is the longest and provides detail on the 53 poses that comprise Baptiste Power Yoga. Throughout the book, Baptiste provides key information in list formats: principles, steps, pillars, series, etc. I found that this makes complex concepts easy to access. For each of the poses, Baptiste describes the pose in detail and includes photos of the pose, risks, modifications and a spiritual focus. As a new teacher, the alignment bullet points and concepts in the spiritual focus section provide ideas for cues and linking class intents directly to poses. I anticipate this is a resource I will be referring to for some time.In the third part, The Cleansing Diet, Baptiste shares the cleansing detox diet that is used at his centers and which he believes to be effective. This provides the option of chicken, fish or tofu for protein which should accommodate most individual dietary preferences. He emphasizes that no one diet can be appropriate for everyone and provides various prompts to consider your relationship with food and your individual diet.The last two parts, Meditation for Truthful Living and Journeying into Real Life, are both very brief (14 and 8 pages respectively) compared to other sections of the book. These two sections though demonstrate how yoga can be a lifestyle as opposed to a few hours of class every week: “when we live at cause and from truth, the heights and depths to which we may journey are infinite”.

I bought this book after I had been going to a Baptiste affiliated yoga studio for a few weeks. I wanted to know more about the methodology and philosophy.The book is very informative and the poses and sequences are very well explained.It helps you to understand why poses are the way they are, why sequences are designed the way they are and how to construct your at home practice. It's not just photos and possess, it's also a lot of reading about Baptiste's philosophy.

I've been practicing yoga at home for a little over two years without ever taking a class. In an effort to enhance my home practice, including perfecting my form and moving into some more challenging poses, I previewed many different yoga books from the library, and Journey Into Power is the one I eventually purchased.In this book, Baron does an excellent job of explaining how to incorporate a regular yoga practice into your life. Although the book is broken into several sections, including one on a cleasing diet, what I found most helpful was his descriptions of the poses (asanas) themselves. Baron groups the poses into about 12 different categories--sun salutations 1 & 2, balancing poses, hip openers, abdominals, backbends, etc--and then explains how to either mix and match the groupings when time is limited or do the entire 90 minute program.In his explanations of the individual poses, Baron is clear, precise, and thorough. He begins with a "connecting vinyasa" which explains exactly how to move from one pose to the next. For each pose, Baron talks about setup, allignment, breathing, risk factors, and finally, a suggestion for meditation. What hooked me on the book is that after I read his instructions for Crow pose--a challenging arm balancing pose--I was immediately able to do the pose for the very first time! Baron's descriptive style reminds of Brooke Siler's in The Pilates Body, as he has a similar enouraging and non-intimidating manner.If you are looking to develop or enhance a home yoga practice, you will not be disappointed in this book--and at this great amazon.com price, how can you lose?

I received this book and within a handful of times opening it to study, the pages have fallen out of the spine. Very poor quality book, but very educational!

This book is amazing! I remember when I was first getting into yoga, I kept hearing about this book. For some reason, I didn't buy it until just recently. I have a lot of yoga books and videos, but I'm glad I got this one. It's a classic.There is a program of 53 poses that include backbends, forward bends, balancing poses, twisting poses, etc. For each pose there are photos and very clear instructions, on how to get into and out of the pose, how to modify it, and how to transition into the next pose.There are also chapters on diet and meditation.

This book was required reading as part of a power vinyasa yoga teacher training course I took. It's the first and thus far only yoga book I've ever read, hence the four stars--I have nothing to compare it to. On its own, though, I found it to be both informative and inspirational. Baptiste has a hell of a story, and his writing style is conversational, clear, personal, and powerful. I learned a lot about his method (he founded the power vinyasa style of yoga), the postures, alignment, energy lines, misalignments, and more from this book and I'd recommend it to any beginner in power vinyasa who wants to deepen their practice and learn more.

Content of the book is great. The construction of the book is a little poor. The spine of my book cracked in half while simply turning a page on the day 2 of YTT. Several other students said they experienced the same thing.

Having just completed my 200 hour RYT for power yoga, I was able to integrate those lessons with Baptiste's teachings. It was like having mentor me in my own yoga practice.

I've been practicing yoga on and off for 20 years and last year I was introduced to Baptiste Power Yoga. I love Baron's practice so much I decided to do the yoga teacher training and bought this book to support my training. This book is fantastic as it guides you through the sequence providing point to points, True North Alignment, images, risks to avoid, modifications and spiritual insights. He also covers mindset, meditation, diet and lifestyle. If you love yoga and want to delve in deeper with your self learning, I highly recommend this book!

Loved this book. It's on the reading list for my yoga teacher training which I'm about to embark on and I've read it from cover to cover. I really like the photos and descriptions of the poses. Easy to follow.

Amazing book

Excellent book !

Auf den ersten 40 Seiten schreibt der Autor über seinen spirituellen Weg, überdie (Wunder)wirkungen von Power-Yoga auf die Teilnehmer. Das klingt authentisch, inspirierend und motiviert zum selber üben.Den Kern des Buches bilden die mehr als 50 Asanas.Leider enthält das Buch kein Index und ein grobgliedriges Inhaltsverzeichnis.Die einzelne Asanas sind nur durch mühsames Blättern zu finden.Ich wünschte mir außerdem etwas trockenere und kürzere Erklärungen der Asanas.Die Erklärung der Atem-Technik habe ich beim ersten Mal nicht so richtig verstanden. Möchte man diese nochmals nachlesen, muss man im Buch ewig suchen.Als Yoga-Lehrbuch zum Selbststudium ist dieses Buch mittelmäßig.(Ein Musterbeispiel für ein Yoga-Lehrbuch finde ich "Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha" von Swami Satyananda Saraswati)