More Stretch than Strength

About This Class

This 97-minute Power Yoga flow with Bryan Kest prioritizes stretching and mobility over strength, guiding students through a richly layered sequence that spans Down Dog variations, lunges, hip-opening poses, twists, backbends, inversions, and a long floor-based closing. The class begins in Child's Pose with an extended mindfulness and breathwork foundation—nasal breathing, full-lung capacity, and a meditation-style focus—before building through dynamic standing flows, one-legged balance work, deep hip stretches (including a low lizard lunge and pigeon-adjacent hip openers), seated forward folds, core work, shoulderstand/plow, and a restorative Savasana with gratitude meditation. Bryan consistently encourages students to find their personal degree in every pose, use sensation as feedback, and resist competitive or self-critical thinking. The tone is philosophical, humorous, and deeply grounding, making this class ideal for releasing accumulated tension, restoring range of motion, and practicing emotional regulation alongside physical movement.