Monday night Aerial class

I keep getting so behind on my posts!

I went to an aerial class Monday night. The girl who does lyra was there, along with several newer people. There were two new people who paired up on one set of silks. Then there was a group of three who paired up using both the corde lisse and a set of silks. One of the group of three is a very young girl, probably around 7 or 8. Usually I am very annoyed my children in the aerial studio (I know, I'm horrible) but this one is okay. One of the other people in the group is her sister, so it's very cute to see them learning together. Aerial does seem to attract really lovely people.

A few weeks ago, while working on the Butterfly and Star Drops, we all got a little bit of silk burn. One girl got it so bad that it looked more like a cut than a burn. So we decided we should try leotards. I bought one off of Amazon and it fit kind of okay. Anything that's a one piece is very hard for me because I am exceptionally tall but not very wide and have almost no chest. This means that I get a large for length, then deal with bunching at the back or sides where there is too much fabric. My outfit ended up consisting of a sports bra, leotard, capri yoga pants, and a t-shirt. I was dying from the heat by the end of the class. I suppose that I could do without the t-shirt (there's another girl who does this) but it seems a little weird. The leotard also gave me a wedgie the whole time.

The good thing about having so many newer people is that I had one set of silks all to myself. Since I had the leotard, I practiced the Butterfly Drop, but avoided the Star Drop. I have been taking iron supplements almost everyday so that I won't bruise as badly, but I am still dreading it. I know that I need to practice it to get better, but I really don't want to be black and blue, especially for swim lessons.

I also tried Scorpio again and mostly ended up tangled. I was going too slow, so instead of ending up in my knees, the silks ended up across my calves. I also worked on hip keys, since it's a basic thing that I still struggle with. I did much better with these than expected.

I'm heading to New Orleans for a short vacation and was hoping to find an aerial studio there. Shockingly, there were none listed on Yelp. My interest was piqued by Aerial Yoga, but there are no classes during the time that I'm there.