Just hanging out

ADULTS don’t do backflips often. Or sit on swings. Or hang upside down. But 20 years since I last swung off the playground monkey bars, I’m backflipping like a pro, beside six other free-flying, laughing adults in a Cork dance studio.

AntiGravity Yoga (AGY) is enjoying a surge in popularity, with nine centres established in Ireland in the past year.

Created by aerial choreographer and former gymnastics specialist, Christopher Harrison, AGY is a low-impact cardio workout blend of yoga, pilates, dance, gymnastics and calisthenics — all done while holding on to a suspended hammock.