Power Yoga It is incredibly interesting to follow the evolution of the relationship between yoga and women over the past 20 to 30 years. Western women were apparently first drawn to yoga because it was gentle exercise for the mind, body and spirit. Women continue to be drawn to yoga and are still, at the turn of the millenium, the primary teachers and practitioners of yoga in the West. But now it seems that women are drawn to yoga for its strength and power. And this exactly corresponds to the change in women and women's sports that has taken place.
Women are tighter than they used to be.
As women have gone from the role of passive onlooker to active participant in the world of sports, politics, business, education, health care, and so forth, women have been subject to greater tension. On all levels women, like men, have developed a greater need for a strong antedote to the constricting stresses of life. This jump into a pro-active role in life and harder training in sport creates tightness. Whether you are a man or a woman, training makes you tight. Now, we know that women who train as hard as men, will for the most part, become just as tight.