Join our weekly class to commit to your flexibility goals. Whether you are aiming to master the splits, a better backbend or to touch your toes – Wednesday stretch class is where you need to be… Why do I need to stretch? Stretching the key is to keeping your muscles flexible, strong and healthy. A good … Read More
What is aerial yoga? Aerial yoga is a NEW approach grounded in the principles and practices of traditional yoga. It combines traditional yoga poses and flows using a modified aerial sling which is suspended from the ceiling in a hammock shape. In our classes we use a new form of equipment called an Aerial Yoga … Read More
If you’re wanting to tie yourself up in knots and to learn to fly, then you’ve come to the right place. What is aerial sling? Aerial sling or aerial hammock is a long piece of fabric suspended from the ceiling from which you can perform a variety of shapes, wraps, rolls and drops. Traditionally used … Read More
Welcome to the ‘Meet our instructors’ series – every month we’ll introduce you to each of our instructors so you can get to know them a little better (if you haven’t already). This month, we’re talking to Maisie who regularly teaches the beginners and improvers aerial hoop classes at the studio. We’ll be finding out … Read More
Marking a special occasion with more than a card and a gift is important, so why not celebrate in style by booking an aerial class with Leeds Aerial Arts? We know it can be tricky to come up with a unique celebration idea, and we are here to put a little bit of magic into … Read More
We are so excited to be teaming up with Leeds Wellbeing Week – 13-18 May 2019 Leeds Wellbeing Week is a yearly Wellbeing Festival with the goal to make wellbeing initiatives visible and accessible in Leeds. This year we are hosting two FREE events to support the Festival – A chance for those completely new to … Read More
Your #LeedsAerialArts Studio opens this summer! City Centre location, new faces, new classes, and new opportunities! To help make this AWESOME (or if you have ever fallen on my head…) please visit our GoFundMe page to help us to get this off the ground #punintended www.gofundme.com/leedsaerialarts Full list of new classes to be revealed next week! Are you as … Read More
Brilliant! You have found us! But is it suitable for complete beginners? The answer is simple, YES! We all started as complete beginners and you are not expected to have any previous experience. Most importantly, you don’t need to have abs of steel or great upper body strength, you will build that along the way. … Read More
You’ve booked on to your first aerial class, yippee! But what to wear?? For your first class, you should wear comfortable, form-fitting clothing which covers the backs of your knees, make sure that long hair is tied back, and that all jewellery is removed. Baggy clothing can get tangled, and baggy tops have a life … Read More
In 2016 Leeds Beckett Student Rachel Harris joined the Leeds Aerial Arts team as a teaching assistant to support her dance teaching studies. Rachel became a valued and much loved member of the team, renowned for her impressive flexibility when demonstrating new moves! Here is Rachel’s account of her placement. “As a University Dance … Read More