Bryan Kest

[Guest guest]

I'm just a regular 43 year old norther california

gal who goes to Bryans class every time I am in So

Cal. Yes, occasionally I have seen someone famous

there but for the most part it's just folks ... well so

cal folks, practicing yoga. AND I think that Mr Kest

does an excellent job of bringing and presenting many

of the teachings of Ashtanga. Many of us DO NOT live

in India. We are westerners and I value Mr Kests way

of presenting the Ashtanga tradition<br>in a way

that fits into many of our western lives

[Guest guest]

The thing is, Betty; Bryan does not teach

Ashtanga. When you take out some of the poses and change

the order around, you loose 99% of the benefit of

Ashtanga. What Bryan does, and I'm sure people on this

board are tired of hearing me say this, is what most

people do who teach 'power yoga', and that is teach

excercise, not purification. Somebody else made that

particular distinction very accurately already in those very

words.<br><br>Why are you using so many words in capital letters?

By the way, was it you who pulled a muscle? Was it

in Bryan's class? They tend to have a very

competitive energy there and it is easy to get carried away

by it and end up doing something your body is not

ready for. It happens a lot. Not that it is not

possible to do the same in an Ashtanga class. Those power

yoga classes most definitely have a feeling of that

good old American competitive spirit going on. I don't

think you have to defend yourself. This is a public

message board and you can go to whatever yoga classes you

want, right?<br>FBL

[Guest guest]

yes, FBL this is a public message board and I was

simply expressing my opnion. I have never felt like

Bryans classes were competive, on the contrary, he

teaches respect for your own body and it's limitations.

Have you ever attended one of his classes?<br> <br>By

the way, it was not me who pulled a muscle in his

class