Power yoga?

Hi!  I love ashtanga yoga, otherwise known as power yoga.  It's a great cardiovascular exercise, as well as flexbility and toning one.  However it doesn't appear in the list of activities, so I can't accurately monitor my weight loss regimen :-(  Does anyone know how many calories one burns during a 1.5 hour power yoga session?

Thanks!

Chanti

maybe it would be some sort of mid-level cardio? Is that on the list? That's what it feels like to me when I used to do it

Chantim, This is the best yoga ever I will never go back. I do Bikram and Power yoga, I love them both!!! So glad to hear someone else mention hot yoga. My cousin teaches Bikram and says on average you burn 900 calories a class. Power is so much more intense that I put 1000 calories on my power days. Im still new at the cc site but I have lost a steady 2 lbs a week by using these numbers. When I googled calories burned with hot yoga I found www.my-calorie-counter.com it showed 1159 calories for a 90 min class at my weight. I prefer to stick with entering the 900 seeing that all of our bodies are different on any given day. good luck, Namaste

I practice Baptiste style power Vinyasa yoga a few times a week and do about 75 minute sessions at each class - using: 

http://www.everydayhealth.com/Calories-Burned -Yoga.htm

i give myself about 400 kcals burned for each class i get myself to.  Bikram may get you 900 kcals/ 90 minute session - but that seems way too liberal a guesstimate for Vinyasa. 

Regardless - yoga is wonderful and it makes me feel so much better.  :)

Is Baptiste hot yoga? I have never heard of that style.

I should have added that Im 5'4 and weigh 170lbs. I checked the web for Baptiste and it sounds great:) My husband is buying one of those body bugg calorie monitors. When I get it I will try to remember to post the actual calories I burned in my class. My cousin was talk by Bikram Choudhury himself in Mexico so Im ok with putting the 900 from her advice, although I may infact have been too liberal with my power at 1000. The link you gave helped it said I burn approx 850 in a power class for my size. Thanks for the info.

yea baron baptiste is wonderful! he's by far one of my favorite instructors.  i've never been to one of his live classes, but his dvd's are fantastic; and my mom and sister and I have been playing with the idea of going to one of his boot camps either here in the states or down in Mexico. 

Ana Forrest also has some great Power Yoga dvd's too - and Nikki Doane is a wonderful Ashtanga Yoga instructor. 

yay fellow yogini's :)

Hi all, thank you so much for your answers, you've been very helpful!!!

When I had gained a lot of weight as a student (40 lbs), I lost it by doing 3 hours of power yoga per week and eating better!

I am now trying to re-lose the 10 lbs before my wedding...