POV: you’re trying aerial yoga 🧘🏻‍♀️for the FIRST time

Running is a huge NO NO for me so recently I’ve been on the lookout for workouts that are manageable for me while at the same time, have the ability to make me look good and feel good about myself ☺️ One of which is ᴀᴇʀɪᴀʟ ʏᴏɢᴀ(⊃｡•́‿•̀｡)⊃ which I signed up for using classpass with my work buddies! 🧘🏻‍♀️

Today I’m here to share my experience with you but tldr — 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 😳

𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐆𝐀

📍 Location: Cathay Cineleisure Orchard 03-03/03A S(239695)

🚆 Nearest MRT: Somerset MRT (3 mins)

💸 Credits: ClassPass — 7 credits

⚪️ Class: Aerial Silk Stretch

🥸 Instructor: Liz James

✨𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰✨

✅ Very convenient and accessible - just 3 mins walk from Somerset MRT (:

✨𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰✨

Aerial Yoga is a form of yoga that utilizes hammock / silk to perform movements while suspended in the air. The class first started off very slowly with a lot of breathing and stretching exercises without the use of silk. My first thought was that the class was super chill. Mid-class though, that’s when you’ll start using the silk and the workout starts to get more tedious - ie we had to utilize the hammock to pull ourselves up into the air. I was extremely tired during the entire process though!

It’s not as easy, especially if you’re

❌ not flexible

❌ afraid of heights

❌ don’t have a lot of strength as you require strength to actually pull yourself up

As I lacked the following, I really found myself struggling halfway through the class. Nonetheless, the instructor Liz James was quite patient and nice - she did try to help us out through the movements as much as possible!

All in all - I’d rate the following criterias in this manner:

✅ Pace of class: OK, occasionally too fast if you have trouble navigating

✅ Level of difficulty: 6/10 - not as beginner friendly as I’d hope it to be. some movements are quite challenging to do due to my lack of strength and flexibility. I surprisingly didn’t experience muscle pains at all the following day and my friend claims that it’s because I didn’t use strength.

🚿 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 🚿

✅ 6/10 — minimal facilities, has the bare minimum facilities namely locker & changing room but that’s about it!

💭 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭?

✅ Average experience, not sure if I’d go back though I might try aerial yoga again!

— In general the instructor was really super nice and it was an interesting activity to try out. However, my lack of strength & flexibility makes it quite hard to keep up which embarrasses me, so I’m not sure if I’d go back to workout at the moment

— My friends on the other hand really liked this experience. however they did also say that the workout is more chill as compared to other aerial yoga studios, although it still requires strength to do.

All in all, it was a good experience to try something new. will you be trying aerial yoga? what other fitness activity would you recommend beginners whom are just starting out their fitness journey? do like and comment if this post has been helpful for you ❤️!

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