Jo Stewart's creative approach adapts to each practitioners individual needs, with a focus on body positivity, self compassion and inclusivity. She is excited to share the whole spectrum of yogic experience - from supportive and playful movement in the aerial hammock, to calm meditation in the quiet of a yin style practice. Jo has been teaching since 2005 and is the founder of Garden of Yoga, where she teaches Aerial Yoga, Pilates and Yin Yoga classes. She also co-hosts The Flow Artists Podcast with Rane Bowen. She is passionate about making movement accessible to everyone especially marginalised communities, and has taught free community classes with the Get Active in Darebin program since 2016. She lives in Melbourne. She is also one of Australia's most experienced Aerial Yoga teachers in Australia, completing the first teacher training here with Antigravity creator Christopher Harrison in 2011 as well as advanced aerial yoga and Aerial Yoga Therapeutics certification with Renae Stevens in 2022.
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Contents Foreword by Jivana Heyman Scope of Practice/Disclaimer About the Contributors PART ONE FOUNDATIONS Chapter 1 What is Aerial Yoga? Cross Pollination - Influences from Beyond Yoga Circus Sensory Integration Pilates When Did We Start Calling it Aerial Yoga? Chapter 2 Honouring Yoga's Roots The Eight Limbs and The Yoga Sutras A Brief History of Props in Yoga PART TWO THE EIGHT LIMBS - YAMA Chapter 3 Ahimsa Gender Inclusivity in Class Body Positive or Body Neutral Language in Class Taking Care of Yourself While Teaching Safe Rigging Protocols Chapter 4 Trauma-Informed Teaching What Does PTSD Mean? How Can Aerial Yoga Help with PTSD Symptoms? How Do We Teach in Alignment with Trauma-Informed Principles? Chapter 5 Aerial Yoga and Mental Health Nervous System Regulation Play, Pleasure and New Possibilities Flow State Experiences Coregulation Vestibular Regulation Anxiety Depression Eating Disorders and Body Image Aerial Yoga as a Path Towards Reconnection with Ourselves Chapter 6 How Skeletal Differences and Body Proportions Affect Our Experience in the Aerial Hammock Bone Differences Body Proportions Hammock Height Safety Considerations Ease of Moving in the Aerial Hammock Chapter 7 Chronic Pain Pain and the Brain Types of Pain Navigating Pain in Class Pain and Inversions Chapter 8 Hypermobility Aerial Yoga for Hypermobility: Ideas (that are all great for 'stiff' or 'tight' people as well) Myths about Hypermobility POTS and Dysautonomia Chapter 9 Satya: Being Real with Ourselves and Others Asteya - Non-Stealing Asteya at the Studio Brahmacharya What do you want to plant in your intentions garden? Aparigraha PART THREETHE EIGHT LIMBS - NIYAMA Chapter 10 Niyama Saucha - Cleanliness Hammock Cleaning Clothing and cleanliness Air Quality Saucha for the Mind Santosa Tapas Svadhyaya Facets of Identity Emotional Resources Tool Kit Isvara Pra?idhana PART FOUR THE EIGHT LIMBS - ASANA Chapter 11 Asana Contraindications for Aerial Asana - What to Know Before We Get Into the Hammock Headaches and other head issues Blood Pressure and fainting Temperature regulation Vertigo, nausea and motion sickness Balance issues and falling Brain fog/memory Sensitivity to fabric pressure Bruising/soreness Chapter 12 Foundation Terms and Poses Chapter 13 Warm Ups Cocoon Flow Cocoon Backbends Standing Rows Chapter 14 Standing Poses Benefits and Cautions Virabhadrasana 1 - Warrior 1 Virabhadrasana 2 - Warrior 2 Standing Pigeon Parsvottanasana Trikonasana - Triangle Pose Parivritta Trikonasana - Twisted Triangle Uttanasana - Standing Forward Fold/Intense Stretch Pose Prasarita Padottanasana - Wide Legged Forward Bend/Open Angle Pose Natarijasana - Dancers Pose Utthita Hasta Padangustasana - Extended Hand to Toe pose Chapter 15 Forward Bends and Restorative Postures Savasana Waterfall Sequence Baddha Konasana Janu Sirsasana - head to knee pose/seated forward bend Deer and Pigeon Pose Pascimottanasana Balasana - Childs pose Open heart pose Chapter 16 Inversions and Backbends Cautions for all inversions Adho Mukha Svanasana - Downwards Facing Dog Pose Basic Inversion Chandelier Sarvangasana - Shoulder stand Dhanurasana - Bow Pose Inversions and the Mind Chapter 17 Making Aerial Asana More Accessible Aerial Yoga for Wheelchair Users Aerial Yoga for Bigger Bodies Aerial Yoga for Older Adults Aerial Yoga During Pregnancy Postnatal Aerial Yoga Aerial Yoga and Menstruation PART FIVE THE EIGHT LIMBS - PRANAYAMA, PRATYAHARA, DHARANA, DHYANA, AND SAMADHI Chapter 18 Pranayama Chapter 19 Pratyahara Individual Sensory Needs Aerial Yoga and Neurodiversity Chapter 20 Dharana and Dhyana Dharana - focused concentration Dhyana - meditative absorption Chapter 21 Samadhi Further Reading, Listening and Learning Acknowledgements Endnotes