AcroYoga in Reno!
By admin | February 13, 2011
November, 2010
Doing acroyoga is a great way to travel. If there are acroyogis in town, it pretty much guarantees there will be like-minded people with whom I will enjoy spending time. And we’ll have something fun to do together!
It’s also interesting to see how acroyoga is a little bit different from place to place. For example, Anastasia’s classes in Reno often start with a wave asana warm up, where we have our mats in a circle and you don’t do the next move until it’s come around the circle to the person next to you. Like the wave. Mara does this often in San Diego, but in Reno they have really perfected the art of having some kind of noise to go with each pose, be it a clap, stomp or word. You’re not usually looking at the circle when doing yoga poses, so the audio cues really allow you to know when it’s your turn without craning your neck.
I loved going to classes in Reno and to impromptu morning jams. I was even able to go biking one day with an acroyogi and his son. I learned a lot from everyone, and enjoyed using what I know to help others work on their practice. I got a lot of practice basing!
Here are some pictures from a fun evening with Anastasia, Jacob and Jole. They worked together to teach the acro classes in Reno, and on this particular evening, no one else showed up for class besides me. So we played anyway!
Jole flying Jacob.
Jacob flying me.
Jacob flying Jole and Ana.
Jacob flying all of us, with Jole taking the picture as she flies!
Maya, the five-year-old daughter of the friends I stayed with, also loved doing acroyoga. I wish I had some pictures of Maya the circus star! Like all five year olds, she was tireless!
Thank you Reno acroyogis! Thank you Ana and Jacob and Jole and Jeff and Jennice and Lynn and Lara and everyone else! I so look forward to playing again! I miss you, Maya!
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