The Workshop

• Participants' yoga experience and objectives and expectations of aerial yoga

• What is aerial yoga?

• Benefits and contraindications

• Practice etiquette

• Setup - height and orientation

Let the students feel calm, comfortable and relaxed; and where they can trust themselves, the hammock and you- the teacher.

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1. Hammock in front and behind [Do not walk around the hammock]

2. Normal grip v reverse grip [Arm strength v core awareness]

3. Easy (Pouch) wrap v bum (booty) wrap [Get onto the hammock safely]

4. Hammock on the sacrum [Basic inversion]

5. Shoulder wrap [Angel flip - flip out]

6. Ankle wrap [Flying dog]

Get in and out of the hammock safely.

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1. Elevated pose [Tree on the hammock]

2. Backward bend [Charlie Chaplin feet to lock the hammock]

3. Core awareness [Climb up from the mat onto the hammock]

4. Balance [Hang out on one side of the hammock with core awareness]

5. Fun [Swing]

6. Backward bend [Mermaid ie upper body out out the hammock for a gentle spinal traction]

7. Savasana [Lie inside the hammock with an option of swinging gently]

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Note: Recovery positions after inversion: Back lean v floating child's pose

• Feedback from the participants

• General class outline: Focus on grounding poses with an inversion at the end of the practice

• Empowerment; assurance - More practice, less dizziness; trust on the hammock and the teacher