Growing pains and dog poop

About This Class

This class is a full-length, dynamic vinyasa flow structured around three escalating warm-up series — each adding new movements, lunges, twists, and balancing elements — before settling into deep hip-opening holds and a seated compassion meditation. Bryan Kest frames the entire practice around breath mastery, instructing students to maintain maximum-capacity deep breathing from the very first child's pose all the way through the vigorous standing and floor sequences. The flow moves through sun-salutation-style sequences layered with crescent lunges, standing and supine twists, three-legged dog variations with hand-behind-back shoulder stretches, awkward airplane balance poses, camel pose, and pigeon-style hip openers. Bryan consistently emphasizes gentleness, moderation, and self-compassion over effort and achievement, making the class as much a mindfulness and philosophy practice as a physical one. The class closes with a sustained compassion meditation in a comfortable seated position before final Savasana, making it a holistic mind-body experience suited to practitioners who want challenge alongside deep introspection.