💾 Archived View for gemini.hackers.town › liz › blog › aerial-27072023.gmi captured on 2024-08-18 at 18:02:58. Gemini links have been rewritten to link to archived content
⬅️ Previous capture (2023-09-08)
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
My girlfriend got me to try silks in a private lesson while I was visiting her. I very quickly fell in love with the sensory of it as well as the exercise from it.
Polaroid photo of me in my first silks class
So, now that I'm back home in DC I need to find a good yoga studio to continue doing silks at. Google searching didn't work super well for me, so I turned to Lex (a queer community bulletin board platform) ...
Looking for a trans-friendly aerial silk studio. I took a private intro class while on a trip to my GF and I have GOT to keep going with it. Anyone do aerial and have suggestions?
Google Map of Silk Studios in the DMV
861 Washington Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21230
I can't find anything about policies on their site. However, I was told one of the aerial instructors are trans and disabled.
$200 for 8 weekly classes
The Dance Exchange, 7117 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912
Aerial Candy offers three class levels for silks: 1 to 3 with four instructors. They are also the only studio I've found that openly publishes their waiver and policies. It looks like the intro classes are six students each.
Intro classes are $38 each or $80 for a 3-pack. The other levels are $43 each or $124 for four.
317 Sunset Park Dr, Herndon, VA 20170
DivaFit has five silks instructors at the time of writing this. Classes are offered in three levels: Intro, Beginner, and Intermediate with classes being up to six people for Intro and Beginner, but eight for Intermediate.
Someone who took their pole and lyra classes called them "very trans-friendly".
$200 for 8 weekly classes (listed as a "Season Pass Membership")