What are the benefits of Aerial Yoga?

Aerial yoga is a unique form of exercise that combines traditional yoga poses with the use of a silk hammock suspended from the ceiling. This innovative approach is available in Southeast London, Forest Hill by Floating Fitness London. Our aerial yoga classes offer numerous benefits for physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Here are some reasons why aerial yoga is beneficial: 

1. Core strengthening: Aerial yoga requires constant engagement of your core muscles to maintain balance and stability while performing various poses. This results in improved core strength, stability, and toned abdominal muscles. 

2. Spinal decompression: The hammock provides support and allows for gentle traction of the spine, which helps decompress the vertebrae and alleviate compression. This can relieve back pain, improve spinal alignment, and enhance overall flexibility. 

3. Increased flexibility and range of motion: Aerial yoga incorporates both active and passive stretching. The silk hammock assists in deepening stretches and achieving greater flexibility by reducing the pressure on joints and muscles. Over time, regular practice can lead to increased range of motion and improved overall flexibility. 

4. Improved balance and proprioception: Balancing on a suspended silk hammock challenges your stability and coordination, enhancing your balance and proprioceptive abilities. This can have positive effects on overall body control, posture, and body awareness. 

5. Full-body strength: Aerial yoga engages various muscle groups simultaneously, resulting in a full-body workout. In addition to core strength, it also helps strengthen the upper body, including the arms, shoulders, and back muscles. Over time, this can lead to improved muscle tone and overall strength. 

6. Stress reduction and relaxation: Aerial yoga incorporates elements of meditation, deep breathing, and mindfulness. The gentle swinging and supported poses can induce a sense of relaxation, calmness, and stress reduction. This combination of physical movement and mental focus helps to relax the mind, promote mindfulness, and enhance overall well-being.

7. Circulation and lymphatic flow: Inverted poses, such as hanging upside down, can improve blood circulation and lymphatic flow. This can promote detoxification and enhance the delivery of oxygen and nutrients throughout the body, thereby supporting overall health and vitality. 

8. Boosted mood and energy: Like most forms of exercise, aerial yoga stimulates the release of endorphins, which are known as "feel-good" hormones. This can help elevate your mood, increase energy levels, and promote a sense of well-being. It's important to note that aerial yoga may not be suitable for everyone, particularly those with certain medical conditions or injuries. It's advisable to consult with a qualified instructor or healthcare professional before starting any new exercise program.

No Jewellery, Please!

Written by Veronika Rakli

This is what you always hear at the beginning of our Aerial Yoga and Pole Dance classes. Is this only our teachers passion to ask you, to annoy you to remove your favourite ring(s), earring(s), necklace(s), bracelet(s), even fitband trackers, watches, that you love so much? You got it from your parents, from your special frined, partner, husband, you fell in love with this shiny little beauty and bought it years ago (or just yesterday). Basically you feel this jewellery belongs to your body. You don’t even know it is there, as you wear them night and days.

Oh, yes, we know it can feel intrusive to ask to remove those things. But why we ask this? Is there something behind this request, that you should know about?  Why we ask you to remove jewellery in Aerial Yoga and Pole Dance classes?

To remove jewellery when participating in physical education activities serves yours and other class participants’ SAFETY. Ear studs, nose rings, watches, rings anklets and other hanging accessories could cause harm or be broken.

Don’t destroy your beloved tresures! As they can bend, break, indeed, during aerial activities. You won’t like the feeling when you need to go to jeweler to get it fixed or into a shop to buy a new one, that can never be the same…

But more imortant, that jewellery-related sports accidents and injuries can happen when jewellery worn by participants:

• Comes in contact with classmates, for example assissting each other in pole classes.

• Comes in contact with sport equipment (pole, hammock, gym or studio floor)

• Or... just for comfort to prevent blisters, cuts and contusions.

Earrings in particular are prone to being torn from earlobes when contact is made aspecially in hammocks.

For this reason, it is our strict safety rule to remove any-and-all jewellery BEFORE a practice, training in the gym/ studio.

It is good to know that jewellery-related accidents can cause severe injuries that could compromise patients’ health.

• Earrings present risk of damage to the ear lobe if caught and pulled sharply.

• Rings can occure degloving, aka avulsion. (Wikipedia: A degloving injury is a type of avulsion in which an extensive section of skin is completely torn off the underlying tissue, severing its blood supply. It is named by analogy to the process of removing a glove.)

• Necklaces may present a risk of choking/strangulation.

This picture is only for strong nervousness!!!!

These items can injure equipments occuring holes in fabrics, scratches on poles. Hammocks can get snagged and ripped – nobody wants to fall because of neglegence of rules. A scretch on crome pole can cut your or others skin occuring bleeding.

What else do we ask not to wear in Aerial Yoga class?

• Zippers

• Metal buttons

• Sharp hair accessories

• Dress, tops with sequins

• Any embellishments, buckles, or things that can get caught on the fabric

• Avoid wearing too much perfume, cologne, essential oils, or anything with a strong smell that can linger on the hammock long after your practice.

• Too much lotion, sunscreen, or other cremes can stick to the hammock and make it difficult to grip the slings.

• Long/Sharp/(fake) fingernails. Please make sure your fingernails and toenails are trimmed! (especially children!)

• Sleevless top that does not cover your armpits - this is for hygiene reasons and to protect your delicate skin.

Please, no jewellery!

• for your and

• others safety, as well as

• protecting your equipments! 

Thank You!

Safe and Happy Flying!