Meditations for Everyday Mindfulness
Beryl Bender Birch is the best-selling author of Power Yoga and Beyond Power Yoga and one of the most popular yoga teachers in the US.  Beryl coined the term "power yoga" in the late 80's (along with Bryan Kest) as a way for "western minds" to relate to the (then obscure) ancient practice of astanga yoga, which she had already been teaching for 10 years. She is the founder/director of The Hard & The Soft Astanga Yoga Institute in New York City, East Hampton, and Vermont and has been practicing yoga since l971.   Beryl began training teachers in l980 and is widely admired for her accessible and down to earth style and her passion for practice.  In 2000 Beryl was named one of seven American women "innovators shaping yoga today." She currently writes the asana column for Yoga Journal.