Flow Like a Mercedes

About This Class

This expansive Bryan Kest flow class opens with a slow, breath-centered foundation in Child's Pose and gentle warm-ups before building through three progressively complex salutation sequences that layer in Crescent Lunge, Warrior variations, Twisting Triangle, Extended Triangle, and Hero Pose. The middle of class is standing-heavy and highly dynamic, incorporating single-leg balances (Warrior III / airplane), deep hip-opening lunges with forearm drops, twisting poses, and peak standing sequences combining strength, flexibility, and balance simultaneously. Arm balances — Crow/Crane Pose — appear on both sides, complemented by shoulder-opening binds. The floor sequence covers seated twists, deep hip openers (figure-four / cradle stretches targeting the glutes and hips), intense core work (boat-pose variations with leg switches and torso rotations), and a Shoulderstand / plow inversion series. Throughout, Bryan frames every pose as a sensuous, self-directed practice: always moving to a personal threshold, never straining, and maintaining deep nasal breathing as the primary tool for focus and stress reduction. The class closes with supine twists, Savasana, and an extended gratitude meditation.