Elevate your aerial teaching.
Teaching in the aerial arts requires a specialized set of skills quite different from other fitness methods.  Our trainers are highly experienced in aerial instruction, and are considered innovators in the field through performance, teaching, and publishing.  Trainers have diverse movement backgrounds including aerial arts, circus arts, gymnastics, yoga, Pilates, dance, secondary education, even Mathematics and Nuclear Physics!

What makes this program unique?
We bring together different voices in the aerial community under one powerful program.  
​We also integrate live teacher trainings with online learning to give you a personal connection and convenient follow-up learning time.

Trainers and Providers
Born to Fly Core Trainers
Born to Fly Core Trainers are performers and teachers who work across the United States.  Contact us to host a training at your studio.  ​Born to Fly Core Trainers travel to studios nationwide.  Each trainer's unique background in either dance, yoga , or Pilates, and circus arts makes our trainers a great fit in both fitness and aerial dance studios.

Program Structure
ONLINE Training
During online training, you will:
  1. Watch online modules.  There is a current educational model trending, known as "flipped classroom." In this educational model, students are exposed to the content prior to meeting with their instructor. Having gone over the material first, one their own, they can let the first layer of information sink in and form questions. This allows the live time with the instructor to be more meaningful. While we are not fully doing this method, we are getting close to it through the use of our online modules. This is going to cover more information in a deeper way than what we have time to cover in the live training. We highly recommend watching the modules before the training, and if it makes, watch them after too!
  2. Meet 1-1 with your mentor over zoom.  As you are going through the online modules, take notes on any questions you may want to ask your mentor! In our basic online training package, 3 zoom meetings are included to talk about your questions or let your mentor take the lead and quiz you on best practices. In our full 40 Hr Certification Online Training, you will meet 1-1 with your mentor for 18 hrs.  

Live Training
During live training, you will: 
  1. Train on a unique level &apparatus working with highly experienced trainers, examining the nuances of aerial teaching and learning.
  2. Go more in-depth and apply concepts.  Since our participants complete several readings and video modules before the live training, we have more time to go deep.  We can focus on the specific questions of the group, review concepts that may not have made since in the pre-training, and give each trainee the chance to apply concepts in real time.
  3. Get your questions answered.  Have you ever wondered if your climbing technique was as efficient as it could be?  Or perhaps some skill is quite challenging for you to teach, and you would like techniques to make that skill go more smoothly.  Every training brings together a vibrant group of individuals with different strengths and backgrounds, and the wisdom of the group truly shines during live trainings.
  4. Don't see something that fits your schedule? Come for a private training ---that's our specialty! We are based in Castle Rock, Colorado. Please email us to set something up. 

Post Training
After the live training ends, many trainees choose to continue the learning process but this is entirely up to you! Here are some ways to keep learning (not included in program fees):

  • Online video modules to reinforce the concepts covered in live trainings, but at much greater depth.  It is more than a review, and encourages actionable steps and application.
  • Mentorship from one of our Born to Fly mentors.
  • Comprehensive feedback on a class you teach and submit to us via video.  Meet over zoom with a master teacher to talk about what's working well, and how you could grow as a teacher. This is known as our RTAP program. 
  • CPR certification is highly recommended for every aerial teacher. 
  • Membership in a secret Facebook group .  All past and current trainees belong to the group, so you can ask questions and share your successes.

What people are saying...
"The course exceeded my expectations and goals.  It made me a better teacher even for other disciplines I teach."
~ Lorelle S.
"Julianna is a wonderful, patient, generous, and extremely knowledgeable teacher.  I was amazed by both the depth and breadth of her knowledge in anatomy, body mechanics, kinesiology, somatics, and her very practical seamless application of that knowledge.  She is a master teacher."  
​~ Sara A.
"Our instructor was extremely knowledgeable.  I appreciated that she drew from different backgrounds (i.e. circus, yoga, and dance), and fused them all together."
~ Christina D.

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