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While it takes years to achieve many of the poses in Power Yoga, you can learn everything you need to know about Power Trip Yoga in five minutes:

  1. Always sigh rather than say the word "yoga," and pronounce it in an overly emphatic way. "Yog-ahhhh." This indicates reverence, and possibly that you know Sanskrit and are using the original pronunciation.
  2. Use the word "practice" a lot, as in "My practice is evolving every day."
  3. While waiting for the teacher to arrive, do not pick at your toes, but instead adopt full lotus in the exact middle of your mat.
  4. At the start of your practice, you may get the option to send the “energy” from your practice to someone else. Always send it to yourself.
  5. Throughout the class, keep your “dragon breath” as loud as possible, and maintain a beatific smile. (read on)



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