Aerial Fit® Resources

We all know that an aerial practice is great way to stay fit and happy. We even think it is great for your immune system because it relieves stress and keeps you active. We want to spread joy at Aerial Fit, not germs. So if you are feeling sick we…

AERIAL FIT® SKILL SHEETS Our Skill Sheets are a great way to track your progress through each level, on each aerial apparatus. If you’ve been coming to a class regularly, with a membership, you’ve probably received a Skill Sheet (if not, ask your instructor). Here are some tips on how…

Circus performers are not thrill-seekers. We are performers and we make it look thrilling. Above all else, successful aerial performers are control freaks. Aerial arts teach us how to make the seemingly impossible possible. The road to getting there is in no way linear. It is filled with sweat, tears…

  Everyone in the aerial community should be very concerned about safety and about incidents when they happen. That is why we are always educating ourselves, our instructors, and our students to recognize and uphold safe standards in training and performing. We recently (August 2019) heard about a fall that…

Written by Lindsey Morgan You’re training like a star and doing awesome! Your teachers at Aerial Fit have given you progressions to take you higher and further. But… sometimes we get stuck at plateaus. Oh no… what are we going to do? With regular aerial classes and especially intensive training,…

Have you been coming to aerial classes for awhile? Do you feel yourself getting stronger and more confident in the air? Do you have a pretty solid grasp on the aerial skills and technique that you’ve been learning? If so, then it might be time to consider taking the level…

Winter Intensive is starting tomorrow, and everyone taking part in this program is increasing the intensity of their aerial strength training as they work toward specific personal goals during the six weeks. As people who spend a lot of time physically training toward specific goals ourselves (whether it be an…

At the end of 2018 we made a big change by switching the scheduling software that we use, and all existing students’ current passes have been moved out of ZenPlanner and into MindBody. We’re excited about this change because Mindbody has an app with a lot more features, however, to…

Aerial straps is a fun and stunning apparatus. We have heard of straps being referred to as the ballet of aerial arts. Proper technique, strength in the right places and timing are all super important. And just like ballet is notorious for being tough on the feet, straps is notorious…

Charleston is a great place to vacation, and if you’re an aerial student visiting us from someplace else, we’d love to meet you. Read on for details about class placement for visiting aerialists. All visiting students are welcome at any drop-in class, which includes Unleveled classes like Flexibility, and Aerial…

The aerial yoga hammock is a very versatile prop and it can be a lot of fun to explore creative ways to incorporate it into our yoga practice. The aerial yoga hammock that we use in Unnata® Aerial Yoga is often the same apparatus as the aerial sling aerialists use…

The best apparatus to get started with is the apparatus that makes you want to practice the most. Each apparatus has it’s own personality and they are all worth exploring. There is definitely cross over from apparatus to apparatus. The techniques you use to get on a lyra are similar…

One of the most common misconceptions of circus arts is that you need to be a cheer leading teenager to get started. People are often surprised to learn about the average age of our students. The following data is based on four years of attendance records. The oldest student we’ve…

To learn more about the different classes we offer, check out our Inside Aerial Fit® Video series where you get a sneak peak into what each different class is like. This is a playlist so be sure to check out the various videos in the playlist, including Aerial Yoga, Aerial…

Interested in teaching a workshop at Aerial Fit? Read on to learn more about us and our teachers and students, then contact us with more information about yourself. These are the qualifications we evaluate when considering hosting a visiting instructor. First and foremost we want to give our students an…

The show must go on. We often get asked, how do we train for a performance? The answer is, the same way we train every day but with more focus on the end result. Training for the spotlight means having a razor-sharp eye to detail in movement, expression, timing, and…

Acroyoga is on the rise. When we first started teaching acroyoga classes in Charleston in 2006 there were only a few other locations in the country teaching this exciting new movement style.  As yoga instructors, we were both drawn to acro yoga because it combined yoga with something a little…

We recently hosted a fun weekend with Christine Van Loo, an aerialist currently performing with Cirque de la Symphonie. We had her in for a bunch of private and small group lessons, and a “Performance Perfection” workshop for our choreography students and regional performers. We also hosted a Meet and…

Want to know how to price your next circus or aerial performance? Follow the Fair 4 Four philosophy. Make sure it is fair for you, your teachers, the art form and the client. Please feel free to download and repost this flyer. Download a low res fair4four file. Have fun,…

