The Expecting Aerialist

Aaron grills me this time on the trends I’m seeing with my guests. We discuss the how pregnancy creates or increases an anterior pelvic tilt, how shoulder participation in inversions can pick up the slack while the core is recovering and how using functional movement principles can help mom’s prevent injury when picking up a toy while holding a toddler or constantly breast feeding. Find him @circk...

Who doesn’t need a circus podcast crossover? Aaron’s the host of CircSi, coach and more. We nerd out on weight training for pregnant people and about pelvic floor health for every human. He feels like a brother from another mother. This is part one of our conversation. Find him @circkoz Listen to our crossover episode on CircSi Podcast  Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It...

When nothing really goes as planned and you also have Rheumatoid arthritis to manage. Brittney is back to give us a postpartum update. She ended up with a a horrible cold the last month of her pregnancy, an unexpected C-section, trouble with breast feeding and a big RA flareup. Find her @ra_aerialist   Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out Registration Order your copy, e...

She shattered her ankle and broke the tibia coming down into the mat at the wrong angle while practicing. Lucy is currently a few months past her surgery and just beginning weight bearing exercise. We talk about both our injuries and the painstaking process back to health. Find her @aerialucy   Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out Registration Order your copy, ebook or...

At one point, she owned five studios, four yoga and one aerial studio. Annika currently has two yoga in Sydney, AUS and tells us how she does it all with two kids under 5. Find her @ninyoga_   Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out Registration Order your copy, ebook or audio book of UNDERSTANDING AERIAL SILKS on Amazon Reach me on Instagram @kerrywee1 Greener Grass Podca...

She owns a pilates studio in Southern California, is a mom of two and a dancer. We talk about perinatal Pilates, a day in her busy life and geek out on her pilates equipment. Find her @Ilovemypilates   Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out Registration Order your copy, ebook or audio book of UNDERSTANDING AERIAL SILKS on Amazon Reach me on Instagram @kerrywee1 Greener Gr...

She’s the mom of four, a pilates trainer and co-owner of Aerium in San Antonio, TX. We discuss how they started a studio in the pandemic, how she balances everything plus homeschooling her seven year old daughter. Find her @the.aerial.ninja   Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out Registration Order your copy, ebook or audio book of UNDERSTANDING AERIAL SILKS on Amazon Re...

She’s a registered dietitian and endo-warrior with a speciality in endometriosis and all the ways it affects women including with fertility issues. Find her @endo.fertility.dietitian   Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out Registration Order your copy, ebook or audio book of UNDERSTANDING AERIAL SILKS on Amazon Reach me on Instagram @kerrywee1 Greener Grass Podcast HERE...

She’s an Austin-based trapeze specialist who’s created her own circus company, Cirque Vida. She’s a former Cirque du Soleil performer and is currently three months postpartum with her second child and gives us a debrief on her experience. Find her @circus_xochitl_   Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out Registration Order your copy, ebook or audio book of UNDERSTANDING A...

Her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer at 41 so Trista started to get screened via mammograms, ultrasound and MRI as early as 21. After years of screening and taking a hard look at her risk factors, Trista opted for an elective double mastectomy followed by reconstruction. Find her @tristabelakila   Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out Registration Order your copy, eb...

She’s a straps aerialist in Phoenix, AZ who also suffers from polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). It took five cycles of ovulation medication and a year and a half to get pregnant. Crissy is currently in her third trimester, continuing to coach her students and also just starting a home renovation. Find her @crissyscurious   Silks Level 1 Teacher Training starts April 1, 2024 Early Bird Registrati...

She was diagnosed with gestational hypertension at 37 weeks. Heather was induced unsuccessfully in the hospital for three days only to get sent home. On the second try, she ended up with an unplanned C-section due to the baby’s heart rate dropping. Heather trained until her 3rd trimester and talks about coming back to her practice. Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out R...

Nicole Harvey is back to talk about Crohn’s disease which she’s suffered from since age 19. She’s been through a roller coaster of flares while also giving birth to her three girls since then. Nicole is now in remission and we discuss how anxiety plays a role, how she navigates vacations and how it affects her training.   Silks Level 1 Teacher Training starts April 1, 2024   Subscribe to the Blog...

