AcroYoga in Eastbourne

Now there is a now way to 'hang out'!

An AcroYoga indulgence weekend with Jaqui and Tobias

When: 26th & 26th September 2010

Where: The Yoga Life Studio Eastbourne

Price: £100

Devoted to healing Saturday, September 25th, 10-1pm & 2.30-5.30pm

This will be an all day bodywork extravaganza. We will introduce you to the art of healing touch and work with ‘Metta’ loving kindness. It will be a real treat for our achey and tired bodies. You will practice the principles of mutual support, giving and receiving. We will introduce you to a blend of Thai massage sequences and therapeutic flying flows blended with massage. This one day offering is aimed as an introduction to the yummy side of AcroYoga. No experience or no partner necessary do come with an open mind & a willingness to have fun!

Embodying the physical form Sunday, September 26th, 10-1pm & 2.30-5.30pm

A day to tap into your source of strength, flexibility and creative will. We will explore the qualities of embodying the acrobatic, beginning with conditioning & strength exercises followed by a strong vinyasa practice before working on various inversions to turn your world upside down (headstand, forearm balance and handstands). You will be working progressively in pairs and in small groups towards partner balancing, group pyramids and trios involving a base, flyer and spotter with a focus toward basic flying transitions. No partner necessary by a willingness to explore your fearless inner child required.

About Jaqui and Tobias

Both are fearless acrobatic junkies with teaching experience across Europe and recently across North America. Their teaching style is compassionate ‘boot camp’ yoga. They are able to blend clear instruction with humour and playfulness. Using a ‘kick ass’ music playlist they are both creative spontaneous and receptive to the different needs of students. Both are passionate practitioners and community builders.

Participants can attend Saturday as a one off event. However, to attend the Sunday offering we require you to either attend all day Saturday or have some experience of AcroYoga and or have an intermediate yoga asana practice and are comfortable with inversions (assisted headstands/handstands against a wall).

For bookings or more information please contact the studio on

International Acrobatics Convention 2010

Acro: What the…..!!!!

After attending and teaching at the 3rd International Acrobatics Convention in France, I was left aghast at the shear level, skill and expertise of both the teachers and participants who attended. It was a fabulous opportunity to learn from the amazing and abundantly experienced teachers, not only running the workshops but participating at the Convention also. I was left often shell shocked by the potential of what human bodies can do with focus, direction and lots and lots of training. It just makes me realise how much of a journey I have ahead of me on my acrobatic path. Needless to say the pictures supporting the blog are here to inspire rather than to shock.

Yeay to more Acro!!!

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A little taster as to what can be possible with alot of training

International Acrobatics Convention

Posted 13th August 2010

What: Workshop – International Acrobatics Convention Bordeaux France
When: From Saturday 14th – Monday 24th August 2010
Where: http://www.lecampingdulac.com/

Jaqui Wan & Jesse Saunders will be resident AcroYoga & Yoga teachers thorough out this gathering International exchange and free training, as well as workshops with international artists, mostly on partner-acrobatics, but also on other circus disciplines.

More information: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=50226161427

The meeting will take place in St. Eulalie en Born du Lac, app. 70km south west of Bordeaux. The site of the convention is located directly next to a big campsite, itself situated less than 100m from the large “Etang de Biscarrosse” lake and otherwise very isolated. There is a sandy beach at the lake, where it is possible to play volleyball. Acrobatic can be easily practiced in the water, as the banks are very shallow.

Campsite: http://www.lecampingdulac.com/

For the festival: http://www.iac-2010.eu/

AcroYoga tourists in Norway

A Norwegian Adventure

Always the potential to be a tourist attraction

What a beautiful country is Norway! After spending ten days with a most generous host Thomas Horgen, a budding AcroYoga enthusiast and professional climber, both Tobias and I could not have been in better hands. What did we get up to? In between weekend workshops in Oslo and Trondheim, we managed to head up into the mountains to practice our yoga, rock climb in the big outdoors, taught teenage children AcroYoga, swam but in my case paddle in freezing clear river water and all under the canopy of glorious sunshine!!

It felt like holiday! Absolutely fabulous or ‘fantastiske’ in Norwegian. It was a great opportunity to be out in the glorious county a lovely change from metropolitan urbanite living, ‘Man I am so blessed!!’

AcroYoga Level 2 Teacher Training

OMG a low hand to hand

All in a days training!

Having just recently completed my AcroYoga Level 2 Teacher Training at Frog Lotus Yoga in North Adams Massachusetts.  I have yet to process the sheer volume of learning that I had experienced in a period of just under three weeks.  One thing is for certain, the student mind and the state of constant learning is something I am valuing more and more.   I was one of 15 invited AcroYoga teachers from around the globe.  I was so honoured to be invited and be among such esteemed and accomplished teachers from all manner of yoga traditions.  The collective sense of community and desire to share skills and experience was truly awesome.  We were like a tapestry of shining stars set against a beautiful clear deep blue sky all supporting each other to provide a skyline of abundant brilliance.  See what we got up to here.

The Italian Job

Tak One

One big happy family

What an amazing week long holiday with Jaqui and her yoga friends.

Our villa, surrounded by vast swathes of nature – mountains, rivers and the sea, reminded me of my lovely hometown in Japan and with the owners Paul and Paola treating us like family; the whole experience was overtly welcoming. The focus of this holiday was the amazing yoga lessons by Jaqui who is an incredible woman; her stamina and determination are truly inspirational. Although I see her once or twice a week at her regular class, she totally changed my overall thinking on what Yoga is all about both  physically and mentally. I was immensely impressed the way she prepared to the finest details an excellent curriculum on personal body and mind improvements. I can’t thank you enough for making this a truly memorable holiday.

I would also like to thank all the members of the group who both took care of and encouraged me to undertake this – something I never thought I could do alone.

Written by Takako Yoshihara

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