Classes – Flying Buddha Studio

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Aerial Yoga

Aerial Arts

Bungee

Barre/Dance

Pole/Chair Fitness

Yoga/Rope Wall

Aerial Yoga

Aerial Yoga has you securely suspended in a hammock that lets you control how deep and far you want to go while gliding, you’ll merge asanas and breath 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.

Aerial Yoga workshops and classes are also offered for kids ages 6 to 10 and tweens 11 and older — no previous yoga experience necessary!

Aerial Yoga Foundations

Beginner Only

If you are brand new to aerial yoga this workshop is the start of your journey! We will introduce you to using the aerial hammock as a yoga prop. Students will learn the basics of aerial yoga; including terminology, wrist wraps, hammock placement, inversions, and safety practices. We will also help you understand the difference between the various aerial yoga class offerings. Leaving you feeling confident and ready for classes on our weekly schedule. Please visit the Events tab for workshop dates/times and to sign up.

Aerial Yoga Core

Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced

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. Prerequisite: Aerial Yoga Foundations workshop.

Aerial Yoga Gentle

Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced

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. There is no prerequisite for this class but we do strongly suggest you take an Aerial Yoga Foundations workshop if this is your first time doing aerial.

Aerial Yoga Strength & Tone

Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced

Build your core strength, improve your posture, increase your stability and balance, along with flexibility. Aerial Strength and Tone uses the hammock at a low setting to create isometric movements and engage differently than you do in a Core class. Please note that light weights and resistance bands may be used. This class is perfect for anyone who doesn’t like to invert and is welcome to all levels of experience! There is no prerequisite for this class but we do strongly suggest you take an Aerial Yoga Foundations workshop if this is your first time doing aerial.

Aerial Kids Workshops, Retreats, Camps (Ages 6-11+)

Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced

Aerial Yoga is the ideal outlet for kids. Students gain strength, flexibility, and confidence while having the best time. Our kids/tweens workshops, retreats, and camps 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. All levels are welcome! Ages 6 – 11 and older. For upcoming workshops, retreats, and camps please see the Events section.

Aerial Yoga Core/Flow

Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced

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.

We also offer a variation of this class that includes essential oils giving students the additional benefits of aromatherapy. Prerequisite: Aerial Yoga Foundations workshop.

Aerial Yoga Community Karma Class

Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced

Support our aerial yoga level 1 trainees on their teaching journey! These classes will be taught by one of our trainees with the assistance of a FBS teacher. This helps give the trainees real world experience and feedback to improve along the way. Prerequisite: Aerial Yoga Foundations workshop.

Aerial Arts

Use the hammock to perform flips, tricks, and dance routines. Aerial arts is an experience that’s as exhilarating as it is empowering. 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.

Aerial Arts workshops and classes are also offered for kids ages 6 to 10 and tweens 11 and older — no previous yoga experience necessary!

Aerial Arts Hammock Foundations

Beginner Only

For new students who are just starting their Aerial Arts journey this series is for you! Students will learn the beginning foundations of Aerial Arts (Hang 101, Climb & Press 102, Wraps 103 and Flips 104) over the course of 4 weeks. You will leave this series feeling confident and have a solid foundation to attend our weekly Aerial Arts classes (i.e. Aerial Skills, Flips and Tricks). Sign up via the schedule to attend .

Prerequisites: These Aerial Arts Foundations Classes are meant to be taken in order (e.g. 101, 102, 103, 104) to build on what was learned in the previous class. You must complete 101 before moving to 102 and so on.

Lyra Foundations

Beginner Only

You’ve seen beautiful performances and cool tricks on the Lyra, but you don’t even know yet how to get yourself up there? You think you are not strong enough, your hands get tired way before the class ends and have no idea where to even start? Start here with a Lyra Foundations workshop. You will learn easy and graceful ways to get onto the Lyra, beginner-friendly poses, transitions and shapes, low flow on the bottom of the Lyra, and aerial-specific safety and conditioning techniques and drills. Please visit the Events tab for workshop dates/times and to sign up.

Please note, Lyra Foundations is the prerequisite to attending other lyra classes on the schedule.

