Can I Have Some Core

About This Class

Bryan Kest leads a wide-ranging 68-minute dynamic flow built around one unifying intention: using the physical practice as a vehicle for meditation and mental calm. The class opens in child's pose with an extended focus on deep, continuous breathing — framed as the true foundation of the entire session. From there, the sequence moves through down dog, a warming tabletop/cat-cow series with knee-to-elbow and knee-to-forehead movements, cobra, locust (airplane arms), and bow pose, all tied together by a repeating sun-salutation-style vinyasa (plank, chin-to-floor, cobra, down dog). A substantial standing balance section follows, featuring one-legged standing sequences that progress through warrior-style hip extensions, Bruce Lee Asana (standing side leg extension), standing twist, and airplane balance into half-moon-like variations. The middle of the class includes toe-balance pose (with an extended toes-tucked kneeling stretch for the feet), standing forward fold with interlaced hands, and a low squat flow. A dedicated core sequence on the floor covers boat-pose variations, wide-leg balance, archer's bow (Robin Hood pose), seated twists, and leg-lowering work. The class closes with deep hip-opening poses (reclined figure-four / eye-of-the-needle), plow pose, shoulder stand (described as the king/queen of yoga poses), supine twists, and a long savasana punctuated by Bryan's philosophical reflections on mindfulness, presence, and the nature of thought.