31/07/2025
☕ Coffee Corner Confession
Why I Chose to Teach Aerial Yoga - Even When I Was Told I Shouldn’t
My journey with aerial was… scattered at first.
A few classes here and there, nothing consistent. Just a quiet pull that I couldn’t explain.
From the very beginning, I was drawn to it. I didn’t know what or why, but something about it called me.
And I knew I wanted more.
But I struggled.
Oh, I struggled.
A. F**king. Lot.
My bigger frame didn’t fit the mold.
The fitness level required for aerial tricks? I didn’t have it.
To be honest, I still don’t. Yet.
When I first dared to voice my dream of becoming an instructor, the response I got was…
“You? Really? But you struggle in class..."
My wings were clipped in that moment.
And deep down, I believed it.
That no one would ever trust a body like mine.
That I couldn’t look the part, so I’d never be the part.
So when I enrolled in the certification, I did it only for me.
I thought I’d practice alone, at home, for the sheer love of it.
The hammock didn’t let me go and I didn’t want to let go of it either.
But during the modules… something shifted.
Encouraging instructor.
Supportive students.
And a spark re-lit.
When I filmed my first classes for the course, I was terrified.
But afterwards? I felt something I hadn’t in a long time or at all:
Proud. Capable. Home.
That’s when my teaching method started taking shape.
I blended my interest in somatics, therapy, and emotional work.
I started seeing aerial not just as performance but as healing.
Especially in 1:1 sessions.
That’s where the magic revealed itself.
Today, I’ve been teaching for 5 months.
And in this time, I’ve met women with extraordinary stories—
Stories written on their bodies, sometimes trapped inside their bodies.
And bit by bit, they started to release.
To let go.
To trust themselves.
To know themselves.
And I…
I get to witness that.
Hold space for that.
Guide them through it.
This path didn’t just happen.
It chose me, long before I chose it.
Back then, I didn’t know why I loved aerial so much.
Now I do.
It’s hard to explain to people outside of it:
“You cried at aerial yoga… and felt better? What?”
But those who’ve felt it?
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