What do you mean, you haven’t done Acro in a while?!

Well neither have a bunch of your friends! Let’s get together and have a ton of fun remembering how to play well together! Session will include solo and partner yoga, warm-ups, tightness drills, partner inversion practice, counterbalances, L-base basics, AcroFit style strength training, and more.

Beginner.   All levels welcome

Level: Intermediate

Description: Learn a variety of standing acro poses that are impressive, fun, and photogenic. You’ll combine strength, timing, and trust into effortless entrances and exits for skills like high bird, high side star and more. Use these skills and your pointed toes to take your next photoshoot to a higher level.

Prereqs: none

Learn how to make washing machines really flow smoothly with beautiful movements. This will be a long symmetrical machine that we will refine and perfect. 

Intermediate 

Pre reqs basic machines like Big Le Moi and Ninja Star, stable Side Star

Join Matt and Ash in a washing machine that feels more like astronaut ice cream than yellow snow. We’ll add momentum and flare to surprise and delight all of the judges. There will be modifications up and down to satisfy every partnership.

For many years Jason and Chelsey have been perfecting the art of dual balance. Through this very physical and mental practice, they have been able to overcome some challenging obstacles both in relationship and life.  Come learn some of their favorite slacker transitions and the lessons that have come from them! This will be sure to challenge and inspire your practice in more ways than one, come with an open mind!  

Pre-reqs:  Intermediate level

This L-basing workshop will help you open up the exciting and rewarding world of Hand to Hand.  By training foundational elements and understanding how they apply in more complex poses we will help you demystify this elegant pose.

Pre-Req’s:  Base or fly Star, Foot to hand and shoulder-stand.

Treat yo’self!  Enjoy a session of AcroYoga Therapeutics to decompress and destress. We’ll start with principles and techniques, and leave lots of room for longer aerial massage sessions for each participant.

All levels

Dance Lifts – Flowy Flippy 

Level: Intermediate

In this class, you will learn flowing and flippy dance lifts with ease and grace.  The class is designed for acrobats who want to enhance their skills in lifting and being lifted.  The class will also cover proper technique, timing, and calibration between partners.

Prereqs: none

This is an intermediate/advanced standing class.

Pre reqs: 10 second standing foot to hand, some experience with reverse foot to hand helpful

Level down option: base seated or kneeling instead of standing

Level up option: add a catwalk, creative entrance or dynamic exit

This is an intermediate L-basing class.

More info soon. 

Grab more of your friends for this workshop. We will do washing machines but with more bases and more flyers! In this class we will put together some 2 base 1 flyer machines and even some 2 base, 2 flyers machines! And for the hardest it will be 1 base and 2 flyers! This class is sure to have you falling down and laughing with your friends! 

Pre reqs:  side star, f2h, basic machines, basic pops

We’ll be playing with a number of challenging but elegant H2H transitions to build a fun and dynamic flow. Pre-reqs: 5 sec L-base low and extended H2H and RH2H are ideal, but we’ll also offer progressions

Learn to pop from camel up to handstand on shoulders

Level down option: post up from a friend

Level up options: base is hands free

This class is all about Cartwheel popping! I’ve discovered a number of places this Cartwheel pop can go. We will begin with the easiest ones and get to harder ones like Throne and Bed. You should be familiar with straight throws in Bird, Throne, and Bed.

Intermediate/Advanced
Pre-reqs: Cartwheel Tic Tic, Bird Pops, Throne Pops, Bed Pops

Learn the fundamental elements of Icarian Games! Bases will learn how to create power and precision in launches, gentle catches, and how to train progressively to sequence skills in tempo. Flyers will learn precise movements and timing to make the most of a base’s launch. Spotters will learn how to build quick reflexes and a variety of spotting techniques that will create safety and gradually give space to the base and flyer.

Prerequisite skills: Bases: Chair pop to RF2H, hold 15 seconds. Flyers: 30 second handstand with a spotter, cartwheel on ground.

Refining technique in free balances and mono free balances, we’ll be progressing towards hands-free transitions, including Free Corkscrew. Pre-reqs: Solid Corkscrew w/ hands. Some experience with Free Star and Mono Reverse Star

Join us as we co-create a short and sweet group performance blending physical theater and partner movement. 

We will share it at the talent show on Saturday night.

All levels are welcome to join this workshop.

This is an intermediate/advanced standing class.

Pre-reqs: experience with toe pitching, 10 second standing bird

Always wanted to try flying but couldn’t find someone big enough to base you?  Want to get some basing experience but not sure how?  Same size acro is an awesome way to switch roles, learn precision in your moves and have a ton of fun being creative! 

Kaely and Katelyn have been working together as a same size duo for many years and love the opportunity same size partnership provides to think of new ways of doing things, build confidence, refine technique and surprise yourself and a crowd! 

No partner required

Skills needed:

-base or fly bird

-base or fly throne

-base or fly star

-excellent spotting skills

-willingness to try basing and flying

-accurate self assessment 

Take your acro practice on the line.  Jason and Chelsey will introduce you to the world of slacklining in this fun and uplifting class. More info soon.

Note:  This class is from 3pm to 4pm on Friday and does not interfere with other workshops.

Intermediate level class

In this two hour workshop, we will explore the watery side of AcroYoga by softening our touch & surrendering.  We begin with an opening circle to ground ourselves and connect with one another.  A gentle warm-up game will invite listening, trust, and connection.  

Afterwards, we will learn to give and receive Thai Yoga Massage in a seated position.  For the remainder of the session, we’ll explore basic forward flying therapeutics and end the workshop in a closing circle.

This workshop will help you enhance your awareness & sensitivity by using gravity, healing touch and patience.  This is an all-levels class and no prior experience or partner is necessary.

Come learn the basics of standing acrobatics. Get comfortable lifting humans and/or being balanced in the air, and work toward comfort in two high, as well as safe and fun exits plus a little standing acro flow.

Prereqs: none

This is an intermediate level class.

More info soon.