Bow is one of the basic backbends for you to play with in acro. If you are the flyer, make sure you are warming up your spine by practicing Bow pose on the floor first. Once you feel confident in reaching back and grabbing your ankles on the ground, you can attempt doing it in the air! As for most acro poses, you will want to make sure your base’s feet are placed comfortably on your hip bones/ lower abdomen. If you are the base, be sure to think of your feet as pressing into gas peddles. Whenever you feel your flyer moving forward, press into your toes to restrain them from falling forward. You’d rather your flyer fall back onto their feet rather than forward on their face ;)
Twist it out! This one is super fun because the flyer gets to flip directions and twist all while being upside down! Its pretty simple but still looks really cool! As the base, you should warm up by stretching your hamstrings. If you are the flyer, you should definitely stretch your hamstrings by...
One of the fun videos that you’ll want to post on your Instagram! In this video, you will put together what you learned in our Bow tutorial and our Shoulder Stand tutorial, so please make sure you practice those first. Its always fun to be able to string together individual poses that you learn i...
Sometimes we get hung up on nailing the perfect pose that we become so rigid we forget to have fun. We encourage you to let go of thinking you have to be perfect. We are not expert acro yogis and are far from perfect, which is why we feel we can share our journey with you from a place of authenti...
