As Winter sets in and the temperature in most aerial studios (or outdoor training spaces) begins to drop, the risk of injury and illness increases. Not all of us are lucky enough to train in a temperature-controlled environment right now often due to the large studio space and...
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Scorpion Pose – FREE Video Tutorial
The Can Can Climb is an elegant and potentially challenging climb to perform on the Aerial Silks. When done correctly, this climb is efficient in gaining height as well as being visually interesting in it’s use of the free leg to ‘kick’ towards the sky. Today...
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Unwrapping The Belay Knot
Arguably one of the most fascinating knots on the Aerial Silks is the Belay Knot. This versatile knot earned its name from the world of rock climbing and seems to ‘magically’ appear via dozens and dozens of interesting wraps and entries. One moment an aerialist...
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Learn an Aerial Silks Act: FREE Challenge
Here at Womack and Bowman we are kind of obsessed with making aerial acts. Solo and duo acts on the Silks, Lyra, Hammock or Rope to perform ourselves, group acts for our students at Womack and Bowman – The Loft (in a pre pandemic world)...
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Shoulder Surgery Recovery Journey
Brett’s 10 month recovery journey. It took almost a year before I decided to have surgery for a partial anterior labrum tear in my left shoulder and the journey to follow has been life changing. When I originally injured my shoulder, I thought I had...
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How to NAIL Your Next Aerial Photoshoot
It’s officially happening! You have booked your first aerial photoshoot. Woohoo! Whether you are working with a professional photographer and performance grade lighting or your husband’s iPhone and an Amazon Ring Light, your success (and awesome pics) will be ensured if you follow a...
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Aerial Teaching Vs Training: How to Find Balance and Save Your Sanity
As aerial studios and training spaces reopen and race to make up for lost time and income and eager students return to class (masked up and vaxed up we hope!), you may find yourself teaching aerial more then ever before! In fact, you might be starting to...
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The Perfect Toe Point
Have you ever reviewed your training videos, excited that you nailed a new scary drop or complicated combo, only to discover, much to your chagrin that your feet look like dinosaur claws or floppy dead fish? If so, you are not alone! Feet have...
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8 Tips To Keep Motivation High During Quarantine
Motivation can be an elusive thing for many of us, in relation to our aerial training or simply life in general. Our motivation levels are threatened more today than ever before. We are disconnected from people, experiences, and everything that makes us feel whole. Many aerial studios...
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Work Out Rut? Motivation Inside!
Fall has arrived here in the US and that means it’s back-to-school time for students and teachers (though still virtually for many) as well as the introduction of cooler weather and for many of us, an overall sense of change… You may have spent this...
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