8+8+4

About This Class

This class — nicknamed "8+8+4" for its three spaced sets of chin-to-floor push-ups — opens in Child's Pose and Down Dog before building a rhythmic vinyasa dance that weaves cobra, plank, and forward folds with conscious breath. After warming the whole body, Bryan leads a standing balance sequence: knee-to-chest, Warrior III / airplane balancing, figure-four (standing pigeon), and crescent lunge with optional back-knee-lifted variation. Between each push-up block, long holds in lizard/low lunge, a deep hamstring straightening pose, and inner-groin hip openers give the upper body rest while targeting the hips, hamstrings, quads, and hip flexors. A prone bow pose counters the chest and tricep work. The floor cool-down layers wide-legged forward fold with lateral reaches, core boat-style scissor work, supine twists, and a rocking spinal massage before arriving in Savasana. Throughout, Bryan frames the practice as a "wellness endeavor" — breath-led self-massage — and closes with an extended gratitude meditation, making the class as much a mindfulness session as a strength-and-flexibility workout.