Teacher Training CoursesWhat Happens in an AcroYoga Class or Workshop?
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The Circle!
We start by sitting in a circle, the teacher will let you know about the focus of the day's class you will briefly get a chance to meet the people that you will be working with.
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Asana Warm Up
Moving into an asana warm up, where certain acrobatic strength building exercises will be included to help increase your core strength. Over time this will give you the solid foundation to start working with higher level acrobatics, however our main goal is to enjoy the process, and there are many other places we can take the practice to too!
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Partner Stretching
Working in pairs or small groups, we have the opportunity to start building our trust with those around us, and at the same time drop deeper into postures with the extra feedback and support that another body gives us.
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Inversions & Tightness Drills
Being upside down is an amazing experience and it is a great mood enhancer, feeding our most blood thirsty organ - the brain with plentiful fresh supplies!
The theory is that we build the practice gradually. When we start going upside down things are initially disorienting. Holding a strong tight body makes most inversions easier, so we do tightness drills to remind ourselves what a strong tight body feels like. We then take this awareness into the inversion.
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Flying
Flying is what people tend to get really excited about. Some people see it and say "I could not do that." But you would be amazed at the big people I have flown and the little people who have flown me!! There was even one girl who (with a bit of support) climbed out of her wheel chair and onto my inverted feet.
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There is something very watchable about two or more people basing and flying together. However the connection
you get from working in this way with a kindred spirit, the therapeutic release that you can achieve together, and
the Joyous expression you can co-create is something that can only be understood through experience...
Luckily, most AcroYogis have big hearts and will be delighted to share what they know.
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Leg Love, Thai Massage
With AcroYoga we are learning many new ways to connect, largely through physical means. The element of Thai Massage brings a lot to the AcroYoga practice as it allows us to let go, to be with people in a state of Metta (loving kindness). Learning how to touch and be touched in a safe space free from sexual dogma is both amazingly fun and nourishing.
