Fallin n stayin in love with flying since 2023 ❤️🔥 this is more than a hobby for me, its a healthy outlet to feel/inflict pain. A deeply somatic practise; I've processed so much trauma and grief with this metal ring. Ill never be super circus pro (not in a put down kinda way, just logistically 😂), but I've realised for me this practise isn't about being perfect and beautiful...it's about how it how it made me feel, during n after. ✨️
Hoping to add more drama in future but I get shy when people are watching me hehe 🥹
Also I couldn't decide on a favourite clip so here is the laziest edit mashing up my fav bits!!
This baby flow was popular on my story (same but different clip, this time at the luuvly @luft.berlin ) so here's a rare feed post (that won't be seen by anyone 😂💜). 3 years of doing hoop 🥹 learning to find my flow in simplicity over complexity, calm in the storm, infinite time in just a second, acceptance in imperfection.
It's easy to get so caught up in where I want to be/comparison, I forget to acknowledge and appreciate where I am now! Been meditating daily and each day I see more and more how interconnected everything is; how my internal world is reflected in the external - how I move, what I see, what I experience. Of course it isn't all sunshine and rainbows within or in the external world, in fact it's all pretty fckin brutal...but by slowing down and nurturing myself I feel a little closer to being the change I want to see in the world. Aiiite enough Ted talk shii 😂💜✨️
The day before I got too sick to train much anymore! I miss consistent training and practising duo stuff with lovely @the.girl.with.the.piglet.tatto ✨️this lil clip was spontaneous at the end of a veeery tired session, we didn't plan at all - just let it imperfectly flow. 💜
It's been really interesting exploring pathways on the hoop with a partner - only just started learning it this summer. I went through a huge rut, feeling so uninspired with aerial (and life generally lol). Training with a partner helped me to keep showing up and just have fun without so many expectations!
Nothing clean to see here but I have to remind myself I'm only in my 2nd year of noodling about on this thaaang...there's still hope my hands will fumble less hahah. ;) for some reason I only ever seem to post aerial when I'm feeling low...I guess it's just a reminder to myself that I can still have the strength to get out of bed n show up for myself. Movement is medicine for da soooul yoooo. 💚
I love these lil clips cuz its not really about the imperfect poses for me - these clips are all from training sessions where I laughed a lot and felt so uplifted by my lovely classmates/training buddies. So many times I've come to a session having gone the whole day in a deep pit of depression. Goofing about in class and supporting each other really got me through some hard times in the past year. Thank you beautiful aerial community. 💜
When I started aerial I actually quit therapy lol - it's a humbling practise, one which requires you to be curious, patient and to connect with + EMBRACE pain, breathe through it. You can see why I quit therapy then right? 😂 Not to mention...hanging upside down is great for gaining new perspectives. If you wanna shift stagnant energy ya gotta moveeee! Try new things, push yourself, remember to breaaathe thru difficulity! Remember you don't have to be a master at everything you do, sometimes it's just about enjoying the process and having fun (this more to myself bc I do get hung up on wanting to be sick at everything I do. Sky high standards mate).
Here's to another year of obliterating my demons by learning to defy gravity 💜
Had no hoop time recently due to some injuries and been getting about 3 hours of sleep recently. 😂 everything was going wrong today...sometimes you just need to take a step back n just let yourself hang out n decompress ✨️
My training session was trash today but this figure made me feel good in my body in a time I've been feeling like an absolute blob lmao. (I think this is a felt cute, might delete situation tho 😂😅) Got some fun combo ideas to go from here that I'll explore next time! And maybe be brave enough to let go of my foot? Hehe
Shout out to @callunaclothing this fit also helped me feel a lil confident whilst still comfy
#babyaerialist #figurefour #bodydysmorphia
I decided to make an aerial/flow arts/contortion/yoga specific account! Feel too much pressure to only post polished stuff on my main account...this is just gonna be a lil visual diary where I don't really care if I get likes or not. Starting off with a badly framed photo but ooohhweeee alien splits are pretty simple but look so cool. Still took my brain a hot minute to figure out the pose and I wanna work on making them look prettier and more flexi!
#aliensplits #lyra #aerialhoop #splits #aerialpose
Nothing fancy here, drilling some basic transitions whilst I'm still recovering from a chest infection! Wanted to get a first post up on this new account though so it doesn't look like a bot account haha
#aeriahoop #lyra #beginneraerialist #circusarts #aerialtraining
Lil clunky solstice flow 💫
Spent some time off grid and away from society which helped me get a lot of playtime in, been neglecting me plastic circles!
In general a lot of reconnecting and retuning within has happened, I feel like I'm seeing my future clearly for the first time in years n I'm v excited n fully invested in the vision ~
I recommend @twilighthoops LED to all my EU based hoopers, I've dropped this baby a lot and she's going strong!
Incorporated a few things learnt directly from the GOAT @danceswithcircles
🎵 Majik - @silkie.rose