Hammock Flips, Tricks, and Transitions Level 1

Beginner & Intermediate

Learn the foundations of aerial trick technique. You’ll learn basic flips, tricks, drops, and transitions all as you build your confidence, strength, flexibility, and balance. Prerequisite: Aerial Arts Foundations classes (101-104).

Kids & Tweens Aerial Dance

Beginner & Intermediate

Students learn how different aerial moves and tricks link together to create a dance routine. Our Aerial Dance classes are offered as a six week workshop series that end with a performance for family and friends on the seventh week. Students must have prior aerial experience or have attended a Kids Aerial Foundations workshop. Kids Aerial Dance is for ages 6 to 10, Tweens Aerial Dance is for ages 11+. You can see which series are being offered by viewing the workshops listed on our Events page.

Lyra Level 1

Beginner & Intermediate

After you’ve completed your Lyra Foundations continue on with Lyra Level 1. Each class consists of a warm up, strength/conditioning, and shapes/moves on the bottom bar. Then students have the opportunity to see how these shapes and transitions start to create a flow. Each class ends with a cool down. Prerequisite: Lyra Foundations. Please visit the Events tab for workshop dates/times and to sign up.

Tweens Lyra (Ages 11+)

Beginner & Intermediate

Learn to move and create beautiful shapes with the aerial hoop. This class will give you the proper conditioning techniques and drills to get you ready for the circus! Students also have the opportunity to be around other tween aerialists in the community. Prerequisite: Lyra Foundations. Please visit the Events tab for workshop dates/times and to sign up.

Aerial Tweens (Ages 11+)

Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced

Aerial arts 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.

This class is limited to 12 students. Please sign up early to reserve a spot. All levels welcome!

Aerial Playtime – Open Gym

Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced

Come practice anything you’ve been working on (lyra or hammock) or just lay in a hammock! This is an adults only class.

*Please note, no new shapes and movements; and no students teaching other students. This is purely a time and space to practice what you already know.

Mobility for Aerialists

Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced

Need the deep stretch targeting your tights points? We’ve got you covered! This class will increase your mobility using your mat and blocks. You will notice your flexibility improve and learn to incorporate injury prevention with resistance bands.

Hammock Flips, Tricks, and Transitions Level 2

Intermediate & Advanced

You’ll learn intermediate flips, tricks, drops, and transitions all as you build your confidence, strength, flexibility, and balance.

Prerequisite: You must attend our Aerial Arts Foundations classes and Hammock Flips, Tricks, and Transitions Level 1 to attend this class.

Lyra Level 1 / 2

Intermediate & Advanced

From aerialists looking to polish their lyra skills or beginners curious of what it’s like to make shapes in the air. This class introduces intermediate lyra concepts and top bar while being accessible for a newer student. Prerequisite: Lyra Foundations and Lyra Level 1.

Lyra Level 2

Advanced Only

Now that you know some shapes on the lyra…. now what??!?! In this class we will explore how to craft transitions and explore pathways on the hoop. We will explore options in and out of popular lyra shapes as well as modifications and variations to spice up any sequence. Comfort inverting from the bottom of the hoop to the top encouraged. Prerequisite: Lyra Foundations, Lyra Level 1, Lyra Level 1 / 2, and teacher’s approval.

Bungee

The bungee apparatus is a new type of aerial fitness. This method is a high intensity, low impact workout on your joints that is a ton of fun! This apparatus requires a pack of bungee cords and a harness worn around the hips and waist to support a person while they move their body into various shapes and practice creative movements from leaping, bouncing, to lunges, push-ups, squats, handstands, jumps, etc. This cardiovascular workout will build coordination, strength, endurance and while toning your body!

Bungee Buddha

Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced

Bungee is a high intensity, low impact workout on your joints that is a ton of fun! This apparatus requires a pack of bungee cords and a harness worn around the hips and waist to support a person while they move their body into various shapes and practice creative movements from leaping, bouncing, to lunges, push-ups, squats, handstands, jumps, etc. This cardiovascular workout will build coordination, strength, endurance and while toning your body! Please note that this class consists of a 20 minute set up, a 30 minute class, and a 10 min cool down.

