Dynamic Detour

About This Class

Bryan Kest opens this long, vigorous flow in Child's Pose, immediately establishing meditative, deep-breathing as the non-negotiable foundation of the entire class. From there he builds heat through repeated Sun Salutation-style cycles — Downward Dog, plank, cobra, standing forward fold — gradually adding synchronised breath-movement until the body is warm. The class then takes its titular "detour": an extended, multi-part single-leg balance sequence on each side featuring Bird Dog, a tight-rope side plank, standing hand-to-big-toe (all three directions), a standing spinal twist, and a demanding "awkward airplane" balance. A shoulder-decompression squat (Malasana with clasped hands) provides upper-body recovery between sides. The lower-body block features standing Warrior-style balances, Warrior III / airplane transitions, and triangle-like openings. Three sets of push-up-style chin-to-floor lowerings punctuate the upper-body work. Floor work includes supine twists, seated forward folds with lifted legs, Navasana with oblique rotations, and Figure-4 / Pigeon-prep hip openers (both sides). The class closes in Savasana with explicit mindfulness cues. Throughout, Bryan frames every pose as self-massage, discourages gluttony and comparison, and repeatedly invites modification — knees-down plank, blocks, bent knees — making intensity genuinely self-regulated.