Many aerial studios across the country and the world have begun to reopen.   You may have already attended a class or two. As studio owners ourselves we have been busy creating new safety guidelines and protocols in preparation for a phased reopening of our Los...

The Hip Key (also known as a Hip Lock) is a fundamental yet often times challenging component of Aerial Silks training. You may have been taking classes for years, performing challenging drops and combinations and still struggle with your Hip Key form. If this...

It is imperative that you take care of your shoulders as an aerialist in order to avoid injury and to prolong your enjoyment of this beautiful art form. Adding just a few minutes of shoulder conditioning to your aerial warm up can help you strengthen...

You don’t need to be a resident aerialist on the Las Vegas strip or on tour with Cirque Du Soleil to reap the benefits of being a professional performer. The mastery, confidence and finesse possessed by many professional aerialists can be yours also, if you...

Something happens during moments of unbridled creativity that is difficult to describe. People often call this feeling “being in the zone,” or “being in flow,” a place where creativity just seems to pour out of you. For that brief period, you experience perfection. To be a creator in...

As aerialists and entrepreneurs we have failed over and over again. There was the time we tried to make aerial clothing and invested all of our personal savings into materials and labor only to discover that there was a manufacturing flaw in the 800...

Summer is upon us (two weeks but who’s counting?) and the weather here in LA is getting warmer and warmer! Thank goodness for air conditioning, are we right?  Despite this, it can still be difficult to cool a large space (like most aerial studios!) and it’s...

Summer time in the US is the most popular season to travel with Fridays in June, July and August being the busiest travel days of the year. If you are planning on taking advantage of the long hot days and that accumulated vacation time...

It’s been a busy few weeks for us here at Womack and Bowman with Rachel giving birth to her beautiful daughter Genevieve Mary on June 12th. The (long) and difficult labor, feelings of confusion  (“Am I doing this right?”) and sleepless nights pale in...

A few months ago we were invited to perform our Duo Silks act as well as a Rope and Hammock solo at the opening of a swanky new hotel on the East Coast of the US. We were informed that the ballroom we were...