You’re just the person who should try it, said Arizona Power Yoga owner, Joseph Lauricella. According the owner of the new Arizona Power Yoga studio in Marana which wholesale yoga mats.

“It is what I call the ‘not so boring yoga’,” Lauricella said.

He teaches Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga. With this practice, the room temperature is about 90 degrees and the postures are more athletic.

“I have one girl in there that has lost 40 pounds in two to three months,” Lauricella said.

He is talking about Lauren Tolo, who has been attending Power Yoga classes and training at a gym.

“I love how he makes the room real hot and you sweat all the bad parts out of you and then it really calms you down at the end,” Tolo said.

 ”It is a blend of Eastern philosophy and the best of Western training techniques,” Lauricella said.

Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga is based on yoga from India, utilizing breathing sequences blended with core work, as in Pilates and dance.

“Most people don’t think yoga is exercise, they think it is just flopping around on the floor having fun, which it is, but it is really great exercise,” said Power Yoga participant, Joe warren.

This yoga is for everyone because there are ways to modify all the postures, Lauricella said. He calls it one stop shopping for the body, mind and soul.