Podcasts about jonny kest

June 16, 2025 ~ Jonny Kest, Nationally Recognized Yoga Teacher, joins Dave Trott to discuss the health benefits of Yoga.

Join Dr. Joel Kahn for a special bonus episode featuring world-renowned yogi Jonny Kest, Director of Yoga for Lifetime Fitness. Together, they explore the powerful connection between yoga and heart health, and how incorporating mindful practices can benefit your cardiovascular system. Tune in, breathe deep, and discover the heart-healthy benefits of yoga.

Yoga delivers powerful physical benefits — but the foundation of the practice is built on many mental skills, which may be even more advantageous for overall health. Renowned yoga teacher Jonny Kest speaks about yoga as a movement modality and walks through the foundational elements of it, explaining how they can affect not only your practice, but also your overall well-being and how you show up and relate with others in the world.   Find the episode highlights, get related resources and view the transcript for this episode at https://experiencelife.lifetime.life/podcast/the-essential-elements-of-yoga   Have thoughts you'd like to share or topic ideas for future episodes? Email us at lttalks@lt.life — we'd love to hear from you!   Follow us on Instagram: @lifetime.life   The information in this podcast is intended to provide broad understanding and knowledge of healthcare topics. This information is for educational purposes only and should not be considered complete and should not be used in place of advice from your physician or healthcare provider. We recommend you consult your physician or healthcare professional before beginning or altering your personal exercise, diet or supplementation program. 

Jonah Kest delves into the transformative power of yoga, offering insights and practical wisdom for individuals seeking inner peace and spiritual growth. He shares his personal journey, growing up in a yoga family and the profound impact it had on his life. Although Yoga was something he grew up with, it was also something he chose. Jonah shares the steps to following our dharma and aligning to a greater vision of our life. He sheds light on the process of revealing and healing samskaras, the deep-rooted impressions that shape our behaviors and experiences. Additionally, he shares valuable insights on managing energy, cultivating prana, and playing big at a young age. ___________ Timecodes: 0:00 Intro  3:03 Prioritizing Clarity of Mind Before Pursuing Your Dreams 5:31 Growing Up in a Yoga Family 8:26 The Steps to Following Your Dharma  11:33 Cultivating Equanimity and Observing Thoughts 20:30 Using Yoga as a Science to Self Actualization  22:19 Understanding the 8 Limbs of Yoga  31:14 Revealing and Healing Samskaras  33:18 Managing Your Energy & Cultivating Prana 36:32 Playing Big at a Young Age  43:45 Creativity as a Path to Enlightenment 48:26 How Yoga is Evolving Globally 52:01 Authenticity as a Content Creator 55:18 Holding a Vision for the Future & Commitment to Growth 1:01:08 Guided Heart-Opening Meditation 1:04:24 Conclusion ___________ 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. At the age of three, Jonah was walking the Yoga room with his dad and shortly thereafter he began to learn the importance of a daily practice and evening meditation.  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. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kestyoga/ Website: http://www.jonahkestyoga.com ___________ Know Thyself Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowthyself/ Website: https://www.knowthyself.one Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4wglCWTJeWQC0exBalgKg Listen to all episodes on Audio:  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4FSiemtvZrWesGtO2MqTZ4?si=d389c8dee8fa4026 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-thyself/id1633725927 André Duqum Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreduqum/ Meraki Media https://merakimedia.com https://www.instagram.com/merakimedia/

Jonah Kest delves into the transformative power of yoga, offering insights and practical wisdom for individuals seeking inner peace and spiritual growth. He shares his personal journey, growing up in a yoga family and the profound impact it had on his life. Although Yoga was something he grew up with, it was also something he chose. Jonah shares the steps to following our dharma and aligning to a greater vision of our life. He sheds light on the process of revealing and healing samskaras, the deep-rooted impressions that shape our behaviors and experiences. Additionally, he shares valuable insights on managing energy, cultivating prana, and playing big at a young age.   ___________ Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 3:03 Prioritizing Clarity of Mind Before Pursuing Your Dreams 5:31 Growing Up in a Yoga Family 8:26 The Steps to Following Your Dharma 11:33 Cultivating Equanimity and Observing Thoughts 20:30 Using Yoga as a Science to Self Actualization 22:19 Understanding the 8 Limbs of Yoga 31:14 Revealing and Healing Samskaras 33:18 Managing Your Energy & Cultivating Prana 36:32 Playing Big at a Young Age 43:45 Creativity as a Path to Enlightenment 48:26 How Yoga is Evolving Globally 52:01 Authenticity as a Content Creator 55:18 Holding a Vision for the Future & Commitment to Growth 1:01:08 Guided Heart-Opening Meditation 1:04:24 Conclusion   ___________   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. At the age of three, Jonah was walking the Yoga room with his dad and shortly thereafter he began to learn the importance of a daily practice and evening meditation.   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.   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kestyoga/ Website: http://www.jonahkestyoga.com   ___________   Know Thyself Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowthyself/ Website: https://www.knowthyself.one Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4wglCWTJeWQC0exBalgKg   Listen to all episodes on Audio: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4FSiemtvZrWesGtO2MqTZ4?si=d389c8dee8fa4026 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-thyself/id1633725927     André Duqum Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreduqum/   Meraki Media https://merakimedia.com https://www.instagram.com/merakimedia/

