Acroyoga is its own whole thing now, and is trademarked (at least in the US) by the good folks at http://www.acroyoga.org/. I was in it seriously enough, early enough, and for long enough to know all the founders, and my friend designed their logo. To cover it in a few sentences: it was founded by a yogi and a sports acro champion, and it was always intended to have three pillars or practices: 1/3 yoga, 1/3 acrobatics and 1/3 Thai massage (in which yoga is basically done to you, and the giver is also fairly mindful of their own body). The acrobatics part is done with the base lying down, hands and feet in the air, supporting the flyer on feet or hands, and there are MANY ways to transition the flyer around to different things; you can play and play without ever coming down. Some of this is therapeutic (stretchy and massage-y) and some of it is pure acrobatic.
A lot of my friends from the early days became teachers at one point or another, but I chose to remain as an advanced practitioner instead. I've traveled to a fair number of festivals and trainings, but not so much lately since there's better acro training close to home now, and I've transitioned over to more circus-style standing acro.
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Date: 2017-05-14 03:53 am (UTC)A lot of my friends from the early days became teachers at one point or another, but I chose to remain as an advanced practitioner instead. I've traveled to a fair number of festivals and trainings, but not so much lately since there's better acro training close to home now, and I've transitioned over to more circus-style standing acro.