I Wish For More Hips

About This Class

Bryan Kest leads a 65-minute dynamic flow class centered on hip opening and spinal care, framed throughout by a philosophy of non-striving, breath-first awareness, and deep personal attunement. The class opens gently in child's pose and down dog before moving through several rounds of a fluid sun-salutation-style sequence — cobra, plank, forward folds, and standing poses — designed to warm the body progressively. Standing balance work includes a side-plank variation with leg lifts, airplane/warrior three, crescent lunge, and warrior two/virabhadrasana. The class then pivots decisively into its core: deep hip openers including a pigeon-style low lunge, a wide-legged forward fold with torso threading, a seated squat (malasana), frog pose (bhekasana-adjacent), and supine hip-openers with happy-baby and reclined wide-leg variations. Spinal twists conclude the floor sequence before savasana. Throughout, Bryan repeatedly invites modification, emphasizes smooth deep nasal breathing as the central practice, and frames each pose as an act of self-care rather than physical achievement. The class suits anyone carrying hip tightness, desk-posture stress, or general stiffness, and rewards practitioners who want a mindful, thorough full-body release.