About the Fundraiser

Adrian(20) and Nathan(19) have been best friends since they met at Venice High School 6 years ago. Nathan lived with us for a few years during the chaos of post-Covid times and after having suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury. Both boys have been regularly attending my classes for the past 2.5 years. This year they have both been saving money to attend Ana Forrest's Foundational Teacher Training Program. The program starts on October 21, 2026. They are close, but not fully there with earning the necessary funds. Your contribution to their training means a lot to all of us! I remind them that there is a community of people who believe in them and are helping support their dreams of doing this important work. 100% of the Fundraiser will go their education and training.

List of Home Yoga Practices

5 Chapters · 48 Lessons

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      September 30: Pilgrimage Within - Pick a Spot for Healing - Breath, Devotion, Attention - Hips, Chest & Ribs - 80 minutes

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      September 27: FUNDRAISER - Crafting our Master Piece - Being Both Potter & Clay - Backbends, Hip Flexors & Sticky Ribs - 107 minutes

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      September 26: The Spirit of Autumn - Letting Go - Ease - Electro-Magnetic Charge - Inversions & Upper Back - 94 minutes

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      September 23: Singing to our Whale Bones - Vibrations - Body as Ocean - Let Go - Hip Journey - 93 minutes

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      September 20: FUNDRAISER - Seed Dreams Planted in Fertile Soil - Our Body's Center - Legs & Hips - 100 minutes

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      Septemer 12: Being Both Spider & the Web - Sensing Fascia - Tracking Energy Transmission - Backbends - 101 minutes

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      September 9: Spider Sensing & Mending the Web - Twists & Sidebends - Heightening our Attention of Tension - 90 minutes

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      September 5: Deciphering Chinese Finger Puzzles - Opposite of "Hold on Tight" - Pre-Road Trip Class - Hips & Shoulders - 93 minutes

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      August 29: Gold & Gemstone Mining - Eyes Shut - Journey into Earthly Cave - Twists & Sidebends - 90 minutes

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      August 26: Unlocking New Flavors - Each Pose a New Plate - Connoisseurs of Taste - Quads & Hip Flexors - 81 minutes

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      August 22: Celestial & Earthly Consciousness - Prepping our Body for Up-taking Good Things in Life - Hips & Sidebends - 86 minutes

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      August 19: Caterpillar in Grandma's Knit Sweater - Unrestricted Breath, Twists, & Sidebends - 81 minutes

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      August 15: The Petulant Child and the Crocheted Blanket - Backbends - Smoothing out Bitchy Snags - 115 minutes

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      August 8: Bridges of Energy - Joint Capsules, Fascia & Weight Transmission - 106 minutes

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      August 5: Caterpillar in the Ribcage - Soft Wave Like Breath in Twists & Hips at 30% Effort - 80 minutes

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      July 29: Ancient Energy Generator - Giza Plateau, Grounding, Full Moon, Columns & Spirals - 91 minutes

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      July 25: Q-Tip Soft Joints - The Magic of Heat & Working at 30%- 91 minutes

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      July 22: Under the Sea - Free Diving Inside the Hips - 97 minutes

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      July 20: Air Element - Inchworm, Hips & Inversions - 84 minutes

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      July 18: The Heart & The Lotus - Muddy Roots & Gorgeous Blooms - 97 minutes

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      July 16: The Jaw & The Pelvis - Inversions, Hips, Jaw MyoFascial Bodywork - 85 minutes

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      July 15: Heart & the Cave of Wonders - Snakes and the Chinese Finger Puzzle - 93 minutes

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      July 14: Internal Highways of Energy - Construction & Bypass Lanes - Standing Pose Series - 86 minutes

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      June 29: What Does Freedom Feel Like in the Body? - Choosing How We Run our Energy - Hips - 86 minutes

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      June 10: Polarity Project - Charging the Poles to Heal the Middle - Backbends - 95 minutes

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      June 6: Body as a Stradivarius Violin - Fine Tuning "tweaky spots", ribs & rotations - 89 minutes

