The book
Eight Limbs of Aerial Yoga
Adapting Practice for Accessibility, Neurodiversity, and Physical Support
Eight Limbs of Aerial Yoga: Adapting Practice for Accessibility, Neurodiversity and Physical Support reimagines what yoga can be, while honoring it’s roots.
Grounded in yoga philosophy and informed by trauma-aware practice, this book shows how aerial yoga can support people with diverse needs, including those with mobility challenges, anxiety, PTSD and body image challenges. Jo shares how the aerial hammock can support pregnancy, bigger bodies, older adults and neurodivergence.
This book combines evidence based research, lived experience sharing and insights from Jo's 20+ years of yoga teaching.
- Publisher
- Singing Dragon
- ISBN
- 9781805011897
250+ Photos, Sequencing Strategies and Real Life Inspiration
Eight Limbs of Aerial Yoga is filled with over 250 photographs of yoga postures to support your learning, and includes the latest research on the therapeutic applications of aerial yoga.
This is a book for teachers seeking to enhance their knowledge and better meet the needs of a wide range of students as well as home practitioners looking for the tools to be their own teacher.
From the foreword
"As teachers, we can choose to use aerial yoga as a way to do fancy tricks, or as Jo Stewart offers, to reach more people with love and support … I don't know if I've read any other yoga book that strives so earnestly to welcome everyone to the practice. It touches me deeply, and as you read it, I'm sure it will touch you as well.
There's a big heart here that is open and welcoming to all of us. It welcomes our differently shaped bodies, our neurodiverse minds, and the truth of our entire spirit. Yoga needs to be taught this way all the time. And my prayer is that all yoga teachers consider Jo's approach and how they can welcome us all to practise with such love, devotion, kindness and wide-open arms."
Jivana Heyman C-IAYT, E-RYT500, Author, Yoga Teacher, and Founder of Accessible Yoga
What people are saying
“Yoga offers us many doorways into awareness. In this thoughtful and inspiring book, Jo Stewart invites aerial yoga teachers to explore their practice through the timeless framework of the eight limbs, reminding us that yoga is not only about what we do with the body, but also about how we relate to ourselves, to others and to the world around us. A must read for aerial yoga teachers who wish to connect their practice with the deeper philosophy of yoga.”
“Eight Limbs of Aerial Yoga offers a thoughtful and well-researched exploration of aerial yoga as both a historical and contemporary practice. I was especially interested to learn about the use of fabric hammocks and ropes as supportive tools in South Asian traditions. The authors clearly articulate how aerial yoga can expand accessibility and inclusivity in yoga spaces, while also providing grounded, practical guidance on trauma-informed care. The book presents many creative and clinically relevant ideas that invite teachers and therapists to reconsider what support, stability, and adaptability can look like in practice.”
“This is a truly impressive book on aerial yoga, a subject I knew almost nothing about before reading through it. The book is not only very clearly written and comprehensive, but it helped me to understand the surprising number of benefits this form of yoga provides as well as how to make the practice accessible to a very wide range of people of all ages, body types, and physical condition.”
Where to buy
Signed copies are available at workshops and the Garden of Yoga studio.