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Beginner to Certified: Your Complete Aerial Yoga Teacher Journey in India
Learn how to become a certified aerial yoga teacher in India. Step-by-step guide on training, safety, certification, cost, and career scope.

As an aerial yoga teacher for the last 10 years, I’ve seen how this practice transforms confidence, strength and healing. Here’s my two bits on how you can become certified Yoga Teacher in India.

Aerial yoga is one of the most exciting and empowering practices to grow right now. It blends the depth of yoga with the joy of movement, the support of the hammock, and the thrill of exploring new possibilities physically and mentally.

But here’s the truth: aerial yoga is not just “fun yoga in the air.”
To teach it safely and professionally, you need proper training, technique, safety knowledge and a recognised certification.

If you’ve been dreaming of becoming an aerial yoga teacher in India, this guide will walk you through everything you need to know—from your first class to getting certified and teaching confidently.

Aerial Yoga combines the grace of traditional yoga with the exhilarating freedom of suspended silk hammocks. It offers a dynamic and playful practice that challenges your strength, flexibility, and balance while allowing you to explore creative, gravity-defying postures.

The practice can be
- Strength-building and dynamic (aerial flow)
- Deeply restorative and calming (aerial yin / aerial restorative)
- Playful, empowering, and therapeutic
The hammock supports you in a way that helps improve:
- flexibility
- core strength
- balance and coordination
- body awareness
- spinal decompression
- confidence and fear release
Why Become a Certified Aerial Yoga Teacher?

The practice is playful but surely teaching it needs good foundations and skills.A certification ensure deeper understanding-
- Teaching safely, responsibly & confidently
- Better alignments & contraindications
- Learn safe rigging of the hammock & height adjustments
- Creative sequencing to teach different levels of students
- Build credibility with studios, hosting retreats & workshops
Can You Teach Aerial Yoga Without Certification?

Technically, anyone can teach anything, but aerial yoga involves equipment, rigging, and inversions, which means higher risk if taught incorrectly.

Teaching without a training can lead to-
- Poor alignment, techniques & transitions
- Unsafe rigging or adjustments
- Injuries of neck, shoulders & spine
- Students feeling scared, unsupported, overwhelmed or lack confidence
If you want to build a long-term career in teaching Aerial yoga, a certification is the safest & wisest path to choose.

In Aerial Yoga You don’t need to be perfect you just need to show up and keep up with a safe practice. It’s not talent but consistency that matters in the long run.

Step-by-Step Guide To Become An Aerial Yoga Teacher?
- Step 1 – Start Practice Of Aerial Yoga Regularly
In Aerial Yoga you don’t need to be perfect you just need to show up and keep up with a safe practice. It’s not talent but consistency that matters in the long run. Try and take up a few classes before you decide to take up an Aerial yoga teacher training course. It will give you an idea of how the cloth feels around the body, learning to trust the hammock more, basic transitions & how you respond to inversions & supported movements.
- Step 2 – Build Foundations Of Movement
Aerial Yoga Teacher Training Programs welcome Yoga practitioners, yoga teachers, dancers, fitness instructors, movement enthusiasts & even an absolute beginner with a strong interest. For yoga teachers with a 200 or/& 300 Hour Teacher certification could be helpful but not necessary for taking up an Aerial Yoga Teacher Training. What is the most important is that you learn alignment, safety principles, breathing awareness and teaching methodology.
- Step 3 – Choosing The Right School For Certification
A course needs to be structured, safe & supportive. A good course should have the below parameters –
- Aerial Foundations & Fundamentals like grips, wraps, transitions
- Safety Considerations & Contraindications
- Teaching Methodology – How to cue safely or assist students
- Learning from experienced teachers will make your journey learning easy
- Taught with heart and a supportive environment
- Learn to Sequence from beginner to advance level flows
- Anatomy Basics of aerial practice-spinal safety, core engagement, shoulder stability, injury prevention
- Teaching Inversions & progressions safely
- Teaching practice & Feedback
- Clear certification criteria
- YACEP: Yoga Alliance Continued Education Program Certification adds credibility for existing Yoga Alliance Registered teachers. This means your training is conducted as per international standards set by Yoga Alliance.
- Aerial Yin / Restorative flows are optional but powerful – slow practices in this fast world helps in regulating nervous system, emotions and promotes gentle healing
Remember just because a course promotion on instagram videos looks advanced isn’t necessarily the best to choose. Safety considerations and a supportive environment of a school is crucial to keep in mind.
- Step 4- Get Certified
Go ahead and pick a school to learn with after all the above considerations. A chat with the teachers or a class at the school can give you a better background of the school you are considering. Once decided, go ahead and enroll for the training. A great training should leave you feeling: educated, empowered, grounded & ready to guide others
- Step 5 – Prioritize Safe Rigging & Safety Basics
Since Aerial yoga is based on equipment it’s important to train with certified equipment. A good program will teach you- proper installation of the hammock, the knots and safety knots for the silk, cloth maintenance, clear spaces around the hammock, adjustments in height of the cloth as per the type of class planned (high flows vs low flows), how to adapt poses for different level of students and most importantly when to avoid inversion or certain poses.
- Step 6 – Practice & Start Teaching
Followed by the training it’s crucial you start sharing your Aerial journey with a few students or friends. This is a big shift from ‘doing’ to ‘teaching’. It gives you more hands-on experience and becomes your training ground. You will learn-
- How to guide beginners
- How to cue calmly and confidently
- How to adapt to all levels of students gradually
- Managing multiple levels and group classes safely
- Understand finer nuances of aerial yoga through teaching
- Create more balanced and flowing classes with time
- Develop empathy and compassion for students at early levels of learning
Once your confidence has gone up after a few successful & safe teaching classes you can start teaching in studios, retreats, workshops, private sessions. Every class will teach you something and level up your confidence.

