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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 WELCOME to new subscribers
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📣 NEW ONLINE MASTERCLASS Back Balance is a B****! (yes i said what i said) Sunday 22 June
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🪽 Missed the REVIVAL summit? You can still sign up for lifelong access to ALL the content before Friday 13 June
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​🌻 1:1 ONLINE COACHING OPTIONS my current coaching cycle ends this month, but you can join the waitlist for Sept​

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CROESO 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 WELCOME

First off, I want to send a very warm welcome to the influx of new subscribers who've joined since the REVIVAL summit this past weekend. It's good to have you here!
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​What should you expect from being on this list?! Well I'll be honest, as most of my long term subscribers know, I am not consistent on the emailing front. I have little bursts of activity when I need to let you know I'm offering a thing (because... making a living). And always with plenty of large 'opt out of emails for this particular thing' buttons.
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So I won't bombard your inbox over-much! That being said, if you LIKE my musings and want to suggest topics you'd like to hear more about, just hit reply to email me...
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You can also read more about me, my background in coaching, inclusive practice and performance here. ​

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​Back balance is a b****! ​
Online masterclass • Sunday 22 June • $39

(Yes the recording is available!)

This is the last deep dive masterclass of my current coaching cycle and I'm tackling one of the classic nemesis skills head on!
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I'm talking specifically about back balance on rope or silks (or side back balance on sling) which, on a vertical pole, is really more of a sideways lean or drape against the apparatus in a (very roughly) horizontal line. [Spoiler alert: back balance can and should look different on different bodies and that is ABSOLUTELY OK]​
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YES, I KNOW there are folks out there who can magically nail a back balance in their very first aerial lesson and whip it out consistently for the rest of time (wtaf?) but for - a SURPRISING - number of aerialists (me most definitely included) this skill just SUCKSSSSSS no matter how badass we become in the rest of our practice.
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One of the things I LOVE about the nemesis skills that it's taken me a long time to achieve is that I end up with a HUGE TOOLKIT of drills that I've tried and tested from a range of different sources. This masterclass is where I'm going to share ALL the things that have helped me - and many of the students I've worked with - find a back balance that WORKS FOR OUR OWN BODIES. AND I'll also be covering wrapped alternatives for the same aesthetic without the struggle bus, and some sequencing that doesn’t require a static hold!
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If you loved my Scorpionally challenged! masterclass, this is the equivalent for back balance (I just couldn't make 'back balancedly challenge' work as a title 🤣).

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​Who is it for?

🙋‍♀️ Aerialists (rope/silks) or sling artists who are struggling with back balance full stop, or maybe with back balance consistency; or who’d like to play with some wrapped alternatives and sequencing through this position.
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🙋‍♀️ Coaches - perhaps especially if you CAN back balance easily - who’d like to know more about this skill from the perspective of those of us on the struggle bus - or who are just looking for some cues or inspiration for anyone who seems stuck; perhaps we can also crowd-source suggestions too!

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If you missed it, the Circus Mobility Revival summit was a jam-packed 3 days of presentations from 30+ speakers: some of the coaches and practitioners I most admire from the aerial, strength and mobility world that ran across last weekend.

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BUT if it flew right over your head, you can still get lifetime access to all the presentations PLUS an incredible goodie bag of knowledge - including Jessica John's own Shoulders You Can Trust Masterclass & Training Plan (honestly I CANNOT recommend this highly enough it has SAVED my shoulders), to Patreon membership access (sling folks this includes Gabby Brody's patreon!) and MORE.
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Finally, some folks have been asking me about 1:1 online coaching availability. I coach in cycles (spring/summer and autumn/winter) to give me time to focus on my own practice in between. The next coaching cycle starts in September and I'm working on developing some different entry points/packages. But if you're even the teeniest bit interested in working with me 1:1, you can...

Being on the interest/wait list does not commit you to anything - it just means you're the first to hear about when my coaching opens up AND the only way to get the early bird discounts!