Aerial yoga (also sometimes known as Anti-Gravity yoga) is an exciting recent development in Yoga, which combines traditional yoga poses with the use of a low-hanging hammock – or yoga swing. The hammock deepens your yoga practice, taking you to the closer physical experience of yoga. You feel a state of ease, pleasure, lightness, creativity, expansion of feeling, and stillness of mind.
Just like mat based yoga, Aerial yoga can be slow, gentle and relaxing as well as playful, creative and dynamic. It is a versatile practice, which brings the many benefits of a mat-based practice – and some extras! Most notably perhaps, is the liberation and freedom it brings to both mind and body. With the support of the hammock and the gentle pull of gravity, the body can ease into deeper backbends, inversions and other challenging postures that might have previously been inaccessible. It works with the body in a very different way and can be particularly beneficial for decompressing the spine for anyone with a desk-based job or who suffers from back pain.
Classes with Emily offer a more dynamic class with options for challenges and inversions. Classes with Gingi are more gentle, with a focus on relaxation and restoration accessible to all.
Aerial yoga has particular benefits for strengthening and stretching the whole body, decompressing the spine, improving circulation, boosting digestion and lifting your mood. Here is what fundamentally sets Aerial Yoga apart:
