30-Hour Aerial Yoga Teacher in London
Leave the earth behind and fly high on this four-day aerial yoga teacher training
Programme Overview
"What if I fall?" "Oh but my darling, what if you fly?"
Become an Aerial Yoga Teacher
Aerial yoga is a distinctive way of practising the yoga postures you’re already used to practising on the mat. Through the addition of an aerial belt or hammock, you can bring a sense of fun and wonder to your classes that encourages your students to play through their practice. Teaching and practising aerial yoga gives yogis an invigorating sense of self-confidence and invokes a level of focus that grounds them in the present moment.
Develop a Unique Skill
As yoga studios look to diversify their offerings, aerial yoga is becoming more and more common. By training to become an aerial yoga teacher you can be at the head of this curve and assist studios in bringing this unique and challenging practice to greater audiences. Aerial yoga is in such high demand since it is such a unique form or exercise with various health benefits that are specific to inversion practices.
Gain a New Perspective on Yoga
The support of the hammock allows students to explore inversion postures in ways that can’t be done in a traditional class, but that can change the way students practice on a yoga mat. By suspending students bodies, they can get used to the feeling of being upside down and build the relationship between the hands and the floor, while also reducing the ‘fear factor’ associated with these poses.
Share The Joy of Going Upside Down
One of the main reasons to teach and practice aerial yoga is that its fun! You will only find a handful of people who don’t want to try aerial yoga or who aren’t hooked straight after the first class. As an emerging discipline, an aerial yoga teacher training will also place you in the position to be an ambassador for the style and bring it to new studios and students.
Your Training Is Your Audition
While completing your training with the UK Yoga Collective, you will also automatically considered to teach for The Lodge in Canada Water and receive support to find teaching work in your local area.
Qualification
Aerial Yoga Teacher Training with YogaAlliance US
Course Leader
Bella Maldener
Next Course Dates
14/15 & 28/29 January, 2023
Venue
The Lodge Space, Canada Water
Investment
£600
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Course Leader
Bella Maldener
Bella has been teaching aerial yoga since 2015. Originally training in the Iyengar-inspired discipline taught by Fly High Yoga using an aerial belt, she quickly developed her teaching to include the hammock and other aerial disciplines. This practice opened the door to yoga and all of its benefits for Bella, and her journey hasn’t stopped since. Students can expect a series of invigorating inversions and drops along with deep stretches assisted by the hammock. In collaboration with her friend Valerie Teh, Bella is also pioneering innovative techniques of relaxation using the hammock by offering aerial sound bath workshops. Bella’s passion for aerial yoga shows in the joy, fun and freedom she brings to her students at studios across London.
Upcoming Course Dates
Our next aerial yoga teacher training runs January 14th, 15th, 28th and 29th 2023 at The Lodge Space in Canada Water.
Days will run from 9am-6pm with regular breaks and an hour for lunch.
Course Curriculum
On the Aerial Yoga Teacher Training you’ll learn content across the following categories:
Teaching Aerial Yoga (16hrs)
The Development of Aerial Yoga
Contextualise aerial yoga relative to other aerial disciplines and yoga practices. Understand how these two histories combine to create the individual practice that is aerial yoga, and the different styles of aerial yoga we see today.
Asana Clinics
Learn various ways of coming on and off the silks, and how to teach a range of yoga asana using the aerial equipment, including appropriate adjustments, variations, modifications to make your classes challenging and accessible.
Sequencing Aerial Classes
Learn how to sequence aerial classes in a logical order to follow a certain theme and create a desired effect. Explore ways of include subtle practice methodologies like pranayama and meditation while using aerial equipment.
Hammock Set-Up & Care (4hrs)
Set-Up and Take-Down
An added responsibility for aerial yoga teachers is the job of setting up and taking down the silks before and after class. Learn how to hang the aerial equipment safely and efficiently to set up your room for success.
Caring for the Hammocks
Hammocks aren't your usual yoga prop, and require special kinds of care and maintenance. Learn how to untie and retie the silks for laundering, and other ways to care for your aerial equipment properly.
Hammock Admin
Identify requirements and costs for setting up an aerial silks class. Learn about the health and safety regulations the teacher and the studio are responsible for fulfilling to reduce the risk in your rooms so you can focus on your teaching.
Aerial Yoga Anatomy (4hrs)
Anti-Gravity Yoga
Discuss how using the hammock and inversions can produce measurable benefits for the body. Review anatomy of bandhas, hips and shoulders and learn how their activation changes with different relationships to gravity.
Catering to Injury
Demonstrate knowledge of common injuries using silks and how to manage them, and individuals for whom aerial yoga might be contraindicated. Consider how aerial silks can also be used to help manage postural dysfunctions and joint pain.
Push and Pull
Delve into our understanding of the all-important "pull" muscles of the body that are so often neglected in a regular yoga class, and learn how aerial yoga can strengthen and balance your practice.
Practicum (6hrs)
Plenty of Time to Practice
You will apply your learning from the very first day in a fully equipped studio. There will be plenty of chances to consolidate your learning through observed teaching practice teaching aerial yoga both one-to-one and in front of a large group.
Practical Assessments
You will receive several assessments to ensure you are ready to go out into the world and teach. Asessments include demonstrating proper hammock set-up and care, and teaching an aerial silks class from one of the set school sequences.
Mentorship & Feedback
You will receive detailed and personalised feedback at every turn that is tailored to your individual skills and challenges. In this way, you can develop at your own pace while being fully supported by your teachers.
Tuition & Policies
Tuition
Investment / fees are £600. Upon acceptance you can secure your spot with a £150 non-refundable deposit. Payment plans available upon request. To discuss please reach out to ukyogacollective@gmail.com.
Cancellation and Withdrawals
Cancellations and withdrawals are considered relative to the student’s progression through the course. You can find full details in our refund policy.
Graduation
Students must complete 100% of their course and have paid in full in order to receive their certificate. Students have to pass all assessments to the satisfaction of the course leaders. Payment and attendance does not guarantee graduation. For more details you can peruse our attendance and coursework policy.
Code of Conduct, Harassment & Grievances
UKYC is committed to providing safe spaces for all students over the entirety of their training. There is zero tolerance for discrimination or harassment of any kind. We uphold this through our code of conduct, anti-harassment policy and grievance policy.
Eligibility & Application
Eligibility Requirements
We welcome applications from students who currently hold one or more of the following qualifications: 200hr Yoga Teacher Training, Pilates Instructor, Certified Personal Trainer, Physiotherapist or other professional level body worker. In addition, we request students have experience of a minimum of 10 aerial yoga classes by the course start date.
Qualification
We would like to emphasise that this is not an Aerial Conditioning or Aerial Circus course. These are separate qualifications that require further study.
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