David Williams has been practicing yoga daily, without interruption, since 1971. In 1972 while he was at Dr. Swami Gitananda's Ananda Ashram in Pondicherry, South India, he met Manju, the son of K. Pattabhi Jois, and saw him demonstrate the Ashtanga Yoga Primary series. In 1973, he began learning Ashtanga Yoga from K. Pattabhi Jois at his home in Mysore, India. David was one of the first non-Indian students to be taught the complete Ashtanga Yoga system of asanas and pranayama directly from Jois and became one of the first to be certified to teach the Ashtanga Yoga asanas. He was also one of the very few people ever certified by Jois to teach the Ashtanga Yoga pranayama. In 1975 David, along with Nancy Gilgoff organized and sponsored Pattabhi Jois and Manju’s first visit to Encinitas, California and introduced them to America and the western world. David is responsible for teaching the Ashtanga Yoga system to many of the world’s leading teachers and practitioners, including David Swenson, Doug Swenson, Danny Paradise, Cliff Barber, Batiste Marceau, Bryan Kest, Jonny Kest, Clifford Sweatte, Tracy Rich, Chuck Miller, Maty Ezraty, Kathy Cooper, and Andrew Eppler. David is 65 years old. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has lived on the island of Maui, Hawaii, since l976. His book My Search For Yoga was 10 years in the making and is his story as a yoga detective from the age of 20. Focusing on the years between 1970 and 1977 throughout Europe, two overland trips to India, and the early days in the Carolinas, Florida, California, and Maui. It includes crazy stories that he has shared in his classes over the years. and highlights the characters who were a part of his journey. The book contains 132 rare color images including photos, original documents of the Ashtanga syllabus and 12 letters from Pattabhi Jois.

Another Fair Warning... This is an explicit episode! Today's mini podcast episode is about a documentary conducted by the New York Times called The Weekly: Episode 19 Hands On. Katherine Rosman, a NYT reporter, is a yogi herself and in the documentary gives insight on yoga in regards to hands on adjustments. She reviews the allegations against K. Pattabhi Jois, founder of Ashtanga Yoga, and then continues the documentary by attending a Jonny Kest workshop... What Katherine witnesses at this workshop she says, "was unlike anything I have experienced in my 20 years as a reporter."Tune in to the episode and watch the documentary to learn more! The documentary can be located on FX and Hulu.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/reader-center/yoga-touch-reporting.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/style/yoga-touch-consent-harassment.htmlSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/chattychaturangapodcast?fan_landing=true)

Ryan Stock is the founder of MindSport, author of Buddha Was A Baller, and a former NCAA college basketball player and college basketball coach of over 15 years. His experiences as a coach and player led him to start the athlete meditation app, MindSport, which in turn led to the writing of the book Buddha Was A Baller. It was the difficult times in particular that led to Stock wanting to help athletes and coaches to live healthier, more successful and fulfilling lives. Stock himself experienced struggles with anxiety, frustration, dealing with difficult times, and in remaining present in his life as an athlete and coach before finally resigning from athletics and starting the journey that led him to find mindfulness and meditation. Meditation is the practice that Stock now utilizes daily in his life while showing other athletes and coaches how to implement practice in their lives. Aside from writing and developing the content and recording sessions for the MindSport app, Stock also works one on one with college and professional athletes and organizations as an athlete meditation mentor. Stock most recently completed his Yoga Teacher Training through Jonny Kest in 2019 and now teaches athlete meditation and Yoga to elite level NCAA universities and professional athletic organizations all across the country. ·       How do NBA and top pro athletes practice mindfulness and meditation? ·       The 10,000 Hour Rule— why quality matters than quantity ·       How self-awareness and non-judgement matters for athletes ·       Why Basketball athletes fail to slow down their mind and focus ·       How does MindSport app, the app for athletes to help focus, mindfulness, processing emotion, and beating your monkey mind ·       Why do athletes have melt downs and what do to about it? Website - https://mymindsport.com/ Twitter - @mymindsport Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mymindsport/ Email - Support this podcast

