Slay the Dragon

About This Class

Bryan Kest leads this epic "Sunday Master Blaster" flow that earns its "Slay the Dragon" name through sheer comprehensiveness. The class opens on the floor with child's pose and deliberate deep breathing — framed as the true foundation of yoga — before gradually layering in movement. From down dog the sequence progresses through cobra, locust, plank, and a multi-round standing flow incorporating chair pose (utkatasana), crescent lunge, warrior variations, side angle (Uttanasana/parsvakonasana), twisting lunge, triangle, twisting triangle, and an extended balancing series culminating in airplane/warrior III variations and hand-to-big-toe balance pose. Unique highlights include "flip the dog" (wild thing), knee-on-tricep crow-adjacent work, and a dolphin pose interlude. The floor finale features a deep hip-opening supine sequence (happy baby, reclined bound angle, wide-leg reclined stretch), two minutes of bicycle crunches with yogic breathing, shoulderstand, plow, and spinal twists. The class closes with a guided five-minute gratitude meditation in stillness. Throughout, Bryan repeatedly emphasizes backing off, honoring individual limits, and using calmness as a trainable muscle — making this accessible despite its length and intensity.