Yoga 101: My Definition of Yoga

About This Class

In this brief but deeply philosophical lecture, Bryan Kest presents his personal definition of yoga — not as a physical practice, but as the cultivation of benevolence and the elimination of malevolence. He argues that this inner work is among the most important pursuits a person can undertake, framing it through the lens of Gandhi's philosophy, quantum physics, and the law of attraction. Kest explains that benevolence and malevolence begin as thoughts before manifesting in the external world, and that individuals bear full responsibility for their experiences by virtue of what they cultivate internally. He uses the analogy of muscles to describe how thought patterns can be strengthened or allowed to atrophy, encouraging listeners to actively grow benevolent qualities within their own psyche. This is a purely conceptual, seated lecture with no physical movement or poses.