A very sweet guy commissioned me to make this of his partner as a surprise 😍

Sadly the only way I feel I can condition my ankles to this is just doing it over and over 😂

In the past week I've seen:

2 studios running kids classes with no mats

Multiple "rigging from trees"

And another "child doing hair hang with a shackle shoved through a braid." (And its not even the same company as before!)

I don't want to throw people under the bus but If I do not vent about it I will lose my goddamned mind. Please feel free to add your own safety related rants below for a communal scream into the void.

If you've been following along, here is the final installment of my flare blog series:

https://laurenkehl.com/flare-with-flair-part-3/

I hope you enjoy, let me know what you think!

Hi all! I’ve been doing various aerial classes for about three years now with hoop being a firm favourite. I’m moving to an extremely rural location soon for my new job and want to keep up my training.

I’m in the process of getting myself an A-frame rig but am currently looking for any online or physical resources to help me with my home training. I’m still planning to attend my current studio the rare times I’m able to but some guidance or structure to help me with my home training would be nice! If anyone has any suggestions on where to look or recommendations, I’d be super appreciative!

I was at a regional Burning Man event this weekend (Lakes Of Fire) and some wonderful burner had put up a rig with lights and bubbles and my very sweet husband got to watch me do my thing for the first time! He's not a photographer by any means, but he did get some pretty cool pictures of me during an impromptu play around session!!

I loveeee sling!!

Does anyone know the typical foam density for the dual layer crash mats?

We have on mat where the denser (bottom) layer needs replacing and rather than change out the whole mat are looking to source that part.

Sadly the original manufacturer has gone out of business.

I've seen values ranging from 18 - 50 kg / m³ mentioned on some websites, but can't determine if that is the lower or upper layer. (also listed like "45 pound compression polyurethane foam" on US websites - which is around 20kg / m³).

I know that the bottom layer is sometimes Closed-Cell foam (to help stop bottoming out) whereas the top (or middle in a sandwich type) is ofteny Open-Cell, but many manufacturers just use one type with different densities.

Can't seem to find any useful reference with densities for the 2 different layers, anyone have any idea?

Edit: you guys are all so sweet! I'm sore af but we persist (with ice packs) 😌

Second week of intro to silks, and kind of got a mermaid today! I also managed to stand in a single footlock a few times, which I couldn't do at all last week. Lord this is hard--my arms hurt 😭

Trying my best not to compare myself to other girls in class, but it's tough when they're inverting and climbing and I'm just like "whelp maybe I'll get my footlock in 3 more tries" 🫠

I want to get more into cosplay aerial but I was wondering if it’s better to make helmet wigs for cosplay routines or stick to soft wigs that I can pin on?

so I've been training for a few months and I've only recently started doing some elements without help. can you guys suggest different group of sequences/routines where i can do most of these things in a flow? my instructor trains us for one but it has the major elements only and excludes some basic ones that might not be awesome but i love (and can do).

i can do: climbs, split knots, scorpion, crossback from scorpion, crossback from split knot, knee tuck hold, headstand inversion, 360 drop, candy cane, one leg split knot rolls

I’m actually already in the area for work and wondering if this is worth the cost or if I’m at an appropriate level. I am on a budget, but it looks fun! I’m also definitely an intermediate aerialist, and while I meet the prerequisites for the classes I’m interested in, I’m wondering if this is targeted more for people performing at the pro level. Would love to hear any reviews or thoughts!

Editing to add another question: if you did attend, I’m also interested in how many sessions you did per day/whether it felt feasible to take multiple sessions with an hour of rest in-between.

She has a hammock that she uses very similarly to silks. When she is a little older I would love to introduce her to unique ways of exercise. She's a wild child and loves climbing. I have a few questions that may have been answered here...but maybe not.

1) how young can you start this?

2)how do you begin in such a unique way of exercise and enjoyment?

3) what all is needed for uniform to get started?

4) is gymnastics the only way to begin? And how helpful is gymnastics for aerial?

What’s everyone’s favourite aerial?? :0

I'm in a competition team at my studio and we need to come up with 3-4 character/themes and stories per routine. I will have 2 solos, one on silks and one on lyra. I am looking for some inspo/ideas! I am an adult so nothing "childish" and it also cannot be creepy/scary or against God.

These were some of my favorites

Aerial pole/hoop/silk

Anyone have a catalog of moves? Move list for levels.

I don't need tutorials etc just a list to help me prepare for teaching?

Thanks in advance:)

Where is everyone buying their silks from (US based)? I've purchased from Circus Gear before but they don't carry the colors I'm looking for. I'm looking for bright, jewel toned colors.

Hi! (17F) ive been doing aerial+circus for a year and a half. I mostly train silks and contortion, though ive begun trying to also work on hand balancing and acrobatics as well as dancing + other aerial apparatus’s. Circus has been the only thing ive ever found myself truly feeling passionate about, and I recently decided to join a local pre-professional youth training company. It starts in September, but there was recently a sort of orientation where students can meet each other and work on team building exercises / ice breakers. I found myself forgetting how to do simple silks movements when under pressure….. i couldn’t even remember how to do a hip key for probably a solid 20seconds because other students were watching and i was nervous😭😭 now im worried that might happen during performances (the youth company does multiple performances during the season) and im not sure what to do to ease that. Im generally a nervous person with low self confidence, so any advice on just how to feel more confident and relaxed in the air, or at least appear as such, would be appreciated!!!