Lower Body Bonanza

About This Class

Bryan Kest leads this expansive hour-and-a-half flow class that earns its "Lower Body Bonanza" title through an extraordinary breadth of lower-body attention. The class opens supine—knees-to-chest, butterfly, and bridge variations—before moving through shoulder stand and plow into wide-legged seated forward folds. A deliberate down-dog and cobra warm-up transitions into several rounds of sun-salutation-style flow, then a richly layered standing sequence featuring runner's lunge, lunge twists, extended lunge with core crunch, crescent lunge, balancing lunge, airplane balance, bent-knee balance, standing one-legged balancing twist, chair pose, and figure-four chair pose. Floor work revisits the hips and hamstrings through seated forward folds, half-lotus forward bend, supine leg stretches, seated twists with extended leg, and a hip-opening "big toe to earlobe" stretch targeting the glutes. A core series (bicycle-style leg switches, boat-like holds, and hollow-body arms-overhead) precedes supine spinal twists and a closing meditation focused on breath awareness and gratitude. Throughout, Bryan emphasizes breath as the primary tool for presence, consistently cues backing off before strain, and frames the practice as a vehicle for mindfulness and stress relief rather than performance.