100 Days Of Contortion Challenge

Aerial has always been a passion of mine, after training for a few years I noticed the big difference in the drama of the moves was not just the skill level of the artist a major factor was the level of flexibility.

I have been naturally flexible my whole life but not circus flexible. They are two very different things. With that being said I did have to work hard to get my splits and over splits just like everyone else.

As a yoga a flexibility teacher I never really had my own practice. Leading flexibility classes was my stretching time too.

After writing my first book UnLock it and finishing a six week trial of the program with ten participants I began stretching a lot more as I had ten students to work with and coach.

Late one night with a bout of insomnia I came across the 100 days of contortion challenge by Amanda Nicole Smith. I was so inspired by her progress I decided to begin my journey on the 100 Days of Contortion challenge.

I mean reallllly… excited. So much so I made this in the middle of the night.

I chose several poses to start with, although as time passed my repertoire of moves began to expand as I saw that new things were possible.

June -- July Results

The first four weeks I mainly trained legs. As you can probably tell. I trained back 1 -- 2 times per week and legs 5 times per week. After the four weeks has passed I decided to put a dedicated calendar together so that I train more evenly for the month of July.