Level 1 - Aerial Yoga Teacher Training

Make your passion your profession!

Flying without Wings!

Join us for an experience of a life time and meet like minded people. This 50 hours training has be refined for more than 7 year and is taught by highly experienced teachers only.
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  • Sheila Falk - founder of Aerial Yoga Vienna - developed this course in 2013 and since then trained over 100 new Aerial Yoga teachers.
  • Lisa Looping - founder of Flylight Yoga - was one of Sheila's first students and has been adding her passion and expertise in acrobatics and teaching methodoloy and didactics.

When are the next dates?

  • ​​1. - 6- June 2020 in Greece, Corfu .... Find out MORE.

What is Aerial Yoga?

​​Aerial Yoga is a relatively new, exciting and popular style of yoga which is a beautiful fusion of different movement forms: 
  • Circus Arts like Aerial Silks, Aerial Hammock, Aerial Sling
  • Hatha Yoga
  • Vinyasa Flow
  • Acrobatics
  • Thai Yoga - Nuad Bodywork (Thai Massage)

They are combined together in a holistic and healthy concept of body awareness, movement and mindfulness training.
There are many different schools and  types of Aerial Yoga. Most of them are different because of the specific equipment they use for suspension. We only use fabric (no belts, no handles) the same that is used for Aerial Silks or Aerial Hammock. We are not claiming any copyright. We do not charge any license fees.

What are the Aerial Yoga benefits?

  • Experience a floating feeling of freedom and weightlessness.
  • Find more ease in your yoga practise
  • Achievable yoga poses for all ages and body types
  • Find more flow while partially or fully supported by the fabric.
  • The soft and silky touch of the aerial yoga fabric makes feel cozy and protected.
  • Have more fun and find more playfulness.
  • Sink deeper into every asana with control
  • Find more release and relaxation
  • Increase your flexibility gradually.
  • Develop strength and work on your power flow.
  • Experience deep and full breathing.

What will I learn?

You will be taught
  • a wide rage of different aerial yoga positions (asanas) which are supported through the yoga aerial fabric.
  • how to create a fluid aerial yoga class schedule.
  • how to teach aerial yoga beginners, intermediate and advanced students.
  • how to safely set up your own aerial equipment.

The 7 main FLOWS of the Level 1 course:
  1. Aerial Yoga warm-up flows
  2. Aerial Yoga strength and conditioning
  3. Aerial Yoga inversion flows
  4. Aerial Yoga acrobatic flows
  5. Aerial Yoga partner flows
  6. Aerial Yoga restorative flows
  7. Aerial Yoga Nuad flow

Why should I choose this training?

We have very high safety and quality standards. Here are only some of the most interesting facts why our teacher trainings are so popular and successful:
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  • We teach in small groups for maximum personal coaching and individual mentoring.
  • All our trainers have many years of teaching experience.
  • We provided in depth guided practise to deepen your knowledge and technical skills.
  • We focus on detailed asana analysis including benefits, contra-indications and many more details
  • You will learn how to safely and efficiently teach beginners, intermediate and advanced students.
  • We have an intensive teaching focus on educational methods incl. pedagogic demos.
  • This training meets the Yoga Alliance standards. We are a registered Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider  (YACEP).

What's in the manual?

​The LEVEL 1 teacher manual is included for free and contains among other things:
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  • Over 100 coloured photographs
  • Many graphics and illustrations
  • Background information and history
  • Detailed descriptions in every asana
  • Benefits and contra-indications
  • Teaching methodology
  • Different structures for courses and workshops
  • Class plan samples
  • Equipment descriptions
  • Safety instructions
  • Technical information
  • Set-up guidelines for different buildings / studios
  • Legal information like liability disclaimer, insurance etc.

What do our students think?

Find out what our previous students have to say about the quality of our trainings:

What is the daily schedule?

If you book the Level 1 course this is how your daily routine will most probably look like.*
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08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast*
09:30 - 11:00 Aerial Yoga Practise 
11:00 - 12:30 Debriefing & Analysis
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break*
14:00 - 15:30 Teaching Methodology
15:30 - 17:00 Teaching Practise & Coaching
17:00 - 17:30 Tea Break*
17:30 - 19:00 Aerial Yoga Practise
19:30 - 20:30 Dinner*

Every day of your training will have a different content focus according to the manual and the main flows.
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*Minor changes possible depending on the venue.
**Not all trainings include catering.

What are the Pre-requisites for Level 1?

  • You don't have to be a yoga teacher already.
  • There are not many pre-requisites for this course as you will learn how to teach beginners.
  • It would be great though if you have tried Aerial Yoga already before, but we know that not everybody has this opportunity, as Aerial Yoga is not yet available everywhere.
  • If you are a beginner yourself this will help you to understand the teaching and learning process even better.
  • If you have some kind of teaching experience already this will make it easier for you, but it is not essential
  • Some students take this course just to deepen their own practise and spend a wonderful week with inspiring people
  • ​If you are already intermediate or advanced level we have additional exercises and challenges for you.

YOGA ALLIANCE: Does this training meet the standards?

This training meets all Yoga Alliance requirements for you to collect the necessary Continuing Education Hours.

Flylight Yoga is registered as
  • Experience Registered Yoga Teacher: E-RYT
  • Registered Continuing Education Provider: YACEP.

If you are a registered teacher at Yoga Alliance (RYT) you need to prove continuous training hours in order to remain registered. This course is acknowledged for this. You can find more details about this here.

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