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The monkey. The chair. Down dog. All of these are poses familiar to students of traditional yoga.
But anti gravity yoga? Is anything but traditional. There's the Vampire. And, of course the cannonball.
Anti Gravity yoga was invented in the 1990's by yoga teacher, Broadway choreographer, and Brigham City native Christopher Harrison -- who was looking for a way to do the traditional yoga poses -- without compressing the back, neck, or wrists.
The answer came in an anti-gravity hammock -- a piece of structural fabric connected to two overhead points by climbing equipment. This creates a trapeze or swing that can be turned into all sorts of supports for the participant that are not there in traditional yoga. It allows them to stretch further with less strain -- and get into poses they may not have been able to before -- and hold them.
And the hammocks allow students to easily get into inverted positions -- which practitioners say allows the body to release and get rid of toxins.
Plus? Those who have tried it? Say it's a lot of fun.
