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About Jonah
Jonah kest was born into a yoga legacy. With his father, vinyasa yoga pioneer Jonny Kest, and his mother, Milla Kest, as one of the first yoga business owners and yoga teacher training programs in the Midwest – he was destined to follow the path.
While his early interests included basketball, boxing, and running track, it became very clear that strength without flexibility would be a hard path. His breath became the very partner that he sought in every activity, every relationship, every moment. Enter Ashtanga Yoga. At 17, Jonah trained under his father to become a teacher. His equanimity strengthened with a daily meditation sit and it was a natural evolution to teach.
The mind-body connection influenced his life — sharing the practice changed it.
Today, Jonah is a well-traveled ashtanga/vinyasa teacher whose classes are both graceful and intense. Impermanence, compassion, and humility are just a few of the elements that Jonah seamlessly weaves through each healing practice. His plant-based diet and love for creating raw, rich, vegan meals has also become a passion and healing modality.
Workshops
OCTOBER 13
CANDLELIT YIN YOGA
5:30–7pm | $50
Get out of your own way! Join Jonah for a 90-minute Candlelit Yin yoga experience. With the combination of gently stretching your connective tissues and utilizing postures that place pressure on the meridians, a natural release of the hips, pelvis and spine will occur. This ancient approach to transporting raw, life-giving energy throughout the body will leave you reveling! Balance your tenaciousness with sweet surrender in this deeply restorative practice. All levels welcome.
OCTOBER 14
VINYASA IMMERSION
10:30am–Noon | $50
Join Jonah Kest for an entirely uplifting and wholesome vinyasa experience! In this 90-minute class you will break through old habits and barriers that hinder you from connection and unconditional love.
Each energetic sequence will explore hip and heart openers as well as inversions and twists. Jonah's incredible music and supportive stories and themes will wring you out - leaving you with a stronger body and calmer, less reactive mind.
THE ART OF INVERSIONS
2:30–4pm | $50
Transcend fear and get comfortable upside down! Join Jonah for an afternoon breakdown in learning how the hips play a huge role in finding your balance!
Every individual body has anatomical limitations and strengths. Become a master of listening to your intuition and finding freedom in the art of inversions!
We will explore a variety of ways to approach handstand press, forearm balance, headstand & shoulder stand.
OCTOBER 15
HIP-HOP VINYASA
10:30–11:45am | $50
Join Jonah Kest for a breathtaking practice. . . The balance of ancient asana, dynamic flow, and modern-day hip-hop beats are sure to ignite your spirit!
This 75-minute experience will leave you feeling energized and free! Come feel the raw connection of body and mind through vinyasa yoga!