AcroYoga : Croc Copter & Rubik’s Cube
Croc Copter & Rubik’s Cube Here’s the copy from the video: Is your practice challenging? Good. Then You are doing it right. I asked Ahni to fly. Croc Copter 8. It’s been many months. Since we last played. I wrote this with Ahni. Inspired by Lux, Chelsey, & Jason. A certain pivot of the hips. And our love of spinning. I asked Ahni to fly. Rubik’s Cube. I wrote this with Blair. It’s always fun! Thanks for flying Ahni! Always a pleasure. Ours is the most challenging & rewarding partnership yet.
AcroYoga : Acro Love Performs at Wanderlust
Acro Love Wanderlust Flow 2013 Chris Filkins & Ahni Radvanyi celebrate 2 years of their Acro Love partnership in this highlight reel from their acrobatic performances at Wanderlust 2013 in Lake Tahoe. Song is Laundry by Midwest Product. Cinematography by Marco Antonelli. Produced, directed, and edited by Chris Filkins. AcroYoga Partnership Tested This shoot high on the mountain at Squaw Valley for Wanderlust 2013 was an incredibly difficult AcroYoga shoot. The all are but this one a doozy. Our romantic relationship had ended in the weeks prior to this event. Both of us were quite sad and worn down at this point. Our performances went very well at the event. But when we went to shoot this and it was noone but us and Marco and a cold windy mountainside we were up against it for sure. We both felt we had an obligation to use our AcroYoga practice to help us through this difficult time. We believed our practice was more about communication than anything acrobatic. We had the intention from the beginning of our practice to live and act as though this stuff matters. Did our principles of communication actually mean anything? Does an AcroYoga practice actually help with communication? We strive to stress this “own your own shit” way of communicating with our students and as our romance unraveled it was sorely tested. The actual making of this video was a constant source of tension between us for months. The video came out pretty well. Perhaps the difficulties we went through helped to produce something of value. I think for both of us the video is a bit of a disappointment as parts of the act simply weren’t working. Either we couldn’t […]
Stripping Down the Mobius
Ahni & Chris are back in the studio at Laughing Frog Yoga this week. Thanks to all of the guest teachers and friends who have kept this jewel of a studio busy with acro over the last couple of months while Ahni went away to do her project followed by our last couple of weeks of projects at Lighting in a Bottle & Wanderlust. We have learned a lot on our travels and deepened our practice in ways which we hope will benefit the entire community. I, for one, took a very intense little master basing tutorial from Matt Giordano at Wanderlust which has been on my mind daily since. What I already knew but didn’t realize and what I learned will make me both a better base and a better guide for others in these skills. Big gratitude right now up in here! This week Ahni & I are going to lead the class in an exploration of Daniel Scott’s machine called “Mobius Strip”. Daniel uses this as one of his prime calibration exercises. In August Daniel will be coming to Laughing Frog to teach on a Friday night. Over the next few weeks we intend to make sure everyone knows about his upcoming classes here in LA and exploring Daniel’s “Mobius Strip” will be our first attempt at this. In this class we will cover inside stars, stars, koala pike press, back bird, and rotisserie and how to put it all together and give it tempo. By the end of class you should have a very clear understanding of how to do these poses, how to spot them, and stack the transitions. Everyone should come away with exercises to make their practices better […]
Stupid aka Whirlpool
Ahni Radvanyi & Chris Filkins are Acro Love. Over the next few weeks we intend to share many of the machines which we have written. This particular one is called “Stupid”. The move came out of turning the bases first foot backwards upon mount. It seemed a stupid thing to do to turn your foot over like that – hence the name! This is a very challenging machine after the rotation phase as the flyer has to twist very tightly to keep the weight aligned and allow for the base to remain stacked. If the base loses stack just before the mount back to goofy star the flyer will fall every time. Assuming we are not re-inventing the wheel we hope you like this and can learn from it. Someone may have done this particular move before while we thought we made it up ourselves. If you know of this machine with another name created by someone else please let us know. We are always looking to learn more. Ahni & Chris have a 2 year practice together in Venice/Santa Monica California. We teach and hold to a very progressive training regimen for acrobatic type yoga. In the traditional Acro Yoga sense of the world we focus on solar as we both adore momentum and momentum and more momentum. We teach regularly at Laughing Frog Yoga in Los Angeles and can often be seen training on the green at Original Muscle Beach. In October of 2013 we will be hosting a week long retreat in Costa Rica to share our love of this discipline, vegan food, intentionality, and being in the present. If you would like to learn more search for “Destination Recalibration” on the […]
Midsummer’s Night Frolic II
Ahni & Chris are away this week performing at Wanderlust so Tari Mannello & Miyoko Rifkin have agreed to step in and share their signature blend of spice and flair. Friday’s adventure will take you on a roller-coaster ride of movement, playfulness and exploration. This is Part II of a two part series that will thrill your creative side, and get your adrenaline pumping. Transitions and poses to include bow on feet to bow on hands, Mrs Lincoln, handheld navasana, and pendulum. Don’t know what all that is? Doesn’t it make you burn to find out? Come to our Midsummer’s Night Frolic, aka Intermediate AcroYoga class for all ages and levels and we’ll break it down for you elegantly. You can dress up or dress down and if you have someone in mind who you know can base you or fly you, bring that person with you, and all their friends too. At the end of class, before the jam, you can optionally showcase what you’ve learned to everyone with a little music or support those who do. Then it’s Jam Time for the next hour! Hurry! Offer good while supplies last, void where prohibited, must be 16 or older to play. Less Talk, More Acro. Side effects may include euphoria, bliss and uncontrollable bouts of happiness. Ask your Dr, if Acro is right for you before being treated by Tari and Miyoko. All rights reserved. Come! Bring water, a mat, and dance partner if you got em. But if you don’t it’s no problem. You can find a partner in class. Class is $15 for 1.5 hours of instruction followed by 1.5 hours of open jam. Come play! We hope you can come! 7:30PM […]
Arch Bishop aka Nunchuck
Ahni Radvanyi & Chris Filkins are Acro Love. Over the next few weeks we intend to share many of the machines which we have written. This particular one is called “Arch Bishop” due to the mood we were in the day we wrote it and the particular type of arch the flyer must hold during the back side transition. Chris originally envisioned this from within a reverse star pose. It wasn’t until pretty recently that we started mounting it from bird. This is a very challenging machine as the way that the weight is distributed behind the legs for the base is extremely difficult until you get used to it. The base should be prepared to put the big toe into the butt dimple of the flyer and essentially balance the flyer on the big toe for a split second. Also when coming out the other side the flyer is balanced completely on the base’s heel in a completely non-standard way. It is extremely fun because just as you feel like you will lose the flyer she suddenly rises up onto your heel in a most satisfying and surprising fashion. Assuming we are not re-inventing the wheel we hope you like this and can learn from it. Someone may have done this particular move before while we thought we made it up ourselves. If you know of this machine with another name created by someone else please let us know. We are always looking to learn more. Ahni & Chris have a 2 year practice together in Venice/Santa Monica California. We teach and hold to a very progressive training regimen for acrobatic type yoga. In the traditional Acro Yoga sense of the world we focus […]
Hollywood Blvd Acro Hoop
Today we filmed a sequence of our Acro Hoop flow on Bollywood Blvd. We did it right in front of Graumans. Such a fun time. At one point Darth Vader was caught on video watching us. I hope it turned out on video as wonderful as it seemed in person. Lots of fun can’t wait to see the results. We will post the video here when it is released.