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Jo Stewart discusses how aerial yoga can help individuals feel safe in their bodies through trauma-informed practices and sensory tools.

Send us Fan Mail Aerial yoga can look like acrobatics, but what happens inside the hammock is often the opposite of performance: it’s regulation, relief, and finally feeling safe in your body. I sit down with Melbourne-based teacher Joe Stewart to talk about how aerial yoga supports trauma-informed practice and neurodiversity through simple, powerful sensory tools like cocooning, deep pressure, gentle rocking, and optional inversions. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed in a crowded studio, bored...

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Host: Sonia Krishna Chand

Guest: Jo Stewart

Topics covered

• aerial yoga
• trauma-informed practice
• neurodiversity
• sensory tools
• body safety

Keywords

• aerial yoga
• trauma
• neurodiversity
• sensory tools
• body safety
• cocooning
• deep pressure

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Organizations: Melbourne

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