Weekend Reviewer | Best Play in the Sky
In an effort to get more “play in my day,” I dropped into a Mixed Level Silks class at Sky Candy on Friday. And, yes, I did the splits (image pictured). But if you can’t do the splits, don’t worry – there is plenty to learn.
Am I crazy? My mother thinks so.
How to Get Play in Your Day
Sky Candy recommends first-timers try the Intro to Aerial Skills class, which is NOT what I did, so you’ll an opportunity to try out various apparatuses. This allows you to see where your strength, flexibility and body awareness levels are.
Drop-in classes and private lessons are available for those of us with weird schedules. While I don’t recommend it and would do it differently if I could, my instructor was very accomodating.
Next Steps for Flying High
Once you get good advice from your instructor about next steps in pursuing your “aerial arts career” aka “play in your day,” you’ll have the option to take drop-in classes for $20/pop or $100 for a six-week intro class. Private lessons are also an option. Wear stretchy, tight-fitting clothes. You will be barefoot.
And no, you will not be swinging around fifty feet off the floor on your first day of class like the ladies you see at the circus. I think I was maybe 3 feet off the ground at the best – that’s all you need for the spits, trust me.
Fun, yes – but as a workout, this all things aerial are phenomenal. The silks class I took incorporated flexibility and strength ton the nth degree. P90x this! My arms and abs were screaming for a couple of days.
How many people do you know who can say they’ve done this? Give it a try!
(Rates and class options are accurate only at the time of this article. Please check Sky Candy’s sites for current rates and class availability.)
