On the second floor of a marketplace in New West, it felt very "granola." There were craft and florist shops and a store dedicated to tea. I was early as usual. (I'm always early). I had to sign myself in and fill out a waver basically agreeing that the school is not responsible if I was to plummet to the floor causing a slow and painful death. Needless to say, that never happened. I decided to get a tea while I was waiting for the class to start, thinking, "I'm fitting in already!" When the class finally started, there were about 6 of us there except myself and one other girl were the only beginners. The other four showed off their skills on the silk and it looked fantastic! Two of them were even doing a choreographed routine together. The silk was woven around their extremities like art as they decended from ceiling to floor. I was too shy to ask them how long they had been taking the classes. They were all in excellent shape. Us beginners were pulled aside to do beginner moves like stand on the knot and bounce. Then, our hunky, gay instructor taught us a few more moves, including one where we went upside down. This move was a big hit. We couldn't stop giggling. (I accidentally just wrote jiggling, which isn't totally false!) I was bringing out my inner child and thoroughly enjoying myself. It wasn't easy though! I was using muscles I didn't know I had! I found this out the next day of course. Trying to sit on the toilet the morning after was a chore to say the least.
This is the jiggle-giggle move I was talking about...
You can't really tell but I
am off the ground. We stayed low and pretty safe for the first class. Hopefully next week we'll get a little risky! The class was 1 hour long and literally only felt like 20 minutes. I had a great time. I'm back next Thursday, and the Thursday after that. I'm already thinking about signing up for more!
New Experience: Check!
Laughs: Check!
Tubular Rad Awesomeness: Check!
Aerial Silk: Check!
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