
Combine the aerial yoga hammock with Pilates, barre, and HIIT to build core, hips, and back through the powerhouse concept, with a digital manual and safe modifications.
Pilates strengthens the core, lengthens the hamstrings, and opens the hips, using body weight with an aerial hammock to promote functional fitness and posture, while breathing and concentration sharpen focus.
Master the language of Pilates to elevate your aerial yoga practice. Engage the powerhouse, abdominal scoop, and C curve with breath to protect the spine.
Master three-dimensional pilates breathing by scooping the abdomen, activating the pelvic triangle, and breathing diaphragmatically; exhale to power moves while maintaining relaxed, fluid core control.
Apply Pilates mat sequence to the aerial yoga hammock with centering and breath, then progress through the hundred, roll up, roll over, single leg circle, and five abdominal exercises.
Master traditional mat Pilates with guided breathing and a core-focused sequence, from the hundred to teaser and corkscrew, for safe, integrated aerial yoga practice.
Develop core strength through aerial yoga and aerial Pilates in a hammock-based routine. Engage breath work, the hundreds, bridges, mermaids, and side planks to strengthen obliques and balance.
Master aerial yoga core Pilates with a hammock, guiding balance, breath, and full-body sequences from spinal rolls to inversions and core-based crunches and pulses.
Improve strength and balance in an aerial yoga core pilates class that uses the hammock for cocoon poses, boat pose, hollow body holds, and oblique work.
Take the Rising Wings Aerial Yoga Core Pilates HIIT class, performing one-minute intervals on the hammock with backpack wraps, leg prances, crunches, and lunges to boost core strength.
Get fit, have fun & feel fabulous with the Rising Wings Aerial Yoga Online Core Pilates Course, led by master instructor Lindsay Nova! Lindsay has taught Pilates and aerial for over a decade and can’t wait to share this new method with you! This is a completely recorded course for all aerial levels. Perfect for experienced aerialists looking to build strength, teachers seeking Continuing Ed, or beginners who want to get stronger!
What is Rising Wings Aerial Yoga?
We use a special double- or single-point aerial yoga silk hammock that lets your yoga practice reach new heights. Learn inversions safely while becoming more flexible and stronger than ever. Use the hammock as a prop to deepen your understanding of body alignment, yoga postures, and Pilates moves in new ways.
Rising Wings Aerial Yoga benefits both experienced practitioners and complete beginners alike.
What is Pilates?
Pilates is a system of core exercises created by Joseph Pilates that improves posture and creates long, lean muscle. We will be studying the mat exercises.
Why Pilates?
Pilates is an excellent technique to teach on its own or as a complementary mind-body fitness modality for yoga teachers. Its rehabilitative aspects help people who may not want to practice yoga. It is non-dogmatic, sequential, and accessible to all, with built-in modifications.
What’s Included:
30 Pilates hammock moves/poses
A digital manual
3 Aerial Pilates classes
1 Mat Pilates Class
Understand the Anatomy & Principles of Pilates & how to apply them to Aerial Yoga
Sequencing according to Pilates & creative principles
BONUS: HIIT moves and class