Aerial Yoga
This class is taught by:
Nikki Cvammen
Nikki graduated from Kent State University with a degree in Music Production. She loves to sing, compose music, teach yoga, do art and eat! The number one thing on her bucket list is to visit Norway and camp under the Northern Lights.
- My favorite yoga pose is: Tripod.
- Yoga has helped me overcome: Stress and self-consciousness
- I love my heart because: It is my center and helps me make new relationships.
- My favorite goddess is Athena because: She is the symbol for wisdom and strength, which I find very important in my life.
- You must try this healthy snack: Celery juice, you put celery stalks in a blender and drink the juice. It’s a fun twist to eating a healthy snack and it's very refreshing.
- My favorite Sanskrit word or phrase is Bhakti because: Its root word is “bhai” which means to love and worship God. I love this word because it reminds me that I can worship the Lord along with doing my practice.
- My advice for beginning yogis is: Breathe, it's the most important part of everything we do.
- I’m most grateful for: My family and opportunities I have been blessed with.
- The most exotic place I’ve practiced yoga is: In the middle of a river on a huge rock! Frightening, but also exhilarating.
- If I could practice yoga with anyone it would be: Michael Scott.
- I’m ecstatic to take my yoga to the next level because: I cannot wait to succeed at positions that I cannot get currently and I just love doing yoga, it's a part of my life now.
- My heroes are: God and my mom.
- My super power is: Staying calm when others are freaking out, and offering a helping hand when needed.
- My one wish for the world is: Appreciate the little things and the natural bliss of the Earth.
Jill Saylor (RYT 500, E-RYT 200/YACEP/PT)
Jill is a self proclaimed tree hugging, bee keeping, ocean conserving, shark loving, garden tending, aerial yoga fanatic, clothesline drying hippie just trying to make the world a better place!
- My teaching style is: Very fun and laid back. Nothing too serious in my classes.
- My favorite yoga pose is: any hammock inversion
- Yoga has helped me: grow as a person into a more active person and has allowed me to help others
- I love my tattoos because: They tell stories from my life!
- My favorite deity or god/goddess is Gaia because: without her we’d be nothing!
- You must try this healthy snack: My personal local honey!!
- My favorite Sanskrit word or phrase is Unnata because it means elevated and I love elevating myself off the floor with aerial.
- My advice for beginning yogis is: We all start as beginners!
- I’m most grateful for: Being able to have done all the things in my life that got me to this point!
- The most exotic place I’ve practiced yoga is: Sand dunes in Mosselbaai, South Africa or a tiny little island in the middle of the Gulf off Nicaragua called Little Corn Island/
- If I could practice yoga with anyone it would be: My sister because we always do things together!
- I’m determined to take my yoga to the next level because: I like to set goals for myself.
- My heroes are: My sister.
- My super power is: Making a healthier, better version of anything you can find in the beauty, pharmacy or cleaning section at the store, and probably showing women that it is possible for us to be strong.
- My one wish for the world is: That she thrives and survives with or without humans!
Pattie Wagner (E-RYT 500/YACEP)
Pattie Wagner, E-RYT 500 and YACEP®, took yoga when she was four years old with her flower child mom. Yoga found her again when she had her second son and needed a release from a demanding career in a foreign city. Over 20 years, she has practiced a broad variety of yoga styles including Power, Bikram, Hatha, Ashtanga, Restorative, Yin, Iyengar and "crappy work yoga" and infused them all into her teaching style (minus the crappy parts, of course).
- My teaching style is: Very hands on, fun, upbeat and spiritual. I love assisting my students, so be prepared for adjustments, neck rubs and guidance.
- My favorite yoga pose is: Padahastasana! I love the release that Gorilla pose provides. It’s a simple forward fold that is accessible to all levels of yogis. It also calms the mind, helps with digestion and improves circulation in your hands and wrists. It’s great for people who work on computers all day long.
- Yoga has helped me overcome: Wow, so much. I began practicing when my 2nd son was born to help with post-partum depression. From there, I fell in love! Anything is possible on a yoga mat.
- My favorite music to teach to is: I have extremely wide tastes of music and love to mix up fresh playlists for my students. I also get help from my sons who help keep my music cutting edge ... I love offering a brand new sound or unknown artist to my students.
