58+ Bryan Kest Quotes On Calm, Balanced And Energizing

Bryan Kest is an American yoga teacher, who is known for his Power Yoga style. He is the founder of Santa Monica Power Yoga, which has been running since 1989. His classes are known for their challenging sequences and emphasis on breath and alignment. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Bryan Kest on life, leadership, love.

Top 10 Bryan Kest Quotes

1. Yoga doesn't ask you to be more than you are. But it does ask you to be all that you are.
2. I need to somehow peel away the dullness and heighten my sensitivity and alertness. I need to start sucking the juice out of every single moment of the most precious gift ever to be had, "my life!"
3. Welcome to your body.
4. One thing I have learned in my 46 years on this planet is that the greatest opportunity for growth and understanding comes through the challenges that we encounter.
5. As a matter of fact, wherever I get to is a direct result of where I'm at now which makes where I'm at now equally important.
6. We are so busy and have become so complex, being simple is actually esoteric.
7. From inanimate object, to microorganism, to plant, to insect, to animal, to human, there is an evolving level of intelligence.
8. The only reason that we humans and all creatures have made it thus far is because of the lessons learned consciously and unconsciously through the challenges we have been through.
9. Higher states of awareness is a by product of mental development and conscious evolution.
10. Everything is natural and nature is the whole of everything of which I am apart of and so are you.

Bryan Kest Short Quotes

• Without challenges, there would be no opportunity to evolve.
• Without challenges we would literally wither and die (which also would be perfect).
• Everything becomes an opportunity to evolve and grow.
• There is nowhere pressing to get to because there is absolutely nothing wrong with where I am.
• Every experience we have is necessary and perfect. In other words, everything is Perfect.
• Enlightenment is higher states of awareness.
• Conscious evolution means having the desire to evolve.
• Mental development is a by-product of hard work and effort.
• Even if we are destroying this planet, we are playing our role perfectly.
• Fall with awareness and acceptance.

Bryan Kest Quotes About Life

It seems to me if I would want to access the special, mysterious, mystical, powerful and most important, I simply need to live my life more fully. — Bryan Kest

Most of us can agree there is nothing more special, mysterious, mystical, powerful and important than life! — Bryan Kest

Be gentle with everything in your life. — Bryan Kest

When you're experiencing what's happening right now, all of a sudden everything that happened to you in your entire life melts away. — Bryan Kest

If we do destroy most life on this planet, science says it won't be the first time. — Bryan Kest

Bryan Kest Famous Quotes And Sayings

Being empowered includes developing the powerful qualities that lead human beings to cultivate wellness and healing. And those are the same qualities that enhance all relationships on earth and reduce stress (which seems to be the largest precursor to disease)-gentle ness, calmness, patience, humility, compassion, and gratitude. — Bryan Kest

We all know what the moon does to the ocean in the form of tides. Well, we are about 85% salt water; don't you think it is also affecting you? Maybe you cannot quantify that effect along with zillions of other effects, but certainly you are being affected. — Bryan Kest

Unwittingly, every event and every microorganism - insect, fish, bird, animal, etc. - is playing a role that maintains a perfect balance to our ecosystem, which also includes our atmosphere. Have you ever considered that we, you and I, are also apart of that? — Bryan Kest

If we want to try again, then try again. The point is we have free will to act and accomplish along with the peace of knowing whatever happens is what needs to happen in order for nature to fulfill its destiny, which we are part of. — Bryan Kest

If it feels right to recycle our waste or purchase solar panels for our house or rescue an animal or adopt a child or stop someone from hurting another or donate our time, money, or goods to charity, then do it. — Bryan Kest

Just as the seasons change and the honey bees pollinate the planet and make honey, we are also doing exactly what we are supposed to be doing. We also are apart of nature, certainly not separate from nature. — Bryan Kest

Yoga doesn't want to change you - it wants to take care of you. — Bryan Kest

Everybody wants to be pretty because that's what they've been told will make them feel good even though there's no proof that people who are prettier are healthier and happier. So why don't we just cut to the chase and go straight to what makes us feel good? — Bryan Kest

The goal of yoga according to Patanjali I am told is citta vrtti nirodha, which means to be silent or free from mental fluctuations. — Bryan Kest

Jesus said "love," "forgive," have "compassion" and "don't judge." Buddha said "observe," "be silent," and "serve." — Bryan Kest

