In this age of treadmills and ab crunchers,Bollywood actresses like Kareena Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty and Kangana Ranaut are amongthose banking on power yoga to shed extra pounds and look picture perfect atall times.

Power yoga and fitness consultant LeenaMogre, who has trained the likes of Katrina Kaif, Kangana and Sameera Reddyamong others, says celebrities are increasingly getting hooked to power yoga."Mostcelebrities go for power yoga, which is a dynamic form of the art. They aregetting inclined towards it because the benefits are beautiful and it hasspiritual, meditational and overall advantages," Mogre told us.

"Suddenly everyone has realised theimportance and the worth of this form, which is really good. It is great forthe body and if a good combination of yoga and other exercises are adopted, theresults are great," she said.

Power yoga includes strenuous exercises andthis trend started during the mid-1990s. The who's who of Bollywood now boastof having adopted the method to acquire a perfect figure.

"I am completely into yoga. I thinkyoga has changed my life. My morning yoga practice that I do for anhour-and-a-half every day is something that keeps me going," said Kareena,whose toned body and size zero became the talk of the town.

Shilpa, who has one of the best bodies inHindi filmdom, is into yoga in a big way and even brought out a CD called'Shilpa's Yoga', which was released in June 2008."Yoga keeps my mind, bodyand soul fit. I had a neck problem and suffered from chronic spondylitis. So Istarted practicing yoga. I took professional training and it reallybenefited," the actress told us.

While young actresses have opted for poweryoga, yesteryear beauties like Hema Malini and Rekha stick to the traditionalyoga form and maintain that the practice has helped them maintain theircharisma and keeps health problems at bay.