She’s a trapeze specialist who became pregnant at the height of her aerial strength. Kalina wanted a home birth free of interventions but after 36 hours, she was still at 6 cm. We talk about traumatic birth and recovery from C-section. Find her @kalinasuter   Silks Level 1 Teacher Training starts April 1, 2024   Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out Registration Order yo...

What do you do when you get your baby home and they refuse to sleep in the way that all the books and doctors say they should - facing up, swaddled & alone in their bassinet. It’s a good question that doesn’t have a good answer. SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is something that all new parents this day and age are very aware of and there’s not a lot of assistance for parents of infants who...

She and her husband are Duo Rose Trapeze in the Chicago-area. Sylvie’s second baby boy is just three months old and she experienced a fast progressing labor with both pregnancies. She’s already performed eight weeks postpartum and we talk about her ongoing process back to her trapeze. Find her @duorosetrapeze   Silks Level 1 Teacher Training starts April 1, 2024 Early Bird Registration starts Feb...

She created a pop up circus show last fall in Los Angeles and walks me through, how she did it, the challenges and her next steps. Sarah’s a dancer and aerialist who realized that her heart was really on the other side making and producing the show. Her company is Madmann’s Playground and she’s also involved in operating the Toledo Show, a long running LA-based cabaret and Sweven, an erotic perfor...

She trained until 40 weeks in her pregnancy and experienced online bullying about her prenatal aerial posts. Natalie owns Skylab Aerial Studio in Ho Chi Minh City. We chat about the challenges of opening an aerial studio in her part of the world. Find her @nataliengochoang and @sky_lab_aerial   Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out Registration Order your copy, ebook or...

She’s also a yogi, social media manager and a toddler mama in Jacksonville Beach FL. Kylie had her rainbow baby in a 24 hour home birth and we discuss exactly how it felt and how her training came into play. She struggled with DMER - Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex which is characterized by a wave of negative or even devastating emotion just prior to letdown. Read more at d-mer.org Find Kylie @inth...

Buffy was happily hypermobile in the air but when she got pregnant, all the shit hit the fan. She suffered from perinatal carpel tunnel, preclampsia and the feeling that her bones were getting peeled apart as her pregnancy progressed. Find her @missb.haze Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out Registration Order your copy, ebook or audio book of UNDERSTANDING AERIAL SILKS...

She’s the busy mom of three girls and decided to take her first aerial class six months ago after watching her kiddos in class. Nicole takes us through her everyday life and how aerial helps her physical and mental health. Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out Registration Order your copy, ebook or audio book of UNDERSTANDING AERIAL SILKS on Amazon Reach me on Instagram...

She’s is 21 now, a toddler mama and two years into her aerial practice. In utero, Nirvana had gut issues that the doctors weren’t able to diagnose. Following the birth, Melody found herself in a stressful situation until they finally diagnosed malrotated intestines. She talks about being a young mom and her budding aerial practice. Find her @melodyrrose Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Arou...

Because we can’t get enough of Dr. Janae Davis, the Queen of Gynecology and the resident doctor of Greener Grass and The Expecting Aerialist podcasts. This episode is all about how we can have better sex. Dr. Janae educates us on everything from what is healthy vs. dysfunctional sex, what changes happen in women going thru perimenopause and menopause and answers the questions that we’ve never had...

He’s a choreographer & aerialist and has created a new dating app “Red Flags” that is now in its beta-testing phase. We discuss his motivation for this new venture,  about his career in dance, circus and education and all the directions that he’s gone in professionally. Find him @noahdach and @redflags_official Get Red Flags app in Beta-testing HERE Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Arou...

She gained 50 lbs in pregnancy which caused carpel tunnel in her pregnancy. Hallie Jane paused her aerial practice because of swelling & intense pain in her hands, wrists and arms. We talk about her feeding her now picky 9yr old and how a postpartum anterior pelvic tilt can contribute to what is commonly called mama pooch. Hallie Jane now owns Aerial Butterflies, a performance booking company...