Category: Unnata News

Michelle and Aerial Yoga a Good Fit for Verywell Fit Article

Did you know Michelle Dortignac, founder of Unnata^® Aerial Yoga, continues to be the leading expert on aerial yoga? On a regular basis, we here at aerialyoga.com get requests from news sources all over the world to contribute as the “industry expert” on all aspects of aerial yoga. And, Michelle is always happy to help educate and inspire.

Most recently, Michelle was invited by Verywell Fit to weigh in on topics such as: the benefits of aerial yoga, the pros and cons of aerial yoga at home vs. at a studio, what to look for in an aerial yoga studio and even how to begin an aerial yoga practice.

Here’s an excerpt from the article…

“At its core, an aerial yoga class guides you through the same types of yoga positions you experience in a traditional yoga class,” says Michelle Dortignac, founder of Unnata Aerial Yoga. “The difference being that the hammock offers support at key places, allowing you to spend more time in a position, and adjust your alignment.”

According to their website, Verywell Fit “uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles.” Seeing as our main mission for Unnata Aerial Yoga is to maintain high standards and high value, we support Verywell Fit’s mission and the general news industry as much as we can! Just like the yoga hammock supports the yoga student.

Want to know why alignment is so important for yoga? How about the pros and cons to aerial yoga at home vs. at a studio? Read the full article here.

Podcast: On and Off the Mat Interview with Michelle Dortignac

Hi Everyone!

Recently, Michelle was interviewed by Erika Belanger of the On and Off Your Mat podcasts. In this interview, Michelle dives deep into what brought her to aerial yoga, how it has changed over the years, as well as some benefits and safety precautions.
Here is a link to the podcast episode on Erika’s blog: Podcast Episode 9: Are you up for Aerial Yoga?

And you can listen to the episode here:

Michelle Dortignac and Unnata Yoga Featured in Yoga Journal

Michelle Dortignac and Unnata Yoga have been featured in TWO articles in this month’s edition (July/Aug 2015) of Yoga Journal magazine!

It’s so exciting to see how Aerial Yoga has grown to become a lasting and legitimate example of the many new faces of Traditional Yoga.

For almost 10 years now, Unnata Yoga has strived to remain a true Yoga class at its core — a class which incorporates the use of the silk aerial apparatus to expand and compliment the traditional floor practice.

In the FIRST article, entitled Learn to Fly with Aerial Yoga, Yoga Journal writer Karen Macklin explores the ways in which an Aerial Yoga practice such as Unnata Aerial Yoga can help practitioners “find more length 
in your spine and safe 
alignment 
in your poses” on the floor.

One of the most important points emphasized by our own Michelle Dortignac, is the way in which Aerial Yoga can support and inform your floor practice. “When a new student drapes over the hammock, in Down Dog, for example, gravity does the work for them,” she says. “The hammock helps with lengthening and creating internal space. Once we give students that feeling in the hammock, they’ll have the memory of what that was like, and take it with them to their floor practice.”

The SECOND article was written by Michelle Dortignac herself — especially for this edition of Yoga Journal magazine.

In The Aerial Yoga Sequence: 9 Poses to Defy Gravity, Michelle takes us through the process for warming up to, and preparing to get into the hip-opening One-Legged King Pigeon Pose.

This article also features Colorado-based Unnata Teacher, Raven Clemente, demonstrating Michelle’s 9-step sequence for warming up to, and getting into the One-Legged King Pigeon pose.

See full article, and all pictures here. »

(Photos for Yoga Journal by Joe Hancock)

Unnata Featured in Yoga Journal

Unnata Aerial Yoga was featured as one of New York City’s “classes to check out” in the May 2014 issue of Yoga Journal. What an honor!

Ours is one of only 2 classes selected for all of New York!

By the way, we also highly recommend the other featured class – Nite Sweats®, at friend-of-Unnata, Bikram Lower East Side.

Thanks Yoga Journal, for recognizing us both among the thousands of Yoga classes in NYC.