Known in the music world as Rara Avis (n. latin for Rare Bird), Alex King-Harris is a dedicated master of his craft with over 20 years experience in live performance and music production with a core focus on where the electronic underground, yoga and ecstatic dance movements collide. He is also CEO and Founder of Yogi Tunes, an world wide online music service that provides top quality DJ driven soundtracks for yoga and other wellness activities.Rara's live sets are a mixture of guitar, vocals, and dj techniques that combine pre-produced original studio music with live electronic elements to create a truly original, shamanic, heart felt transmission of music for embodiment.  Styles range across a multitude of genres including Ambient, Downtempo, World groove, African, Middle Eastern, East Indian, Tribal, Funk, House, and Hip Hop. Whether it be in a yoga class, on an ecstatic dance floor or at a festival –Rara's sounds are guaranteed to take you on a journey of blissful re-entry into the soul.As a long time member of two ground breaking music ensembles “Desert Dwellers”& “Shaman's Dream”, Rara co-pioneered the sound of contemporary wellness music by combining elements of music therapy, vibrational science, digital music production with a strong background in jazz, blues, ethnic and classical studies.He has composed music for many prominent yoga teachers such as Shiva Rea, Duncan Wong, Janet Stone, Elena Brower, Hemalayaa Behl, Simon Low, Desi Bartlett, Matthew Cohen, Jonny Kest, Desiree Rumbaugh, Micheline Berry, + many more. Notable artists he has remixed are Deva Premal, Jai Uttal, Girish, Kalya Scintilla, David Starfire, Deep Forest, Gurunam Singh, Karsh Kale, Laya Project, EarthRise SoundSystem, Tarun (Delhi 2 Dublin), and Deya Dova.After the success of his“DownTemple Dub” (Desert Dwellers // Amani Friend) series on White Swan Records, Rara began making regular appearances at some of the most popular festivals like Beloved, Lightning In A Bottle, Symbiosis, Wanderlust, Shambhala, and Earthdance Northern California, Pranafest, Inspire Truth, Yoga Journal Conference, Midwest Yoga Conference, Beloved, Harmony Festival + many others.He also co-wrote and co-produced many other house hold yoga/ecstatic dance albums such as "Kerala Dream”, "Dance Dream Dance”and “Dial M for Mantra // Jai Uttal Remixed”(Shaman's Dream // Craig Kohland).Rara's solo music is also available on San Francisco based indy label Six Degrees records.For the past 3 years he has also been CEO and co-founder of Yogi Tunes. Drawing on his many different talents and relationships while focusing on developing skills in business, technology and marketing to balance out his artistic endeavors.When not producing music or carrying out Yogi Tunes operations, Rara's prime joy is in mentoring kids, providing rites of passage for youth, and fostering community through the production of monthly Ecstatic Dance events.Follow Alex here:https://www.raraavismusic.comSupport the show (https://stuartwatkins.org/podcast/)

Jonah Kest has been a student of yoga since day one. Surrounded by his mother, father, and uncle, who were mid-western vinyasa trailblazers, he spent his early years observing and learning from the best. His love and passion for the mind-body connection grew and at age 17, Jonah became a yoga teacher under the tutelage of his father, Jonny Kest. Over the years, his upbringing has translated into a committed asana practice, daily meditation, and consistent cultivation of gratitude. His grace, compassion, and inspiring intensity are evident in everything he does - both off and on the mat. Today, Jonah travels the world practicing and teaching ashtanga and vinyasa classes, workshops, and at retreats in hopes of spreading his intention to generate loving-kindness. Connect with him on IG @jonahkest Connect with me on IG @dijonbowden Connect with the tribe at www.howtobeamflegend.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

