Aerial hoop / Portrait · 27/03/2025

Aerial hoop

A gift of aerial hoop lessons

A gift of aerial hoop lessons 

Here is me, demonstrating a pose. That's Melanie perfectly framed by the aerial hoop shadow.
Here is me, demonstrating a pose. That’s Melanie perfectly framed by the aerial hoop shadow.

From one friend to the other.  What an amazing gift and birthday surprise.

When Melanie arrived at my aerial hoop studio, with her friend Bekki, she had really no clue what her birthday activity surprise  was. Bekki said she thought she was going quad biking!

A gift of aerial hoop lessons
A gift of aerial hoop lessons

I greeted them as they drove up, Melanie still have no idea what she would be doing! We walked on up to my aerial hoop studio and I flung open the door and showed them my aerial hoop studio!

I don’t think Melanie knew what to say for a few moments. I reassured  her that it was going to be a lot of fun.

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Melanie then said that she didn’t want to do it and refused to sign the Par-Q form! 

I was just stood there panicking a little  and thinking that she really hated this surprise and was not going to do it.

 

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I kept reassuring her that it would be fun and she would be able to do it!

We finally got into it and I taught them both a little aerial hoop flow and beginner poses. They are both really good at it and had no problem in any of the moves I taught them. I was so impressed with their efforts.

Melanie performed the most beautiful cradle pose.
Melanie performed the most beautiful cradle pose.
Bekki performed this beautiful person in the moon variation.
Bekki performed this beautiful person in the moon variation.
Here's Bekki and Melanie posing together!
Here’s Bekki and Melanie posing together!
Melanie looks so poised in this ballerina pose.
Melanie looks so poised in this ballerina pose.
Some help from a friend is always so handy when your hair gets caught.
Some help from a friend is always so handy when your hair gets caught.
Bekki performing a single leg cradle pose.
Bekki performing a single leg cradle pose.

I think that these two good friends really enjoyed themselves, they learned some new skills and had a lot of fun. What an absolutely wonderful gift from Bekki!

Learning with a friend is so much fun.
Learning with a friend is so much fun.

Lots of people are always saying to me that they could never do something like aerial hoop. But the truth is your body can do a lot more than your mind thinks it can! 

You don’t need any upper body strength to begin with, you don’t need to be flexible, you don’t need any fitness background! You can start at any age!

Prove to everyone around you wrong by doing something that they thought you couldn’t.

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