Barre/Dance

Learn to move with flow and ease! Our barre and specialty dance movement classes will tone, sculpt, and lengthen your muscles by using different techniques specific to barre and other dance modalities. These classes offer styles appropriate for beginner through advanced students.

Barre & Dance Workshops

Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced

We often offer specialty movement workshops throughout the year (barre, fascial flexibility, dance, ballet, and more). You can see which workshops are being offered by viewing our Events page.

Pole/Chair Fitness

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

Pole Foundations

Beginner Only

For new students who have never taken pole and students just beginning their pole journey. This class is for you! Students will learn the basics of pole, proper technique and queuing, and safety practices for spins and transitions on the pole. You will leave this class confident and a solid foundation built for success.

Note: This workshop is a prerequisite to all pole fitness classes. Please reach out to us if you have any questions.

Pole Spins & Transitions

Beginner & Intermediate

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. Prerequisite: You must attend one of our Pole Foundations workshops. Please visit the Events tab for workshop dates/times and to sign up.

Pole Play/Practice

Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced

The pole room will be open to students to practice spins and inversions freely. An instructor will be present for spotting and use of equipment.

Prerequisite: Pole Foundations workshop. Please visit the Events tab for workshop dates/times and to sign up.

Pole Strength & Tone

Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced

Build up your strength and learn proper pole specific muscle engagement in this All Level conditioning class. Prerequisite: Pole Foundations workshop. Please visit the Events tab for workshop dates/times and to sign up.

Pole-o-graphy

Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced

Pole-o-graphy is choreography for pole! This intermediate level class will get your body moving with longer dance sequences that incorporate the floor and pole. Pole-o-graphy focuses less on individual moves/tricks, and more on being able to perform the movements together. It is recommended that students feel comfortable moving around the pole, and have had an introduction to basic inverts. Prerequisite: Pole Foundations.

Pole Skills

Intermediate & Advanced

This class is for students who have taken Pole Spins & Transitions and a Klimbing with Kat workshop and are ready to move on to the next level. Instructor approval is required.

Spin Pole

Intermediate & Advanced

This class teaches you moves on the spinning pole. You will learn to control the spin, create fluidity, and hold shapes. You must have a solid climb to attend this class. Prerequisite: Pole Foundations.

Klimbing with Kat

Intermediate & Advanced

In this workshop we will go over how to safely climb up and down the pole using proper technique and form. Climbing is a full body workout and is an essential skill to be successful moving forward in your pole journey. Prerequisite: This workshop is for students who have already taken our Pole Spins & Transitions class and are ready to move on to the next level. Please visit the Events tab for Klimbing with Kat workshop dates/times and to sign up.

Pole Tricks and Combinations

Intermediate & Advanced

This class will explore more challenging moves including pole handstands, inside and outside leg hands, and hand balances. We will also work on combining moves and shapes into sequences. Now that you have a solid climb and a basic invert from the floor, this class will help you master power spins and improve inversions (grounded and aerially).

Prerequisite: Pole Foundations, inversions, and climbing (aka Klimbing with Kat) workshops. Please visit the Events tab for workshop dates/times and to sign up.

Yoga/Rope Wall

Although we love our apparatuses and props we also offer yoga classes on the mat. Be prepared to learn to breathe while you move through a variety of different yoga postures. Our teachers utilize the different branches of Yoga to bring mind, body, and spirit together.

The Great Yoga Wall supports your body, allowing you to experience traditional yoga poses in a whole new way. You’ll build strength, create length and space in your body, while gaining awareness in each pose. Using the yoga wall, along with its various attachments (adjustable straps, swings, and bars) offers unique support and traction in the body that you just have to experience for yourself!

Feel Good Yoga Wall

Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced

The Great Yoga Wall supports your body, allowing you to experience traditional yoga poses in a whole new way. You’ll build strength, create length and space in your body, while gaining awareness in each pose. Using the yoga wall, along with its various attachments (adjustable straps, swings, and bars) offers unique support and traction in the body that you just have to experience for yourself. You’ll leave feeling better than when you walked in the door!

Core Flow

Intermediate & Advanced

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!

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