Flying Buddha Studio – Aerial Yoga

An Elevated Experience

Sometimes you need a different perspective to open up a new world of possibility. Our Aerial Yoga classes are transformative, nurturing your mind, rejuvenating your body, and building your confidence in unexpected ways. You’re invited to experience how Flying Buddha lifts the concept of a movement and wellness studio to incredible new heights.

Aerial

Yoga

By leveraging gravity – and then defying it – you’ll elevate your mind, body, and spirit in sensational ways.

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Aerial Yoga

for Kids

It’s never too early to become a yogi! Our kids classes offer an exciting blend of mindfulness and playfulness that helps young minds discover their best selves.

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Mat

Yoga

By grounding the body you’ll lift your body and refresh your mind! Our wide variety of mat classes offer styles appropriate for beginner through advanced students.

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Pole

Fitness

Strengthen your body, turn up the heat aerobically, and build your confidence with this total body workout!

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Our Philosophy

We believe in the intrinsic goodness of moving mindfully, and that a holistic approach to the alignment of the physical and spiritual is the key to an enriched life. That means nurturing a community of inclusiveness, compassion, and support. It also means celebrating the place where serious practice and serious fun converge. Whether you’re an expert yogi or complete beginner, you belong here.

Our Mantra

May I be filled with loving-kindness

May I be well,

May I be peaceful and at ease

May I be happy.

-Buddha

OUR PRACTICE

Aerial Yoga

Kids Aerial

Mat Yoga

Pole Fitness

Aerial Yoga

Securely suspended in a hammock that lets you control how deep and far you want to go while gliding, you’ll merge asanas and aerial arts for an experience that’s as exhilarating as it is empowering. From poses that improve alignment to supportive stretches that decompress your spine, Aerial Yoga takes a dynamic and safe approach to building strength, flexibility, balance, and stability.

If you’re a first-timer or an expert of the practice, you’ll unleash the confidence and tenacity to do things you didn’t realize were possible.

Grounded Aerial – Earth

Beginner

Stretch therapy. This class is a fusion of mat and aerial yoga. See how the aerial hammock can be the ultimate prop in your yoga practice. One foot will remain on the ground at all times. There will be no inversions in this class. This class is at a slower pace which allows you to focus on alignment and breath. Leave feeling balanced and strong.

Aerial Restorative – Ether

Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate

Stretch and Reset. Take a pause from your busy life and enjoy stillness. This class takes meditation along with passive restorative poses and merges them in aerial stillness. You will leave feeling balanced, centered, and refreshed.

Aerial Gentle – Earth

Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate

Stretch Therapy. This class can be enjoyed by both the leisurely yogi and the super athlete. Our most gentle format incorporates longer, slow stretching, pranayama (breathing techniques), and self-massage with hammocks, blocks and balls. Unwind, unravel and empower the body gently.

Aerial Flow – Water

Beginner, Intermediate

A flow class, this class links movement with pranayama (breath), and moves as a steady pace. Be prepared to learn yoga poses incorporating the hammocks and transitions connecting one pose to the next. No inversion experience needed!

Aerial Flips and Tricks – Air

Advanced, Intermediate

Learn the finer details of aerial technique. Get ready to go on an adventure with flips, tricks, drops, and transitions all as you build your strength, stability, flexibility, and balance.

Aerial Core – Fire

Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate

Strength and Conditioning. Build your core strength, increase your stability and balance, along with flexibility. This aerial strength and conditioning class, includes repetitions, athletic sequencing, transitions, and tricks. OK if you are active and comfortable with planks.

Aerial Core – Fire/Water

Advanced, Beginner

Build heat and strength through repetition of flow sequences. This class will warm you up then cool you down at the end. You will feel a lot was accomplished in a short amount of time, and you are ready to move on with your day.

Kids Aerial

Aerial Yoga is an invigorating outlet for curious young minds. Using an age-appropriate balance of energizing activity and calming techniques, our kids classes help students build strength, flexibility, focus, and confidence in a safe environment. We pay special attention to fun, infusing every moment with creativity and laughter. It’s the perfect environment for a young person to develop better body awareness and find support from an encouraging community.

Classes are offered for kids ages 6 to 10 and 11 and older — no previous yoga experience necessary!

Aerial Kids Flips and Tricks (ages 11+) – Air

Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate

Learn the finer details of aerial technique. Get ready to go on an adventure with flips, tricks, drops, and transition all as you build your strength, stability, flexibility, and balance.

Aerial Kids (ages 6-10) – Water

Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate

Aerial yoga is the ideal outlet for kids. Students gain strength, flexibility, and confidence while having the best time. Our classes are filled with creativity and laughter. It’s the perfect environment to find better body awareness and an encouraging community to become your best self. Parent or caregiver needs to be there for first class (can observe).

Aerial Kids (ages 11+) – Water

Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate

Aerial yoga is the ideal outlet for kids. Students gain strength, flexibility, and confidence while having the best time. Our classes are filled with creativity and laughter. It’s the perfect environment to find better body awareness and an encouraging community to become your best self.

