Antigravity® Yoga

Lessons in Anti Gravity Yoga given by a qualified Anti Gravity Yoga Instructor :

Monday @ 7pm - Alter Ego Dance Studio Welwyn Garden City
Wednesday @ 9pm - Alter Ego Dance Studio Welwyn Garden City
£10 per lesson MAX of 6 people per class Each Person will have there own Hammocks
PAY : Per Lesson   £10 per lesson
It's challenging, it's fun, it's effective. AntiGravity® Aerial Yoga is a unique fusion technique, revolutionary in relieving compressed joints and aligning the body from head to toe. The AntiGrWednesday 8pm Taster Session Poleavity® Hammock acts as a soft trapeze and as a support while you master simple inversions and finally progress to more advanced poses.

AntiGravity® Yoga is a fitness regime designed to increase one's overall health and physical agility while having fun and creating beauty. AntiGravity® is an acrobatic performance
company whose daily workout utilizes the AntiGravity® Hammock. The technique was originally created for athletes and gymnasts and has since been modified and perfected for the
everyday athlete. Incorporating components from dance, Pilates and calisthenics, AntiGravity® has created a complete workout that is certain to get you in shape while realigning you
from the compression of gravity. AntiGravity® Yoga works to manipulate physics while staying lighthearted.

What is AntiGravity?
AntiGravity is an acrobatic performance troupe that was founded in NYC in 1990 by Christopher Harrison. From the Olympics to Broadway to MTV, they are the most prominent 
American based company in the rapidly emerging field of Aerial Arts. The company is best known for their performances which incorporate AntiGravity Boots, Dancing Bungees
and the AntiGravity Hammock.

What is the AntiGravity Hammock?
The AntiGravity Hammock is a structural fabric that is connected from two overhead points. It acts like a swing or soft trapeze. The AntiGravity Hammock is utilized to change
one's dynamic relationship to the ground, allowing the participant to better understand their body and its relationship to physics.

Our Philosophy
Fun
AntiGravity® denotes combatting the laws of physics, but it also means against graveness -- in other words, stay light and have fun! When you laugh you are working
your risible muscles. In AntiGravity® Yoga we are intent on keeping them in shape.

Awareness
Yoga is a practice of awareness in body, mind and spirit. Finding "now presence" is the objective of yoga practice. It is in the present moment that you are safe,
that you are in flow with the universe and that you experience joy.

Accessible
Fitness techniques are not just for those who are physically gifted. They should be for everyone. AntiGravity® Yoga is easily modified to accommodate all fitness levels. It has been
our desire to make AntiGravity® Yoga accessible to anyone who is sincerely pursuing health.

Inspiration
Inspiration is the key to sticking with a fitness program. AntiGravity® is a creative technique based on a movement art form that is meant to inspire fitness. The process should
be rewarding, not only based on the physical results one will receive, but also on the satisfaction of creative accomplishment.

Anti-Aging
AntiGravity® denotes fighting against the aging affects of gravity. As the body ages, the joints need to be pushed to maintain mobility. The muscles need to be worked to
maintain proper alignment and the discs need to be hydrated to minimize deterioration. If we don't use it, we lose it.

Grace
Physical grace comes from trained kinesthetic awareness. AntiGravity Yoga prides on creating beauty. Balance, body line and agility are dependent on fine-tuned proprioceptors (sensory receptors). This is best accomplished though a wide range of motion through numerous physical planes. This kind of conditioning is also a great cross-training technique for other sports, guaranteed to make an athlete faster and give them the competitive edge.

Flight
Although man was not born with wings, the dream of flight is primal to humans. AntiGravity® Yoga stems from that dream. Participants leave class feeling for a moment that
they have "slipped the surly bonds of earth", sprouted wings and realized the dream of flight.

• Zero compression inversions
• Circulatory and lymphatic system refresh
• Stimulating the release of neurotransmitters from the brain.
• Decompression of spine thru gentle traction
• Hydration of vertebral disks.
• Increased muscular flexibility
• Core strengthening
• Upper and lower body muscular strengthening
• Increased kinesthetic awareness; Fine-tuning balance & agility
• More astute proprioceptor (sensory receptors) response
• Increased joint mobility
• Low impact cardiovascular conditioning.
• Increased command/response acuity.
• Greater cerebellum function
• Increased Neuromuscular plasticity.
• Hormone stimulation.
• Self-esteem enhancement through conquering basic fears.
• More astute presence through mindful consciousness conditioning.
• Learning of new skills: A creative and artistic fitness experience.
• Uniquely fun experience that works risible muscles as well as functional muscles.

You will leave class feeling lighter. Your posture will be improved and you will be taller (growth is not cumulative).