What is Kids’ Aerial Yoga?
This is the chance for our younger students (ages 9 – 12) to discover yoga through the aerial playground! After all, kids grow up climbing, swinging, and jumping and loving it! This a place for kids to enjoy (literally) hanging out, working on some of their favorite smooth moves (what kid has never wanted to do a handstand?), and having fun with friends. The yogic aspects – controlling the breath, improving focus, gaining strength and flexibility – are the bonus!

What is the main difference between Kids’ Aerial and the adult class?
First, we don’t hold the inversions very long. After all, children are still growing! They are born with just one of the three spinal curves they will have as adults (think of the slight cat-curved spine of a fetus). The lumbar and cervical curves are still forming, so we don’t want to hold the kids in long inversions that lengthen the spine even further. Fortunately, that works well with the second difference: the class is tailored to the students’ energy and attention spans! This high-energy class guides students mindfully but at a faster pace through balancing, twists, backbends, inversions, sitting and standing on the hammock, and “just for fun” poses. It’s amazing how naturally kids take to the hammock, often inventing poses of their own!