There’s a new fitness class in Spokane Valley that’s taking exercise to new heights. In September, lifelong gymnast Sherrie Martin launched Spokane Aerial Performance Arts and began offering classes ...

I’m tucked into my turquoise-colored silk cocoon, hanging two feet above ground and watching huge, white snowflakes fall outside the window above me. In other words, I’m in complete bliss. I’ve just ...

Yoga is a popular fitness practice that can be done in many different forms, even while being suspended from the ceiling in a silk hammock. During an aerial yoga class, participants still focus on ...

I HAVE NEVER wanted to join the circus. The tightrope terrifies me, and even though people keep encouraging me to take a trapeze class, I’m not sure if I’m down with swinging through the air hanging ...

Northern Lights Aerial Studio, in downtown Duluth, is about to celebrate its first birthday. Beginners' classes are open to everyone — even newspaper columnists. Instructor Alexa Wavrin, right, helps ...

Red aerial silks hung to the floor at National Dance Academy in Coralville before Mimi Ke wrapped the silks around her forearms like candy cane stripes. In a swift movement, she twisted her body, ...

Instructor: Gala Orba, of Boulder, who has been doing aerial silk dancing since 2009. She was trained at the Boulder Circus Center’s AirCat Aerial Arts program, and she has attended the Frequent ...

If you reminisce about the days spent playing at the playground, swinging from the jungle gym, then you will definitely enjoy reliving your childhood playtime fun with aerial yoga. Aerial yoga has ...

The origins of the art of aerial silks is debated, but it was in the late 1980s when Cirque du Soleil revamped the technique and brought it to the masses. Now, fitness groups in Southwest Florida are ...

I believe you can fly. The Valley offers several aerial fitness and dance classes designed to give those that remember the glee of swinging high and hanging low an astral workout. Aerial fitness and ...

An curved arrow pointing right. People who practice aerial silks are suspended high above ground, flying through the air while striking poses. Produced by Matthew Stuart Follow BI Video: On Facebook ...