Angela is one of our longest-time students at Aerial Fit. She began taking classes when we were teaching out of a tiny little studio space on Wappoo Road. She’d never done aerials before but was quickly hooked. Since then she has been a fixture at the studio, so if you’ve…

We love starting a new year. It’s the perfect chance to set new goals, leave the old behind, and embrace the new. We could do this at any time (and we do!) but there’s something special about a new year when the energy around us supports new endeavors. We wanted…

We often get questions about our aerial classes, so we’re creating videos will give you a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in each class we offer. The seventh in the series is Handbalancing & Acro. We love handstands and acrobalance. We started teaching acroyoga in 2006, and we think…

We often get questions about our aerial classes, so we’re creating videos will give you a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in each class we offer. The sixth in the series is Trapeze. Static Trapeze is one of the most classic and oldest of the circus apparatuses. It is…

We often get questions about our aerial classes, so we’re creating videos will give you a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in each class we offer. The fifth in the series is Aerial Hoop (Lyra). The aerial hoop is a great apparatus for people whose brains like to think…

We often get questions about our aerial classes, so we’re creating videos will give you a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in each class we offer. The fourth in the series is Aerial Silks. Aerial Silks is a discipline that combines strength, flexibility, balance, artistry, and extreme concentration. Made…

We’re hard at work creating a short video series that gives a glimpse inside Aerial Fit. We often get questions about our aerial classes, and these videos will give you a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in each class we offer. The third in the series is Aerial Slings….

We’re hard at work creating a short video series that gives a glimpse inside Aerial Fit. We often get questions about our aerial classes, and these videos will give you a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in each class we offer. The second in the series is Circus Workout….

We’re hard at work creating a short video series that gives a glimpse inside Aerial Fit. We often get questions about our aerial classes, and these videos will give you a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in each class we offer. The first in the series is Aerial Yoga….

Wearing a dance belt is part of the circus experience for the male aerialist. It comes with the package. Yes, it can be uncomfortable, but not wearing one can be extremely painful if not outright dangerous. The discomfort of a wedgie is nothing compared to the eye-watering, stomach-turning pain of…

In case you missed it, here is the video. http://youtu.be/U02gqhOUluc Pink performed on an aerial rope rigged in the shape of a double hammock. Her performances always inspire! If you’re inspired and want to see what this feels like, we have over 12 beginner classes every week, and a new…

Circus Building in Charleston, SC played host to Rain Anya, a very talented circus arts instructor and circus performer plus a couple dozen eager circus students. There is no doubt that we all learned a lot. We worked on our form and function on static trapeze and other apparatuses. We…

There is nothing better for the mind and the body than a good old fashioned belly laugh. It’s the one time having trouble catching your breath can be so much fun. While our students in circus classes are looking for serious training with skills that have them doing ankle hangs…

We are really busy…yay!  You are busy. I know that our students are really busy too. We are so focused on where we want to be tomorrow that we sometimes don’t take the time to acknowledge how far we have come today. Everyday we see our students make so much…

The Aerial Strength & Flexibility classes are off to a great  and historic start. In our first class we had a new student with the same last name and family history as Aerial Fit instructor and Circus Building Co-Founder, Clayton Woodson. Turns out while these two have never met, they…

Aerial Fit was mentioned on ABC, Channel 4 news in Charleston on Tuesday night. Great little story about the emerging trend in aerial fitness. We’re getting lots of phone calls for our aerial yoga classes. These classes are great for beginners as well as our FUNdamentals classes that are starting…

Jordan Anderson of Aerial Fit at Circus Building enjoys a slow, lazy, meandering playtime on aerial silks.

William Long took some wonderful photos of our students in action. Everyone looks amazing and we are so proud of everybody’s hard work!

Our new space is now open! We’ve been hard at work setting up the space and we hope you will love it as much as we do. Once everything is in the air, we’ll have 12 aerial yoga hammocks, 9 aerial silks, and a variety of slings, hoops, and trapezes…

As many of you know, we have been dreaming and searching for the perfect aerial space for awhile. In the past few years our classes have moved as we dealt with the unique constraints of finding a space that would work for all of the classes we currently teach and…