This training is very effective in bringing concepts and teaching tools full circle. It's great for mapping out a curriculum that keeps students safe, engaged, and progressing. ~ Lauren J.
About
Aerial Yoga can look many different ways and the wonderful thing about it is that, as a still-emerging movement practice, each teacher is a pioneer in their approach. The goal is not to teach one particular method but prepare a teacher for the wide range of possibilities in their teaching pedagogy.
This 20-Hour Live Aerial Yoga Teacher Training will be led by Rebekah Leach in Missoula, MT. While having a 200 RYT background is helpful for those wishing to pursue aerial yoga teaching, it is not required. However, please note that due to the existence of such suitable certifications for the yoga component, this training will focus more on the aerial component of aerial yoga, where the reality of teaching this art form truly becomes more of a blend of yoga and aerial sling.
This training will prepare a movement practitioner to lead a beginning aerial yoga class. There will be time on the last day where all participants will be given an opportunity to lead a class if they wish to gain more experience teaching and cueing.
The ideal participant has at least 4 months of aerial experience and has had 3-4 years of practicing yoga, preferably interested in obtaining their RYT-200 if they don't already have it.
Teaching Philosophy and Methods
Aerial yoga is a practice with a playful spirit. We use the hammock as a prop to both modify and challenge traditional yoga postures, and then we swing and hanging upside-down, too! Our approach is a balancing of opposites. We are serious about safety and alignment principles (calling all anatomy nerds!), but we are also lighthearted and enjoy making our classes fun for everyone.
Practices usually begin with grounded postures that gradually transition into the air. This allows students to find their roots before they begin to fly, keeping them centered for a more pleasant experience. We teach inversions with safety as our number one priority, and we also offer classes that are inversion-free. Our aerial yoga course sequence can also be part of the bridge from ground fitness to aerial arts programs.
Aerial Yoga can look many different ways and the wonderful thing about it is that, as a still-emerging movement practice, each teacher is a pioneer in their approach. The goal is not to teach one particular method but prepare a teacher for the wide range of possibilities in their teaching pedagogy.
This 20-Hour Live Aerial Yoga Teacher Training will be led by Rebekah Leach in Missoula, MT. While having a 200 RYT background is helpful for those wishing to pursue aerial yoga teaching, it is not required. However, please note that due to the existence of such suitable certifications for the yoga component, this training will focus more on the aerial component of aerial yoga, where the reality of teaching this art form truly becomes more of a blend of yoga and aerial sling.
This training will prepare a movement practitioner to lead a beginning aerial yoga class. There will be time on the last day where all participants will be given an opportunity to lead a class if they wish to gain more experience teaching and cueing.
The ideal participant has at least 4 months of aerial experience and has had 3-4 years of practicing yoga, preferably interested in obtaining their RYT-200 if they don't already have it.
Teaching Philosophy and Methods
Aerial yoga is a practice with a playful spirit. We use the hammock as a prop to both modify and challenge traditional yoga postures, and then we swing and hanging upside-down, too! Our approach is a balancing of opposites. We are serious about safety and alignment principles (calling all anatomy nerds!), but we are also lighthearted and enjoy making our classes fun for everyone.
Practices usually begin with grounded postures that gradually transition into the air. This allows students to find their roots before they begin to fly, keeping them centered for a more pleasant experience. We teach inversions with safety as our number one priority, and we also offer classes that are inversion-free. Our aerial yoga course sequence can also be part of the bridge from ground fitness to aerial arts programs.
I LOVE the curriculum and the theory that forms your foundation for teaching; this course has made me a much more confident, present, and mindful teacher! Furthermore, the theory and puzzle-building has provided me with nearly infinite class material! |
Aerial Yoga Teacher Training (LIVE)
Missoula, MT
Fri May 30- Sun June 1, 2025
with Rebekah Leach
20 hours
12 participants max.