My guests today are a pair of wonderful people, Jason Hulshof and Drew DeBiasse. who find purpose in teaching yoga, Together they run Heart Yoga in Uptown Minneapolis. HeartYoga is not a yoga studio. It is a yoga school; a frontier where anyone and everyone can heal and grow. Yoga found Jason in a crazy summer of 1995 - self taught until 2000 when he met his teacher Jonny Kest and, after working closely with Jonny to share flowing yoga for 15 years, he started HeartYoga in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His current mission is to share HeartYoga and its core philosophies with the world. Drew DeBiasse was forced to take her first yoga class in 2004 and says she hated every second of it - after having a deep calling to try it again the following year, it led her to teacher training with Jason Hulshof and Jonny Kest in 2011. Considered an anomaly by her peers, Drew is both a healer of the soul and a business maven - her current mission is also to share HeartYoga with the world.   You can visit heartyogaonline.com for more information on upcoming teacher training opportunities or inquiries to hire Jason and Drew for trainings, events and workshops.       -----------------Resources Mentioned:-------------- Jonny Kest Richard Hittleman's Yoga: 28-Day Exercise Plan The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Steven Covey Give and Take - Adam Grant https://studentoftheworldblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/25/realizing-spiritual-intentionality-at-the-island-yoga-retreat/     Join our purpose seeking podcast community at...   https://www.facebook.com/peopleofpurposepodcast/   https://www.instagram.com/peopleofpurposepodcast/   https://www.facebook.com/groups/370599930049519/?source_id=146822282503735

Movement Breath Energy and Life. Namaste Yogis, This is Andrew Sealy here to welcome YOU to The YOGA REVEALED PODCAST!   Have you ever thought of what it might be like to be born into a family of Yogis? On this humbling episode we hear from yoga prodigy Jonah Kest.  You may be familiar with the Kest family for their renowned Power Yoga prominence.  Jonah’s father Jonny Kest has been featured worldwide as Detroit's godfather of Vinyasa.  Jonah’s uncle is the one and only Brian Kest who has paved the way for Power Yoga in Santa Monica and beyond. Today we have the privilege of diving deep into the details of Jonah’s path of discovery as a 21 year old astoot yoga teacher here in Venice CA.  Listen close as he reveals the challenges he’s been through along the way and how he has overcome them by incorporating other modalities of art into his practice of Yoga.   Drop in as Jonah Kest humbles our hearts with intentional desire. As we learn how to take the path untraveled and raise the vibe higher   On this empowering episode of the YogaRevealed podcast with Jonah Kest   Thank you for tuning into the Yoga Revealed Podcast.  You can learn more about Jonah Kest and his upcoming retreats and trainings at his site http://www.jonahkestyoga.com/   Yoga Revealers.  We truly appreciate your support.  Make sure to check out my upcoming Bali Retreat October 1-7th and share this episode with a friend and leave us a 5 star review if you truly appreciate the work that we do.  Every 5 star rating helps us bring this podcast to more yogis as we Continue to share the inspiration.  Until next time Yogis,  Live Light Shine Bright! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dominique Theophilus is from Ann Arbor, MI. Yoga found her after failing several times at an attempt to start law school. She trained with Jonny Kest in 2011 and found her gift as a teacher to empower her students to heal themselves.

Namaste Yogis,  Andrew Sealy here to welcome YOU to The YOGA REVEALED PODCAST!  Today I have the privilege of interviewing Jonny Kest.  One of the trailblazers for Vinyasa Yoga and a true Yoga advocate for safe yoga teaching in gyms nationwide.  He has opened the gates for Yoga practitioners with his work as the Yoga Program Director for Lifetime Fitness Gyms nationwide.  From his early journeys to India to visit Sri Pattabhi Jois, to his dedication to meditation and raising conscious children, Jonny Reveals his passion for empowering teachers today.  In this episode we dig deep in:How Jonny has created balance in his life while being a yogi and “The Man of the House” with 4 children.Why the “7 Doorways Teaching” method is so effective for training the teachers of LifeTime FitnessThe importance of having a meditation practice.  So get ready to focus within as Jonny shows us where to begin on this truly inspiring episode of the Yoga Revealed Podcast Thank you for tuning into this episode of the Yoga Revealed Podcast with Jonny Kest.  Make sure to check out CenterForYoga.com for more details on Jonny’s upcoming classess, Travel Schedule, and amazing trainings worldwide. For more information on a LifePower Class near you, log onto LIFETIMEFITNESS.com to drop into a class sequinced by Jonny at your local Lifetime fitness gym.For more awesome Yoga Revealed episodes Be sure to subscribe on itunes, and drop us a 5 star review if you truly appreciate the interviews we do! Yoga Revealers we thank you for your encouragement and support in being a part of this thriving community. And providing us with those awesome reviews that continue to inspire us to produce the best Yoga podcast possible. Catch us at YogaRevealed.com to drop us a line and get a free Manifesto document that will inspire you To keep on track for greater success this year. Until next time Live Light SHINE BRIGHT yogis! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we interview yoga master Jonny Kest.  Jonny has studied yoga and meditation for over 25 years.  He's also the founder of Michigan's Center for Yoga and the National Director of yoga for Lifetime Fitness.  We talk to Jonny about the power of yoga and how it can open your spiritual life.