How to set up aerial hammock mounts for yoga & fitness

If you're looking to get sort out aerial yoga hammocks for studio, professional, or personal use at your own home, the full content of this article will be helping you with the type of equipment, space, & long term solution for you having problem completing aerial yoga hammock set up.

Types of aerial equipment

Just like any other fitness equipment/ gym equipment, they come in different shapes, colours, fabric(sturdy or stretchy hammock). They also comes in with foam handles which provides a more comfortable grip for doing certain aerial yoga poses or pilates based movements, these can come under the same umbrella of meaning for aerial fitness/ aerial yoga:

• Aerial yoga trapeze
• Aerial yoga swings
• Flying yoga
• Aerial yoga sling

Equipments needed for aerial yoga

If you don't have a professional rigger to do this for you, ensure that you purchase stainless steel which is more sturdy & extremely strong single point compared to other materials. Daisy chains & swivels are part of the accessories setup suitable for aerial silks, fitness or yoga. Ceiling hooks or ceiling mounts comes in varieties but what is important to note is that a circular shape is better than the x frame for suspension training due to friction, which may cause faster frailing of materials. Most importantly, make sure that the total weight capacity for the aerial rigging exceeds at least 200kgs as safety is always the priority when it comes to being able to feel confident & staying fall-free. You also would need to consider the aesthetics of your space/ studio in which you will decide if having an exposed beam, or a door frame bars, or using a wall mounted pull up bar(or a stand) for support. If you go to the outdoors, you would then just need a secure & stable tree branch(not thin!)

Accessories for anti gravity yoga

While ceiling beams are pretty much the root for aerial yoga hammock, you can use extension straps
Aerial silksFor aerial silks, you need more space than aerial yoga class & that you will spend more time off the floor/ ground. The space you have will help determine safety between students or obstacle, & provide each student with the perfect height when they stand near the hammock. As it is, aerial rigging for aerial dance classes

Aerial yoga hammock

Aerial equipment for aerial yoga hammock is not much a different way in terms of setting up. The main difference is the space between the mounts as the wider it is, the more surface area you cover...which just means more stability. More importantly if you are teaching a class that you need to see the main bulk of your student's background(do they have enough yoga experience etc). Spacing between the hammocks should be around 80cm for most students will be doable.

Buying extra setup

From aerial fabric, to daisy chain, ceiling mounts, you want to have extra of these because when you most need them, you don't have to experience any down time to wait for the next hammock equipment to arrive.

Need professional aerial rigging for your studio?

Still not convinced to do a DIY project for your aerial yoga hammock? Get in touch with us & let us come down to advise on how you can hang your yoga swings or aerial hammocks up, we can be reached at 87693235.

Hey There!

So this is a Element, you can do a lot with it!

You can change this message by either editing the element.tpl or by the settings once dropped into the editor.

Well, what are you waiting for get ready to