$595 Total
Books sold separately
Books: Aerial Yoga Manual Vol. 1 and the Aerial Teacher's Handbook
LOCATION
Lifelong Learning Center
310 S Curtis St, Missoula, MT 59801
Recommended but Not Required:
Required Reading:
Schedule (subject to change):
What You Will Learn: The course is an Aerial Yoga Level 1 course, and includes all postures, workshops, and case studies in our program. We begin with warm-up movement, using the hammock to create length and openness through the spine. We then dissect the postures for alignment purposes, and explore various orientations to gravity to show how one posture can have many different goals. We then progress into seated flying and standing flying postures, and arrive at full inversions and deeper opening/strengthening postures. Basic transitions are offered to inspire gentle flow sequences, and a core engagement workshop tops off our movement sessions. Discussions on safety, rigging, classroom management, and lesson planning are also included. Each participant will also participate in practice teaching if they wish to do so.
Payment Methods: The deposit and final payments can be completed from this website below OR you can send in payments via another method including check, venmo or zelle. Please follow up through email to use one of these other methods.
HOW TO APPLY: Three things are needed to complete your application.
(1) Send an email to [email protected] with the following information:
Name
Are you already teaching aerial or yoga or aerial yoga? If so, please tell us about it! (If not, that's ok!)
Describe your background and experience with the aerial arts.
Describe your background and experience with yoga.
Describe your background with teaching of any form.
What are you hoping to get out of this teacher training?
(2) Complete the deposit to secure your spot. See the information above and/or payment links below.
(3) Complete a waiver that will be sent to your email.
The final payment will be due 2 days before the training begins. The initial deposit is fully refundable until April 1st, 2025. After April 1st, no refunds will be issued unless the training is cancelled.
Missoula, MT
Fri May 30- Sun June 1, 2025
with Rebekah Leach
20 hours
12 participants max.
$595 Total
Books sold separately
Books: Aerial Yoga Manual Vol. 1 and the Aerial Teacher's Handbook
LOCATION
Lifelong Learning Center
310 S Curtis St, Missoula, MT 59801
Recommended but Not Required:
- RYT-200 (or concurrent enrollment in RYT-200 with permission of instructor)
- If no RYT-200, then at least 3-4 years of practicing yoga
- At least 4 months in aerial silks or sling to see if aerial work is a good fit for you.
Required Reading:
- The Aerial Teacher’s Handbook by Julianna Hane (only sold in paperback)
- The Aerial Yoga Manual Vol. 1 by Rebekah Leach (sold in paperback or pdf form)
Schedule (subject to change):
- Friday 1-8pm (6.5 hrs, 30 min dinner break)
- Saturday 9am-1pm, 2-8pm (8 hrs)
- Sunday 9am-3pm (30 min lunch)
What You Will Learn: The course is an Aerial Yoga Level 1 course, and includes all postures, workshops, and case studies in our program. We begin with warm-up movement, using the hammock to create length and openness through the spine. We then dissect the postures for alignment purposes, and explore various orientations to gravity to show how one posture can have many different goals. We then progress into seated flying and standing flying postures, and arrive at full inversions and deeper opening/strengthening postures. Basic transitions are offered to inspire gentle flow sequences, and a core engagement workshop tops off our movement sessions. Discussions on safety, rigging, classroom management, and lesson planning are also included. Each participant will also participate in practice teaching if they wish to do so.
Payment Methods: The deposit and final payments can be completed from this website below OR you can send in payments via another method including check, venmo or zelle. Please follow up through email to use one of these other methods.
HOW TO APPLY: Three things are needed to complete your application.
(1) Send an email to [email protected] with the following information:
Name
Are you already teaching aerial or yoga or aerial yoga? If so, please tell us about it! (If not, that's ok!)
Describe your background and experience with the aerial arts.
Describe your background and experience with yoga.
Describe your background with teaching of any form.
What are you hoping to get out of this teacher training?
(2) Complete the deposit to secure your spot. See the information above and/or payment links below.
(3) Complete a waiver that will be sent to your email.
The final payment will be due 2 days before the training begins. The initial deposit is fully refundable until April 1st, 2025. After April 1st, no refunds will be issued unless the training is cancelled.
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"This training was so much more about the 'why', instead of the 'how'. I fully expected it to be 'here is this move, these are the cues you can use for it', and really appreciated how much more it was based on learning how to teach mechanics and skill progressions. Rebekah is incredibly skilled, knowledgeable, and talented as an instructor. I left each session knowing so many new things, and was excited to be able to implement them into my own lessons and practice after each session."
~ Justine M.
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