Flying Fantastic Blog
Hello aerial addicts and aerial addicts in the making! This blog is to try and share the knowledge that we have accumulated since our first aerial classes in 2011. We'd like to inspire other people to share the aerial love and enjoy the benefits of a life upside down!Aerial | Conditioning | Rigging | Equipment | Wellbeing | Silks | Nutrition | Accessibility | Aerial Yoga | Circus | All

FLEXIBILITY MATTERS PHYSIOTHERAPY BLOG POSTS
Beth Shum is a chartered physiotherapist with a background in circus, gymnastics and cheerleading. Her blog posts provide a fountain of knowledge about pain management, physio techniques and injury recovery, with performing bodies in mind. READ MORE
Aerial | Conditioning | Equipment | Wellbeing | Silks | Nutrition | Accessibility | Circus
September 2024
September 2024

OUR AWARD WINNING ACCESSIBLE AERIAL CLASSES
Flying Fantastic’s accessible aerial classes have won Club of the Month from Every Body Moves and ParalympicsGB! Read what that means to us here!READ MORE

MAKE SPACE CIRCUS - WHERE DO I SIT?
Make Space Circus is a disabled and female-led organisation run by Karina Jones and Amy Nicholls, read their blog and watch their short documentary on their collaberation with Tamba Africa Social Circus. READ MORE

UNLOCK YOUR ATHLETIC POTENTIAL WITH MENSTRUAL CYCLE TRAINING
Pieta, our Fantastic Aerial Pilates instructor as she discovers how menstrual cycles affect our training and how to use hormones to our advantage!READ MORE

THE LGBTQIA+ HISTORY OF CIRCUS
Enjoy a short dive into the LGBTQIA+ history of circus as we look over some prominant figures and how the circus and queer communities have become entwined. READ MORE

THE ACCESSIBLE AERIAL COURSE AT FLYING FANTASTIC
'Aerial for all' is a very easy thing to say, but often disabled people are left out of exercise classes. This year, Flying Fantastic decided to really commit to this statement by running a 10 week accessible aerial class from January to March this year with funding from Access Sport and Sispan. Read about the course as described by participant Meg Fozzard! READ MORE

NEW TO AERIAL? A HANDY GUIDE ON WHERE TO GET STARTED.
Flying fledgling? A quick guide to where to start your aerial journey.READ MORE