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      June 3: Letting Go, letting go, letting go.. - Hips Journey: Starting on our Back

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      May 30: Shoulders, Neck, Inversions - YogaBodyworkers Day

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      May 27: Body as Zen Garden - Standing Poses & Ground Reaction Force - 65 minutes

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      May 23: Body as Dandelion Stem - Belly & Backbend Nutrients - 91 minutes

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      May 20: Thoracic Rotations & Jaw: Prosperity & Abundance - 86 minutes

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      May 13: Body as the Nightsky - Connecting Constellations Hips, Shoulders & Heart - 80 minutes

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      May 9: Body as Kelp Forest - Wrist & Shoulder Health - 98 minutes

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      May 6: Devotion: Pick-a-Spot for Healing & Backbends - 90 minutes

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      Change Series - Hip Bliss, Space between Breaths & (Life) Transitions -72 minutes

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      Change Series - Mid-Low Back Magic & Transferring Energy Legs to Spine -74 minutes

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      Change Series - "Dropping in" to Deep Feeling Mode - slow, low & yummy hip class -82 minutes

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      Change Series - Slow Down & Glow Up - Shoulder Love and Inversions - 80 minutes

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      Change Series - Lines of Energy to the Spine & Internal Structural Shifts -75 minutes

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      X-Ray Vision Series - Visceral Imagination - Hips, Shoulders, Back of Heart - 75 minutes

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      X-Ray Vision Series - Rainy Day Hips & Letting Go - 75 minutes

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      X-Ray Vision Series - Mid-back, Ribcage & the Jelly Fish - 78 minutes

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      X-Ray Vision Series - Heart Opening, Shoulder Love, Backbend Bliss - 83 minutes

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      X-Ray Vision Series - Jellyfish, Hips & Twists - 73 minutes

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      Live Fundraising Class, Zoom, & Recorded Class Info

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      Zoom Meeting ID, Passcode & Details

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      Class Props & Mental Preparation for Class

Build your "Feeling Skills"

Develop your abilities to balance, sense internally, & feel subtleties of weight distribution, strength & stress regulation

Build your "Healing Skills"

Learn how to approach injuries and "pain spots" and how to (re)build new lines of muscular support

Build your "Grounding Skills"

Get skillful at "dropping in & letting go" of distractions & feel more connected to your body

What style is this Yoga practice?

I teach & practice Forrest Yoga since 2002. I am still growing as a teacher, student, and always learning more how to help others through this practice. There is no set sequence, so every class is different. All classes follow this basic outline. Opening breath work and setting of class intent, warm-up poses, abdominals, movement - suns/B-series vignettes, apex, warm down, savasana- the final resting pose.  Forrest Yoga was developed by Ana Forrest during the 1970-1980's as a way to heal herself from a crippled spine, drug addiction, & eating disorders. At the heart of Forrest Yoga is healing and developing tools through yoga to live a life embodied by your spirit and bio-mechanical wizardry. 

Meet Your Instructor

Brian is myofascial Bodyworker & Forrest Yoga Guardian practicing in Los Angeles since 2001. He was a head teacher of Anatomy and Deep Tissue Massage at the Shiatsu Massage School of California from 2007-2014. Brian did his teacher training with Ana Forrest in 2002 and has continued to teach Forrest Yoga inspired classes to the present day. Brian is the Anatomy Teacher for the Forrest Yoga System and became a FY Guardian Teacher in 2007. Pre-pandemic he taught combined MyoFascial Bodywork & Yoga workshops and trainings in South Korea, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Qatar, Germany, UK, & Hungary. Today, Brian teaches small groups in Los Angeles and occasionally ventures out from his garden. 

What props are needed for class?

You only need 1 block & 1 strap and occasionally a rolled up towel or blanket.  I always have 3 yoga blocks, a strap and a blanket close by. I like to modify poses and often approach poses at only %30 depth which makes the blocks very useful. Alternatively, if you have no yoga props, you can replace your blocks with sturdy objects like a bench or chair for balancing, a rolled up towel for squeezing, and a long belt or piece of rope as a yoga strap.