A 23-year-old fair-skinned woman with blue eyes performing Purvottanasana (Upward Plank Pose) in a saffron yoga dress on a wooden floor in a sunlit indoor yoga studio with potted plants.

Ashtanga Yoga: The Dynamic Path to Strength, Discipline, and Inner Peace

ashtanga-yoga-girl-saffron-dress Ashtanga Yoga: Like a Gym Workout, But with More Zen (and Sweat)Imagine yoga, but faster. Now imagine doing it while remembering to breathe (trickier than it sounds). That’s Ashtanga Yoga—a powerful, structured practice that turns you into a mix of a warrior, a pretzel, and a meditation master. Who invented this?An old-school yogi named Sri K. Pattabhi Jois dusted off this ancient system and said, "Let’s make yoga intense again." And boy,…