Futile Day ...I'll Do Some Yoga

I set out on a simple chore today - I wanted to see how much a class costs for antigravity

yoga.

No luck. There has to be some where in Dallas that offers classes, but I didn't find it today.

I 'googled' and only got very vague news from writers who did stories on it calling it "pricey"

or something along those lines.

So how about some feedback ? Obviously, it will vary from city to city but a general idea

would be nice - is this going to be affordable or has yoga gone upscale?

I did order a home unit that, (see 1/28 post) judging from the promo videos on the "Crunch" web site,

looks close enough to do the exercises on the video, but I am interested in maybe a class

or two to get some first-hand training.

Peace and Love.

Anti Gravity Yoga Article

How the Hell Did I Get in This Position ....

Here's a great way to get phsycially fit or just feel like Spiderman or a member of the Chinese Olympic team.

My wife is a big gym class goer. There is almost nothing she won't venture to do.

Bellydance, kickboxing, pole dance you name it she loves it(she's featured in the pole dancing promo video and no I will not be telling you which one she is), but she was really thrilled about anti-gravity yoga at Crunch Gym in NYC.

To me it looks to me like an S&M club designed by Cirque cu Soleil, but my wife swears by it; and she's taken gym classes 4 or 5 times a week for years.

Dubbed anti-gravity yoga by its founder former gymnast Christopher Harrison, it's part acrobatics, body conditioning, Pilates and gymnastics.

“It’s different from any other workout” my wife Gabby says. It seems easy but it's quite strenuous.

You use a fabric that you grab and swing from, and sometimes hang upside down from. It's not for the faint of heart or the easily dizzy.

If the Madhatter ride at Disney gives you fits like it does me, watch out here.

Gabby advises that you let go and trust yourself when you’re hanging and flipping around in mid air and you’ll have a great time. If you want an invigorating workout that gives you length and strength, go for it.

Classes at Crunch

If you liked that, try this:

Lose weight by diet not exercise

Gyrotonic: It's like yoga, swimming and a 15th century torture device rolled into one

For more info: http://www.antigravityyoga.com/

Here comes 2009's first new health craze,(except for the diets I've missed).It's called 'anti gravity' yoga and it seems to be very hot. If you missed "The View"segment Wednesday morning, you can catch it at abc.com, or google crunch.com and watch the exercise video by the company that has branded this.It seems that "Crunch" is opening a string of yoga studios to promote this type of exercise, but have purposely neglected (or not) to create an exercise unit for thoseof us that would like to enjoy this at home.If you watch their video, their 'yoga hammock' actually looks very much like this Inversion Swing & Door Gym Combo I finally found.


So is this a real, viable form of exercise or just another Tai Bo/Beanie Baby ?

Let me know your thoughts, and tune in occassionally - I want to explore the differences between the marketing ploys and the ideas that can really be beneficial.