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{Don’t miss the best picture of the day at the very bottom!}

How can your day not start out awesome when you are instructed to “park in the lot by the red elephants and yellow smile benches”?

Awesome, right?

And this is where it all gets even more supremely awesome. A few months back Meg, Shawnda and I bought LivingSocial deals for an epic sounding hour-and-a-half Aerial Arts Sampler Class at Aerial Arts of Rochester, a studio that specializes in circus arts! As if there was any doubt…RIGHT UP MY ALLEY.

I have been anxiously awaiting this class for weeks! We were so stinking excited!

After all the necessary precautions, waiver signings, safety briefings, proper stretching, and warnings of how sore we would be tomorrow and where (blah blah blah), we were divided into small groups to learn a few basic positions on the aerial silks, the hoops, and the yoga hammocks.

First up…

Aerial Silks

The Hoop

Yoga Hammocks

Clearly, this was just about the most fun class I have ever taken.

The silks were my favorite with the hoop coming in a close second. Fortunately, they offer classes in both (and as soon as I can afford to, I’m signing up!) And I totally saw a trapeze in there as well that I can’t wait to get my hands on!

Running away to join the circus…kind of a dream come true. I have a rather fond affinity for anything circus related.

They did, in fact, warn us that we would likely be quite sore in several spots.

They, apparently, weren’t kidding.

We were physically exhausted after class – I don’t think I’ve ever been so tired from a workout before! It took about 30 minutes for the motion sickness nauseous feeling to completely subside (turns out spinning upside down for extended lengths of time will really mess with your equilibrium until your body gets used to it). My arms felt like total jelly for the next two days, and I have some vicious victory bruises in all kinds of great locations! And I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in this.

Worth it?

Absolutely!

And now it’s time for my absolute favorite photo of the day….

{Graceful butterfly pose: Nailed it.}