Acroyoga is a discipline, which combines yoga with acrobatic exercises and is lately gaining more and more fans worldwide. But, did you know that it has more in common with vaulting than you have probably expected?
First, you usually do it in a team of two or more people.
Second, there are three primary roles: the base, the flyer and the spotter. The base is the person who has the most contact with the ground, the flyer is the one who is elevated off the ground and the spotter is an additional person who has a view on the two persons to support them and give recommendations.
And third, it requires and you work on very similar capabilities as for vaulting. With Acroyoga you can improve your strength, flexibility, balance and build trust with your teammates. Since you have similar roles as in equestrian vaulting, you can perfectly use this discipline for your warm-up or for playing around every now and then.
For your inspiration, we have chosen 4 stunning Instagram accounts we would like to share with you:
@alexkingacro: Alex is an Acroyoga teacher who shares cool photos of exercises at stunning places.
@acroyogaaddicts: You can learn some sophisticated Acroyoga poses from these two girls. They share gorgeous photos and videos on their account.
@acrotapas: Professional photos of challenging exercises. Are you capable to do some of them?
@aleksic_twins: Sweet yogi twins! Check out their account for beautiful photos of solo or partner exercises.
In order to learn some basic exercises we also recommend you to check out the following video:
And now it’s your turn! Try to copy the exercises with a teammate and share the pictures/videos with us on Facebook or Instagram. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #VWAcroyogaChallenge so that we can find your acroyoga experiments. We want to see you in action, have fun!
