What is Aerial Yoga?

Yoga, Reimagined With a Hammock

Aerial Yoga blends the principles of traditional yoga — breath, alignment, and mindful movement — with the support of a soft fabric hammock suspended from the ceiling. The hammock takes on part of your body weight, so you can safely go deeper into stretches, hold supported inversions, and build strength in ways that mat-based yoga alone cannot offer. No prior experience, flexibility, or strength is needed to begin — just curiosity.

Why Practice Aerial Yoga

Benefits You'll Feel From Your First Class

Spinal Decompression

Gentle inversions create space between the vertebrae, relieving pressure built up from sitting or standing all day.

Full-Body Strength

Holding your own body weight in the fabric activates your core, shoulders, and legs more than a typical mat sequence.

Deeper Flexibility

Supported stretches let you safely hold poses longer and go further without straining a joint.

Balance & Coordination

Moving in and out of the hammock trains stabiliser muscles and body awareness in a way ground yoga cannot.

Low-Impact on Joints

Because the hammock carries part of your weight, it's gentler on the knees and lower back than many workouts.

Stress Relief

The gentle swinging sensation calms the nervous system and leaves most students feeling lighter and clearer.

Your First Class

What to Expect

A beginner session opens with grounding breathwork, moves into supported stretches using the hammock at hip height, and gradually introduces simple inversions with an instructor spotting you throughout. Wear fitted clothing that covers your underarms and the backs of your knees, skip loose jewellery, and come on a light stomach. Most students leave their first class with looser shoulders, a calmer mind, and noticeably less tension in the lower back.

Common Questions

Aerial Yoga FAQs

Is Aerial Yoga safe for beginners?

Yes. Every class begins with a safety briefing, hammocks are rated well beyond an average body weight and anchored to certified mounts, and instructors spot every inversion.

Do I need to be flexible or strong to try Aerial Yoga?

No. The hammock supports your body weight, which makes many poses more accessible than on a mat, and strength and flexibility build naturally over a few sessions.

What should I wear?

Fitted clothing that covers your underarms and the backs of your knees. Avoid loose jewellery, and come on a light stomach.

Who should avoid Aerial Yoga?

Anyone with glaucoma or other eye pressure conditions, uncontrolled high blood pressure, recent surgery, or who is pregnant beyond the first trimester should consult a doctor first and inform the instructor.

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