3 Create Ways To Access An Aerial Point Right Now

by Rachel Bowman

July 30, 2020 • 0 comments

Your studio is closed (again!) and although you are doing all the Zoom and Instagram Live workout classes you can handle right now, you miss being in the air! It’s a tough time to be an aerialist right now that’s for sure. If you have...

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Aerial Art, Aerial Dance, Aerial remedies, aerial rigging, Aerial Silks, Aerial Tips, Aerialists, Covid-19, Safety in aerial arts, Womack and Bowman

Returning to Aerial After Injury or Illness

by Rachel Bowman

June 5, 2019 • 0 comments

Even if you have been lucky enough to escape serious illness or injury so far in your aerial career, chances are someone in your community has been effected and you have witnessed them having to take time out from aerial training in order to...

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Aerial Art, Aerial Dance, Aerial remedies, Aerial Silks, Aerial Tips, Aerialists, healthy fear, Safety in aerial arts, Womack and Bowman

Pregnancy and Aerial Training, Is It Safe?

by Rachel Bowman

May 3, 2019 • 0 comments

If you follow us on social media (we hang out primarily on Instagram and Facebook) you will have likely seen that last week Rachel announced she was 32 weeks pregnant. Rachel had been keeping her pregnancy on the ‘down low’ (at least outside of...

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Aerial Art, Aerial Dance, Aerial remedies, Aerial Silks, Aerial Tips, Aerialists, Safety in aerial arts, Womack and Bowman

Stay Safe In The Air

by Rachel Bowman

March 12, 2019 • 0 comments

As you know Aerial Arts can be dangerous. We are sure you have seen the stories about aerial rigging failures, human error and fatalities blasted across your news feed… You also know that there are risks associated with taking aerial classes as well as...

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Aerial Art, Aerial Dance, Aerial Performance, aerial rigging, Aerial Silks, Aerial Tips, Aerialists, fear, healthy fear, Safety in aerial arts, Womack and Bowman

Six Benefits Of Rest Days

by Rachel Bowman

March 6, 2019 • 0 comments

Taking rest days where you don’t train or workout strenuously has been proven to be very beneficial in maintaining a healthy lifestyle as well as peak performance condition. Here at Womack and Bowman we try to take one and a half to two rest...

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Aerial Art, Aerial Dance, Aerial remedies, Aerial Tips, Aerialists, Safety in aerial arts, Womack and Bowman

How to Overcome Your Fear of Heights

by Rachel Bowman

January 17, 2019 • 0 comments

“I started aerial as a way to change my mind about heights. I am still really afraid, but I have learned a few things that make me less afraid.” –Annie H (Aerial student) Acrophobia, or extreme fear of heights, is among the most common phobias...

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Aerial Art, Aerial Dance, Aerial Performance, Aerial remedies, Aerial Silks, Aerial Tips, Aerialists, fear, healthy fear, Safety in aerial arts, Womack and Bowman

5 Crucial Tips to Avoid Injury on the Aerial Silks

by Rachel Bowman

May 2, 2018 • 0 comments

Injuries are no fun. In fact they can be downright depressing. Whether mild and ‘bearable’ or severe and debilitating, injuries can make us feel disempowered and question our passion for aerial arts. Here at Womack and Bowman we believe that prevention is better then...

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Aerial Art, Aerial Dance, Aerial Performance, Aerial remedies, Aerial Silks, Aerial Tips, Safety in aerial arts, Womack and Bowman

Real Talk

by Rachel Bowman

April 18, 2018 • 0 comments

On an early morning plane flight to Detroit, Michigan last Saturday on her way to a family event after a late night of performing, a busy week of training and house moving, Rachel started thinking about the challenges of time management. As aerialists, instructors...

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Aerial Art, Aerial Dance, Aerial Performance, Aerial remedies, Aerial Silks, Aerialists, Safety in aerial arts, silks, Womack and Bowman

Fire and Fury (And Fabric)

by Rachel Bowman

April 16, 2018 • 0 comments

A couple weekends back, we were in Oakland, California performing at The Crucible for the venues annual ‘Fire and Light’ Soiree. This performance was different then most as we literally performed our duo silks act surrounded by a ring of fire! Seriously! The Crucible...

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Aerial Art, Aerial Dance, Aerial Partner, Aerial Performance, aerial rigging, Aerial Silks, aerial silks technique, aerial silks theory, Aerial Tips, rigging, Safety in aerial arts, silks, Womack and Bowman

The #1 Rigging Mistake We Will Never Make Again

by Rachel Bowman

April 12, 2018 • 0 comments

In 2015 we were invited to Paris France to compete in France’s got Talent. We are not French, either of us, nor do we speak French (your guess is as good as ours). The production flew us out and hosted our stay for the...

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Aerial Art, Aerial Dance, Aerial Performance, aerial rigging, Aerial Silks, rigging, Safety in aerial arts, Womack and Bowman