Mat Yoga

By grounding the body you’ll lift your body and refresh your mind! Our wide variety of mat classes offer styles appropriate for beginner through advanced students.

Slow Flow Spanish – Earth/Water

Beginner, Intermediate

Spanish spoken class. Flexibility, Balance, and Strength. This Hatha flow class links movement with pranayama (breath) and moves at a slower pace. The poses range from gentle to challenging; each pose is done with a stable, grounded energy with a focus on safe alignment. Repetition of movement helps the student become more in tune with the internal rhythms of their body.

Slow Flow – Earth/Water

Beginner, Intermediate

Flexibility, Balance, and Strength. This Hatha flow class links movement with pranayama (breath) and moves at a slower pace. The poses range from gentle to challenging; each pose is done with a stable, grounded energy with a focus on safe alignment. Repetition of movement helps the student become more in tune with the internal rhythms of their body.

Hatha – Earth

Beginner, Intermediate

This Hatha class helps to bring balance and relaxation to the whole body through slow stretching, pranayama (breathing techniques), and alignment. We take the body through a full-range of motion. You can expect an emphasis on simplicity, ease of movement, and repetition to promote alignment, balance, strength, and flexibility. Steady the body to steady the mind.

Gentle Yoga – Earth

Beginner

Stretch Therapy. This class is a self-care class, it can be enjoyed by both the leisurely yogi and the super athlete. Our most gentle format incorporates long, slow stretching, pranayama (breathing techniques), and self-massage with blocks and balls. Unwind and unravel the body gently.

Flying Meditation – Earth/Ether

Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate

Stretch therapy and reset. This unique class combines both mat yoga and hammocks of aerial yoga to prepare yourself for the week ahead. Start with 40 minutes of gentle mat yoga to open up the body then transitioning to the hammock (1 foot off the ground) for a 20 minute savasana/meditation to rest and reset the body.

Flow Beginner – Earth

Beginner

Flexibility, Balance, and Strength. This energetic class lays the foundation for the Vinyasa format that links movement with pranayama (breath), and flows at a steady pace. Be prepared to learn a sequence of yoga poses that change from one pose to the next as if a dance.

Flow and Yin – Earth/Water

Beginner, Intermediate

Flexibility, Balance, and Strength/Stretch Therapy. The first portion of your class combines breath and movement to prepare the body for a passive Yin style ending to your class that holds poses for several minutes at a time.

Flow – Water

Beginner, Intermediate

Flexibility, Balance, and Strength. This energetic class is taught in a Vinyasa format that links movement with pranayama (breath), and flows at a steady pace. Be prepared to learn a sequence of yoga poses that change from one pose to the next as if a dance.

Core Flow – Fire/Water

Advanced, Intermediate

Strength, Balance, and Flexibility. A Vinyasa class with transitions, pauses, and holds to build strength and endurance in your body and mind. Be prepared to feel the burn!

Chair Yoga – Earth

Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate

Flexibility, Balance, and Strength. Restore your body without straining joints and muscles. This class uses chairs and props to accommodate all levels of mobility. You can be standing or seated. Each yoga pose incorporates pranayama (breath) helping to reduce the effects of aging. Short meditations are included to help improve concentration and sharpen memory.

Pole Fitness

Strengthen your body, turn up the heat aerobically, and build your confidence with this total body workout!

Pole Fitness – Fire/Water

Beginner

Strength and Flexibility. Learn basic spins, combo spins, dance moves, and tricks with focus on perfecting your skills and technique. You will learn how to concentrate on engaging specific muscles in your upper body and core, all while finding your inner confidence. Tricks and transitions will be incorporated into each class, so you can add extra flare to your spins.

CLASS SCHEDULE

See our full schedule lineup on MindBody.

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PRIVATE CLASSES

Fly solo with a teacher or bring a group together for a special experience! Our private Aerial Yoga classes turn the studio into your personal sanctuary for soaring.

Please contact us if you would like to inquire about private classes.

- Birthdays
- Moms groups
- Bachelorette/Bachelor
- Sports teams (i.e. dance, martial arts, swim, soccer, gymnastics, cheerleaders)
- Corporate team building/health
- Families
- Holidays
- Couples

PRICING

New Student Special – 2 weeks unlimited for $49

PACKAGES

$30

1 class

$100

4 classes ($20 savings)

$160

8 classes ($80 savings)

$360

20 classes ($240 savings)

MEMBERSHIP

$100/month

limited time only

12-month contract/autopay*
Unlimited mat and aerial classes
10% off private sessions
10% discount on workshops
5 free guest passes per year
Usage of onsite lockers

*Membership requires 30-day written notice to cancel.

PRIVATE

$125/class

1 person

$175/class

Group up to 5 people

+$35/person

Groups over 5 people
20 person maximum capacity

10% discount*

We offer a 10% discount for veterans, full-time college students, and teachers.

*Not offered online. In-studio only.

