Eight Limbs of Aerial 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. – Amy Wheeler, PhD Chair, Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda Notre Dame of Maryland University
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. – Nina Zolotow, author of Yoga for Times of Change and co-author of Yoga for Healthy Aging
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. – Dr Lauren Tober, Clinical Psychologist, Yoga Teacher, Author of Mental Health Aware Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers, and founder of the Yoga Psychology Institute.

Jo Stewart’s creative approach adapts to each practitioners individual needs, with a focus on body positivity, self compassion and inclusivity. She is excited to share the whole spectrum of yogic experience - from supportive and playful movement in the aerial hammock, to calm meditation in the quiet of a yin style practice.

Jo has been teaching since 2005 and is the founder of Garden of Yoga, where she teaches Aerial Yoga, Pilates and Yin Yoga classes. She also co-hosts The Flow Artists Podcast with Rane Bowen. She is passionate about making movement accessible to everyone especially marginalised communities, and has taught free community classes with the Get Active in Darebin program since 2016. She is also one of Australia’s most experienced Aerial Yoga teachers in Australia, completing the first teacher training here with Antigravity creator Christopher Harrison in 2011 as well as advanced aerial yoga and Aerial Yoga Therapeutics certification with Renae Stevens in 2022. She lives in Melbourne.

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