Spring Forward

About This Class

Bryan Kest leads an expansive, breath-first flow that opens in child's pose and down dog before building through three progressively dynamic warm-up sequences — each adding movements like crescent lunge, core twists, standing forward folds, and leg lifts. The class then moves into extended standing balance work (warrior flows, twisted crescent, airplane balancing, standing twists, and bent-knee balancing), crow pose and elbow balance, deep hip-opening with half-lotus and double-pigeon variations, a backbend arc from bridge through full wheel, and an inversion sequence (plow, shoulder stand) with an isolated core hold. Throughout, Bryan emphasizes doing every pose to one's own sweet degree — never forcing, always listening to sensation — and frames the practice as healing precisely because it honors individual uniqueness. The class closes with a seated gratitude meditation and a supine spinal twist before a long, silent savasana.