Everything is unfolding perfectly. As this perfection unfolds, I learn and grow and become all I'm becoming. — Bryan Kest

Learn to take pleasure in the search. — Bryan Kest

We are creatures on this planet that have the capacity of self-awareness, playing out our role just the same as all else. — Bryan Kest

Please stop worrying about how much you can do! STOP judging yourself and others on physical abilities and prowess, stop believing MORE is better, stop the madness! — Bryan Kest

Natural events have completely destroyed this planet on numerous occasions in the past, and just like them we are a natural event destroying this planet. — Bryan Kest

There is nothing wrong with what he said or she said or they did, even though it does not feel good. — Bryan Kest

Have you ever noticed the perfection of nature? The seasons and how one changes into the next, the falling leaves, composting soil, rains, new seedlings, sunshine, growth, blossoms, etc. Grass grows, deer eats grass, lion eats deer, deer population is stabilized so there is grass for other animals; sunrise and sunset, boy and girl, winter and summer. — Bryan Kest

If all is happening perfectly then all that we are feeling is also perfect, which means if there is something happening that feels like it needs to be changed, then change it. — Bryan Kest

Because we are not separate and we are a strand in the web of this existence, there is nothing about us - which includes who we are and what we do - that is not happening perfectly. — Bryan Kest

I do not believe you could intellectually comprehend all the different forces playing upon us. Yet what you can do is become very silent, so you are not distracted and then begin to feel how these forces playing upon us are affecting us, and according to how we feel, we can then make intelligent decisions as to how far, how deep, how much, we explore in any pose. — Bryan Kest

There are certain yoga laws and principles that are, shall we say, less tangible than others. For example, the law of karma. Science has proven what goes up must come down, but that's about as far as it's gone. To believe that for every action, word, and thought, there is an equal consequence takes something more intuitive, more personal; it's more metaphysical. — Bryan Kest

No reason to get angry at anybody for slapping you literally or figuratively. It's just nature unfolding perfectly and obviously that slap is part of my process that is shaping me as I become all I'm becoming. I'm sure this understanding will be a big help to us in our yoga practice and also as a teacher. More than anything though, it will affect the way we look at everything in our life, which affects how we respond to things. — Bryan Kest

There is nothing that exists, that is not existing perfectly, which includes every thought we have, every word we speak, and every action we commit. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with me, with you, with them. — Bryan Kest

It doesn't matter what it looks like; it matters what it feels like. — Bryan Kest

I see exercise taking this perverted detour. The original intention of exercise was to heal and maintain health. Now I see it as having nothing to do with health. I see most exercises based on looking good. They actually make you less healthy. You overdevelop the obvious muscles. You take drugs to enhance that. You ignore the rest, and you become more out of balance. — Bryan Kest

Just because we can think does not mean we are separate from everything. — Bryan Kest

When we start understanding that all challenges are really opportunities to learn and grow and become all that we are becoming, which is all being guided by nature and her desire to maintain perfect balance, then what could be wrong? If there is nothing wrong, then the burden of humanity has been lifted from my shoulder and I'm free to be me - to play, to cry, to laugh, to work, to explore, to serve, to unfold and grow. — Bryan Kest

Simply because everything is perfect does not imply there is nothing to be done. Actually, it is pretty much the opposite. There is everything to be done. — Bryan Kest

Yoga practice seems to be used to access some deeper dimension or some enlightened state. Understand right now there is no connection between flexibility and enlightenment. — Bryan Kest

We are acting on our desire; there is nothing wrong. Just remember if it does not pan out, if our desires go unfulfilled, it's perfect! — Bryan Kest

It seems to me in a general sense we as a society are enamored with the mystical, mysterious, the unseen & unknown. We are looking for the hidden teaching, the secret scroll or fountain of youth, and of course heaven and hell. — Bryan Kest

Exactly like everything around us, we are made of the same elements of this earth and are totally dependent on this earth for our sustenance. — Bryan Kest

Your physical capabilities have nothing to do with higher consciousness. The depth achieved in any posture only has the ability to hurt or help your body. — Bryan Kest

Life Lessons by Bryan Kest

1. Bryan Kest emphasizes the importance of connecting with your body and breath to achieve a mindful state of being.
2. He encourages practitioners to focus on the present moment and to practice with a sense of curiosity and non-judgement.
3. Through his teachings, Bryan Kest promotes the idea that yoga is not only a physical practice, but also a way to cultivate a deeper connection to ourselves and the world around us.