Yoga 101 It’s Not Healing If You Don’t Honor What You’re Feeling

About This Class

In this brief lecture, Bryan Kest emphasizes that sensation is the body's language and that any physical practice — yoga or otherwise — ceases to be healing the moment you stop honoring what you feel. He explains the spectrum between excruciating pain (the body saying "stop") and feeling nothing (meaning you're not engaging meaningfully), encouraging students to find a wise middle ground. Bryan challenges the ego-driven tendency to push beyond what the body requests, arguing that real practice requires wisdom to outweigh vanity — a value rarely supported by mainstream culture. He drives the point home with a vivid analogy: ignoring your body's pain signals is no different from continuing to harm someone after they've asked you to stop.