sling

Sling is Kelly's home base + primary apparatus. She founded MAYA as a sling-based studio and started all her coaches on progression-based Sling fitness drills. Sling can be the most easily accessible apparatus, which is why she calls it "the gateway drug to aerials." Students can give the Sling some, most, or all of their weight as they learn correct form and alignment.

Kelly is developing a Sling teaching manual from her teacher trainings at MAYA.

Sling Basics : our entry-level Sling class for students looking to start upper body and core strength training. An ever-changing parade of drills aimed to challenge a student's balance, core, grip and ability to hold their body weight off the ground, as well as beginner dance moves for a fun experience with lots of variety. Classes will be partly fitness moves, always customized by the coaches to the students' individual strength levels, and partly simple dance transitions, exposing students to the dance progressions they will learn in Sling 1. / ALL BEGINNERS MUST START IN THE BASICS LEVEL : See Sling 1 description for graduation process. // Classes will use a single-point nylon sling, hung at hip height.

Sling 1 : a hammock class for students progressing in their endurance & pose vocabulary, focused on geometry, technique and consistency. Class will focus on transitions, grip switches and inverting into a tuck. / Individual permission from the studio owner is REQUIRED to attend, based on completion of the Sling Basics curriculum, including the ability to perform a pull-over. (Coaches are looking for Basics students to become fluid in foundational entrances, exits and balance points in the hammock before moving to Sling 1, where they will transition to and from poses.) // Classes will use a single-point nylon sling, hung at waist height.

Sling 2 : an early-intermediate hammock class for students progressing in their strength, technique and fluidity. Class will focus on straddle inverts, straight arm hangs, climbs, longer sequences, and some drops toward the end of the curriculum. / Individual permission from the studio owner is REQUIRED to attend, based on completion of the entire Sling 1 curriculum. // Classes will use a single-point nylon sling, hung at waist or rib height.

Sling 3 : a late-intermediate hammock class for students progressing in their strength, technique, inverts, memorization, and retention of pathways. Class will focus on wraps + variations, attention to detail, individual thinking + memorization, and stacking moves. Toward the end, we will beginning training choreography skills and drilling dynamic movement. / Individual permission from the studio owner is REQUIRED to attend, based on completion of the entire Sling 2 curriculum.

Sling 4 : an early-advanced hammock class. More, higher + harder. / Individual permission from the studio owner is REQUIRED to attend, based on completion of the entire Sling 3 curriculum.