Strapping or Skinny

About This Class

This 104-minute vigorous flow class with Bryan Kest opens in child's pose with extended pranayama and breath-awareness instruction before building progressively through a dress-rehearsal sun salutation series. The class layers in challenging standing balances (Warrior variations, Virabhadrasana-based lunges, airplane/Dekasana), deep hip-openers (standing frog/goddess, runner's lunge with twists, baddha konasana), active backbends (cobra, bow/dhanurasana, locust/shalabhasana), core work (boat pose, balance sequences with big-toe holds, archer pose), and inversions (plow/halasana and shoulder stand). Down-dog twists, supine spinal twists, and a dedicated gratitude meditation round out the practice before a final savasana. Throughout, Bryan emphasizes breath freedom, neck softness, individual degree of effort, and non-judgmental self-care, making the class simultaneously physically demanding and deeply mindful. Modifications (knees down, skipping poses) are offered consistently, and the instructor explicitly calls out knee, wrist, and ankle sensitivity as reasons to back off.