BRYAN KEST: Power Yoga Workshop
Friday, March 12 - Sunday, March 14

This weekend is an immersion in the practice of yoga that strengthens not just the body, but more importantly, the qualities of our mind that have the largest impact on our physical well-being. These workshops will be strong, well-rounded, yet simple physical practices that leave every nook and cranny in our bodies vibrating with vitality while challenging our minds in the sense of strengthening the qualities of mind that are most useful, positive and powerful, and eradicating the qualities of our mind that are harmful and stress-inducing. They will strengthen qualities such as calmness, patience, focus, gentleness, gratitude, humility and acceptance, while weakening qualities such as judgment, competitiveness, distraction, reaction, and criticism. If you feed qualities of mind, they will grow big and strong, and if you don’t feed them, they will weaken and die. Since our physical practice is such a fertile environment for most all of these qualities to arise, our physical practice becomes an opportunity to strengthen the qualities we want to be strong and to weaken and eradicate the qualities we find harmful.

Date	TIme	Workshop
Fri Mar 12	7:00pm- 9:00pm	Orientation to Power Yoga and 1-hour class
Sat Mar 13	11:30am- 2:00pm	Power Yoga: a well-rounded flowing asana practice
Sat Mar 13	3:30pm- 5:30pm	A long, slow, & deep series of deep stretches that open the body and challenge the mind
Sun Mar 14	11:30am- 2:00pm	Power Yoga Class
COST FOR WHOLE WEEKEND: Early bird Price: $200 (until Jan 15th); $230 after Jan 15th COST FOR INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS: 2-hour workshops: $55, 2.5-hour workshops: $65 REGISTER ONLINE

Pertaining to the physical practice "asana:"
The body talks to us in the language of sensation! It says, "that feels good" and "that does not." The reason for this is to keep us safe. Why would we not listen to what we are feeling? How far we go in a pose should be directly related to how it feels and whether we can breathe free, not holding the breath and straining. Remember there is no proof that looser people are healthier or happier people. We are not trying to get loose, we are trying to get well or maintain wellness. That will not happen if we do not honor what we are feeling. This is not a sport. There is no proof that athletes are healthier or happier people. In my experience, health is a state of balance brought about by moderation among other things. Moderation is the opposite of being extreme. And happiness is a state of mental balance. Not craving and clinging, but accepting who we are and where we are at, instead of rejecting where we are at in a constant pursuit to get somewhere. Most people bring their craving and clinging mentality into the yoga class, and then the practice is polluted. In yoga class and maybe in life, let the practice be, "I am not trying to get anywhere, I am trying to make it OK to be where I am at" because I love myself and value my process!

What is a Bryan Kest workshop like?
Words cannot replicate the experience that is a culmination of almost 30 years of his own yoga practice called Power Yoga. Come experience it for yourself! Read more about Bryan and Power Yoga on his website: www.poweryoga.com

ABOUT BRYAN KEST
Now 45, Bryan Kest has been practicing yoga for more than 30 years. He initially studied in Hawaii with David Williams, the first person to bring Ashtanga yoga to America. He then studied in India with K. Pattabhi Jois, the main proponent of Ashtanga yoga. Kest has been teaching yoga for 26 years. "My primary objective", says Kest, "besides turning more and more people on to a healthier, more peaceful lifestyle that continually challenges them to grow, is to teach a system of exercise that fully integrates the body, mind, and spirit.

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