- I love my: Eyes and hair. My eyes are hazel and can turn to a beautiful complex green/gold. My hair? I rarely blow it dry and (WHEN) I bother to style it, it looks AMAZING!
- My favorite goddess is: Akhilandeshvari. She is the “The Always Broken Goddess”. Basically, she celebrates that we are always just a little broken, a little on the edge. This allows us to try something new and unfathomable in our lives and break away from our toxic routines or attachments. And she rides on a crocodile … How cool is that?! There is a great article about her on Elephant Journal by JC Peters. Check it out!
- You must try this healthy snack: Well, I'm not sure how truly healthy Skinny Pop is but I can devour a whole bag on my own!
- My favorite Sanskrit phrase is: "Om Namah Shivaya". Chanting this mantra is incredibly powerful … Be careful what you wish for!
- My advice for beginning yogis: Focus on building the very basics of your practice. Your breath is everything and will guide you both physically and spiritually. Don’t worry about how flexible or strong you are … And don’t worry about the heat, Release has plenty of options!
- I’m most grateful for: My wonderful family who supported me when I took on the major life change of starting my own yoga studio. I may be crazy, but I’m loved!
- The most exotic place that I’ve practiced yoga is: Hmm, I've been fortunate to experience travel to many places. The Great Wall of China, India, Costa Rica or Kripalu are some of my top places.
- If I could practice yoga with anyone, it would be: Harry Styles! I am obsessed.
- I want to take my yoga to the next level by: Assisting all of the fabulous Release teachers and students in reaching their full potential.
- My heroes are: Anita Roddick (founder of The Body Shop), Maxine Clark (founder of Build a Bear) and Oprah (founder of everything). They each built profitable businesses from the core of their passions, took immense risks, and focused on giving back to their employees and communities. And they did it with kindness, compassion, fun and profitability. That’s the way business should be!
- My one wish for the world is: "Be Happy, Be Healthy, Be Whole."
Autumn Andrella (E-RYT 500)
Autumn is a busy wife and mother. She started her yoga journey in 2017. She sought yoga out to find relief from running pain and general aches. Quickly discovering all the other benefits to yoga, she was inspired to commit to a daily practice and took things up a notch. She has found life changing transformations within, not to mention the physical and mental challenges are very exciting for her! She can't wait to share this with her students!
- My teaching style is: A balance between exciting and energetic but calm and connected.
- My favorite yoga pose is: Chaturanga Dandasana - I feel strong, connected and engaged
- Yoga has helped me overcome: Neglecting my self worth. As many of us, I tend to make everyone else a priority and overtime their needs and time becomes more important. Yoga has connected me with myself and gives me permission to be selfish because I am worth it.
- I love my: Arms because they are strong and get to hug my family.
- My favorite Deity is: Ganesha - he is the deity of wisdom and good fortune and the remover of obstacles.
- You must try this healthy snack: Edamame with sea salt (cold or hot)
- My favorite Sanskrit word: Ahamkara, meaning EGO. I like it because checking my ego allows me to accept myself as I am at that moment.
- My advice for beginning yogis: Yogis, have an open mind, trust and honor yourself and watch the transformation unfold.
- I'm most grateful for: My mother! She raised me to believe in myself and she always tells me how proud she is of the woman I am.
- The most exotic place I've practiced yoga is: The beach!
- If I could practice yoga with anyone it would be: My sister, Trisha. I have the honor and privilege to practice with her often and I love how close our relationship has become with this commonality.
- I'm excited to take my yoga to the next level because: My body and mind has completely amazed me in the past few years and I wish that everyone can feel this way about themselves.
- My hero is: My husband, Austin Andrella. He is very inspiring, loyal, honest and motivated. He is a man of his word and strives to be a good man in every area of his life.
- My one wish for the world is: That every child feels loved and protected.
We've adapted our vinyasa flow class and taken it to the sky! This flowing, dynamic yoga practice connects movement with breath while offering the unique experience of a yoga hammock. Our fully aerial yoga certified teachers seamlessly blend one pose into another to create heat in the body, build strength, improve balance, and increase flexibility. Prior yoga and/or aerial yoga is highly encouraged. Expect to leave invigorated and revitalized! All health, safety, and age guidelines mentioned in our Aerial Beginner's class apply. A yoga mat is required.
Temperature: 72°-76°
Temperature: 72°-76°