Events

In addition to our classes, we’re proud to offer an expansive range of events. From in-depth workshops to certified teacher training to lively special events, there’s always more to learn and explore at Flying Buddha. Check our events calendar to pique your curiosity!

Teacher Training

Take flight and join our experts to learn how to teach Aerial Yoga yourself. You’ll become a certified Aerial Yoga instructor and learn how to safely share this practice with students of all levels.

Workshops

Whether you want to dive deep on a new topic or build your expertise in a specific area of practice, our workshops are thoughtfully curated to enhance your love of movement and wellness.

Special Events

There’s always something exciting on the horizon in the Flying Buddha community. Join us for celebrations, community events, and more!

TEACHER TRAINING - Level 2 Aerial Yoga Teacher Training - January 17-19, 2020
Friday 5-9pm, Saturday 9:30am-5:30pm, Sunday 9:30am-5:30pm

Level 2 Aerial Yoga Teacher Training takes it up a notch and contains 80 postures and transitions! The sequence of postures warms up the body to prepare for more challenging core work, building upper body strength and deepening trust in yourself and the hammock!
Expect to:
- To deepen your own aerial yoga practice! Learn challenging new poses, transitions, refreshing your own aerial yoga love.
- To learn modifications and variations that you can share with students to make this practice accessible to all.
- Learn how to teach to mixed levels and introduce prep and peak poses.
- To find your teaching voice; find the confidence needed to make this practice encouraging, fun, and safe.
- To gain a deeper understanding of aerial yoga in the body as we explore anatomy, physiology, mudras, and chakras.
Our Level 1 Flow and Fly Aerial Yoga Teacher Training is the prerequisite for this training.

Cost of Training: $850 ($250 deposit secures your spot)

Early Bird – sign up 2 months before training, $750.00 (Deadline 11/17/19)

Early Bird – sign up 1 month before training, $800.00 (Deadline 12/17/19)

2- Trainings for $1500

*Manual is purchased separately: $125
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TEACHER TRAINING - Restorative Aerial Yoga Teacher Training - Coming Soon
Restorative Aerial Yoga focuses the mind inward as it floats the body through a series of gentle poses. Unlike a regular aerial class that places the hammock about hip height, Restorative Aerial places the hammock less than 10 inches off the ground. Each pose will be held for a few minutes to deeply open the entire spine, hips and connective tissues of the body. No flipping involved!

This training will provide a framework for sharing this practice with others. In this course, you will become a certified aerial yoga teacher and learn how to safely share this yoga practice with others of all levels. You can expect:
- To improve your own aerial yoga practice! Learn how to use the hammock as a prop to support the body in yin and restorative postures.
- To learn modifications and variations that you can share with students to make this practice accessible to all
- To explore the range of this practice! From more intense yin postures to restorative, relaxing decompression of the body
- To find your teaching voice: find the confidence needed to make this practice encouraging, fun and safe
- To have access to Jessie Hill and the rest of the Flow & Fly network to support you in your teaching journey
- To be inspired and create some magic!
The Flow & Fly Teaching Manual is a full-color resource that you will be able to use long after the training is over. The Flow & Fly Teaching Manual is only available to students enrolled in the teacher training.

This course is open to all levels of aerial students! No prior experience needed.

Additional Information:

Cost of Training: $750 ($250 deposit secures your spot)

Cost of Manual: $125

Hours of Training: Saturday 9-6pm, Sunday 9-6pm
Coming Soon

FAQ

IMPORTANT INFO

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How do I sign up for a class?

We recommend you reserve a hammock online to guarantee your spot. Choose a class here . You’ll be directed to our scheduling system, where you can reserve your class. If you don’t already have an account, you’ll be prompted to create one.

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Can the hammock hold me?

If you’re reading this, the answer is an emphatic yes! Our suspension system was designed by a certified mechanical engineer and can support over 6,000 pounds.

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How many spots are in each class?

Each class can accommodate 20 hammocks for proper spacing and safety. For a guaranteed spot, please sign up ahead of time!

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What do I need to know about kids classes?

We offer classes to two age ranges: 6-10 years old and 11 and older. We recommend that a caregiver or parent attend the first class for kids ages 6-10 to observe their child. For kids age 11 and older, no parent or caregiver needs to be present. For kids of any age, no previous experience is necessary!

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Where do I park?

Free parking is available and abundant in front of and around the studio. We are located at

814 West Diamond Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, Suite 100

directly next to LabCorp and located in the same building as Bold Concepts, Inc.

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What class level is right for me?

Flying Buddha offers classes for every level. Each description recommends an experience level. If you’re just getting started, any of our gentle or aerial flow classes will be a good fit for a beginner.

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What should I bring with me?

If you have a yoga mat, please bring it. We do have a limited number of extra yoga mats available for rent at the studio. There is water is available for purchase in the studio and a water fountain in the building. Otherwise please bring your own water bottle.

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What should I wear?

If possible, wear a form-fitting shirt that covers your underarms and form-fitting pants that cover your knees. Make sure you have a safe place for your rings, bracelets, and valuables!

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