Course Director

Eirena Grigoratou

Start Dates:

Athens

Professional Aerial Yoga Silks

29 September 2018

Professional Aerial Pilates Silks

09 February 2019

• Thessaloniki
• Patra, Cyprus, Larisa: Visit here and get immediate and detailed information.

Professional Aerial Yoga Silks

Aerial Yoga Silks is performed with the usage of special silk fabric (hammock), which is 2 meters wide and 5.5 meters length. The hammock is hanging from the ceiling with two steel safety carabiners.

Level A

Theory

• Introduction in Yoga.
• Philosophical systems of Yoga.
• The Eight Limbs of Patanjali.
• Pranayama.
• Surya Namaskar.
• Introduction to Aerial Yoga.
• Analysis and fundamentals of alignment Aerial Silks Asanas.
• Safety and balance at the entrance and exit of Aerial Silks Asanas.
•Teaching Methodology.
• Equipment and Installation.

Practice

• Warm ups, standing asanas , handstands, backbends, back straddles, hip hangs, ribs hangs, advanced inversions, restorative poses.
• Aerial Fitness and Flexibility, Acrobatics, Flips, Aerial flow.
• Teaching Aerial Silks Asanas in groups.

Professional Aerial Yoga Silks 20 hrs – Level B

2 intensive Weekends, only for Teachers Aerial Yoga or Aerial Pilates or for the students who already have successfully graduade Level A.

• Advanced Acrobatics, Flips and Tricks, Aerial flow, restoratives.
• Group Teaching.

Professional Aerial Pilates Silks

Aerial Pilates is a complete fitness system, which includes entertainment and relaxation. Combines the game and the joy of Aerial Acrobatics with the dynamics of Fitness with the basic principles of Pilates Method. The course takes place with the use of special aerial fabrics (Silks and Swings) which hang from the ceiling. Their use is manifold, combining exercises performed above, below and in the hammock. The benefits of the program are multidimensional and affect both the physical as well as emotional and mental level of the trainee. The inverted poses, decompress the vertebrae, oxygenate the brain relaxes the heart. The aerial inversions offers a unique feeling of overcoming gravity, confidence, serenity and euphoria. Also it reacts on a psychological level of practitioners helping them to overcome their fears as they “see the world upside down”. In many cases the trainees confront their own selves discovering hidden aspects of their personality and eventually become more self-confident !!!

Theory

• Introduction in Pilates Method.
• History of Joseph Pilates.
• Basic principles of the Method.
• Analysis and fundamentals of alignment of Aerial Pilates exercises.
• Safety and balance at the entrance and exit of Aerial Pilates exercises.
• Teaching Methodology.
• Equipment and Installation.

Practice

• Aerial Slks Postures.
• Pre Pilates Technique – Foundamental Mat work.
• Warm ups, standing postures, sitting postures, back straddles, hip hangs, ribs hangs, advanced inversions, restorative poses.
• Aerial Fitness and Flexibility, Acrobatics, Flips, Aerial flow.
• Combination Aerial Pilates exercises with Pilates Props.
• Teaching Aerial Silks Postures in groups.