Meditation & Savasana

About This Class

Bryan Kest leads this 23-minute closing meditation and Savasana experience, structured in three five-minute segments. The first segment invites students to sit tall in a comfortable cross-legged position and practice single-pointed focus by tracking the subtle sensation of breath at the nostrils — a gentle but potent introduction to meditation aimed at creating space between thoughts and taming mental chatter. The second segment shifts into a reclined or forward-folded position of total bodily comfort, where Bryan guides a heartfelt gratitude practice: students are encouraged to mentally revisit loved ones, teachers, life challenges, and everyday blessings, actively building what he calls the "muscle of gratitude." The final segment transitions students onto their backs for supine knee-to-chest squeezes, spinal twists (right and then left), and a full-body squeeze-and-release before melting into Savasana. Throughout, the breath is kept natural and nasal. Bryan frames meditation as an essential complement to physical yoga, noting that mental wellbeing — including gratitude, happiness, and stress relief — is inseparable from true health. The overall tone is deeply calming, grounding, and quietly transformative.