​Studio Goddess offers a variety of aerial classes including aerial yoga in Nashville, TN. Aerial Yoga is a great way to elevate your love for yoga by taking your practice from the mat to the air. The hammock also provides assistance for those who find traditional yoga to be challenging. This unique apparatus can provide dynamic strength and conditioning as well as deep stretching poses. 

aerial yoga class

Aerial Yoga is open to all students - no prior yoga or aerial dance experience is needed. New students welcome.  Aerial yoga is the application of traditional yoga postures to a suspended aerial hammock. Using an aerial silk hammock provides an innovative experience while allowing gravity to create space between joints, promote deep stretching, and increased flexibility. Elevate your flexibility, balance, strength, spatial awareness, and endurance as you fly through this unique yoga class. Our aerial yoga classes are taught in a safe and supportive, body-positive environment, with expert training and professional rigging, certified for commercial use. 

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aerial yoga vs. aerial dance

To provide a better understanding of the differences between these two beautiful types of classes, we have broken down the basics for you. Aerial Yoga and Aerial Dance are two distinct practices that both involve performing movements or poses while suspended off the ground, typically using a fabric hammock or silk. However, they have different focuses and origins.

1. Aerial Yoga:
   • Origin and Influence: Aerial Yoga, also known as anti-gravity yoga, is a hybrid practice that combines traditional yoga poses with elements from aerial arts. It was developed to enhance the practice of yoga by incorporating a hanging fabric hammock, which acts as a support tool.
   • Focus: The primary focus is on yoga poses, strength and conditioning, and deep stretches. The hammock aids in alignment, deepens stretches, and helps in achieving various yoga poses that might be more challenging on the ground or assists in making movements more challenging for seasoned yoginis who wish to take their practice to new heights. It often includes elements of meditation similar to traditional yoga.
   • Benefits: It's known for improving balance and flexibility, relieving compressed joints, and aligning the body. It's also a great way to improve upper-body strength as you lift yourself to enter and exit the apparatus throughout the class.  
2. Aerial Dance:
   • Origin and Influence: Aerial Dance is an art form that primarily originates from the circus arts and contemporary dance. It involves performing acrobatic and dance movements while suspended in the air, using equipment such as silks, hoops, ropes, or trapezes.
   • Focus: The focus is on artistic expression, choreography, and acrobatics. It's more dynamic and can include complex flips, spins, and other acrobatic maneuvers. Aerial dance is often more performance-oriented and can be seen in circuses, stage performances, and dance shows.
   • Benefits: It builds significant strength, agility, and body control. Aerial dance is a full-body workout that improves muscle tone, coordination, and cardiovascular endurance.

In summary, while both aerial yoga and aerial dance involve suspension and use similar equipment, aerial yoga is more focused on fitness, flexibility, and alignment.  In contrast, aerial dance is more dynamic and acrobatic, with a focus on artistic expression and performance.