Sunday Morning Aerial Arts

I usually don't like to make weekend morning commitments, especially when they involve something requiring a lot of energy like working out, but I am always glad when I do and actually follow through. Due to sickness and holidays, I rearranged my usual aerial schedule and ended up attending a Sunday morning class. I almost didn't make it out of bed since it was raining and the humidifier in our bedroom makes everything so comfortable. However, since Thursday, I've really been looking forward to my next chance to get back in the studio and work on some tricks that are included in the flow routine.

It was a little bit of an unusual class because of the four other women there, I only recognized one, and she had only been coming for the last few weeks. So by default, I was the most advanced person there. =) Quite a rarity for me! It is kind of fun to be the one that can do tricks that impress the newer people.

I worked on the bicycle climb and hip keys on both the silks and the corde lisse. I stuck with the just the silks for the angel drop (which I failed at since I haven't done one in forever and forgot all the steps!) and the butterfly drop. I did also get to take some time to work on my middle split from an arabesque for our flow routine, but I'm still off on something. My inflexibility is also really hurting me here so I can't keep both legs straight in a split.

Working on the arabesque with a twisted grip put some strain on my shoulder, so I iced it this afternoon and rubbed some icy hot cream on it a little bit ago. I definitely should have stretched it out a lot more beforehand.

I'm really hoping that my yoga practice will help with flexibility and coordination, which I really need more of for my aerial practice!

I've keep doing Google image searches hoping to find photos of the tricks I'm talking about, but no such luck, and videos either include several tricks or use different names that I've learned. I'll have to start having photos taken during class...