Welcome to Trained, a podcast exploring the cutting edge of holistic fitness.

I'm Ryan Flaherty, Senior Director of Performance at Nike.

For now, I'm still recording from home, calling up the world's leading experts in mindset,

movement, nutrition, recovery, and sleep to discuss all the ways you can train your body and mind.

Today, I'll be talking with an influential yogi who's bringing the ancient practice to a 21st century audience.

Just showing up on your mat, just being consistent and really just practicing is the key to success.

And I think I've taken that really into every aspect of my life and not just yoga.

But I know if I can show up on my yoga mat or even just show up on my meditation cushion every day that I will be successful.

That was Nike Master Trainer and Yoga Instructor, Jonah Kest.

Talking about how with yoga, all you need to do to see results is just show up on your mat.

And Jonah's been showing up his whole life.

He was born into something like American Yoga Royalty, both his father and his uncle are towering figures in the community.

But Jonah's made yoga his own, drawing on his background in competitive sports like basketball, boxing, and track.

And he's all about connecting yoga with the rest of his physical and mental life.

So today, we'll start the convo with yoga, then dig into how it relates to sport and training.

We'll get into why Jonah rejected the family business at first and what finally brought him back around.

We'll find out how he'd like to shape the future of yoga in the 2020s.

And we'll come away with some practical poses we can put to work right now.

What's up Jonah, how you doing man? Thanks for joining us today, I really appreciate it.

Hey Ryan, thanks for having me.

Of course, I'm recording from home where you're recording from today.

I'm recording from my hometown in Michigan.

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