Few questions about the Aerial Teacher Training courses offered in India –
- How Long Does it Take to Become Certified?
This depends on the training format:
- Intensive format: 7–14 days
- Weekend format: 4–8 weekends
- Deep learning format: 1–3 months with practice sessions
The best teachers are not the fastest—they’re the ones who train well and teach safely.
- How Much Does Aerial Yoga Teacher Training Cost in India?
Aerial yoga TTC fees in India can vary based on:
- course hours (50 / 85 / 100+)
- teacher experience
- studio facilities + hammock quality
- whether accommodation is included
- location (Goa, Rishikesh, Mumbai, Bangalore etc.)
Instead of only looking for the cheapest course, focus on value:
✔ safety education
✔ teaching practice
✔ support after certification
✔ structured learning outcomes

Final Thoughts: Your Aerial Teacher Journey Starts Here

Becoming a certified aerial yoga teacher is not just about learning poses. It’s about learning how to guide others with safety, confidence, and care. If aerial yoga lights you up, trust that feeling. Train well. Practice consistently. Teach responsibly.
And most importantly, enjoy the journey of becoming the teacher you once needed.

Ready to Become a Certified Aerial Yoga Teacher?
- If you’re looking for an aerial teacher training experience that is:
- Structured
- Safety-focused
- Beginner-friendly
- Deeply supportive
- Taught with heart and real teaching methodology
You’re welcome to train with us at Om Studio Agonda
Message us to know the next training dates and course details.
January 23, 2026
My Story

Happy 10 to Mama & Me.

On 3rd September 2023 we completed 10 years of our liver transplant surgery.

Reason for the surgery

Well the story begins with my birth in 1987. With my Mama’s doctor having fractured her hand her junior had to assist in the C section delivery & had to stitch her back. Unfortunately just two weeks after my birth my Mama’s stitches opened up and she had a lot of blood loss. To compensate for this she was given two bottles of blood from the blood bank. Back in 1987, the medical industry in India was still evolving and blood banks didn’t check the blood for particular viruses namely Hepatitis C. This led to the virus entering my Mama’s body and then started the tumultuous journey of hospitals, doctors, treatments and so on.

Mama’s Strengths

My devout father and the entire family stood rock solid by her side making it possible for her to go through this journey with a bit more ease and strength. She has always been known for her unwavering will power and grit, all of which mounted to her successfully battling her health situation along with the love of her family. Also our angel in disguise Dr.Vinay Thorat, a specialist of gastrointestinal guided us at every step. She would have up days and down days on the health front yet she marched on like a soldier.

My Journey Begins

Life went on, in 2009 as I started learning paragliding I came across a lot of friends into the practice of yoga and inspired me to start my yoga journey. Like they say when you are ready to walk the path the Guru appears, Anadini Jorwekar, lovingly called Aunty came into my life. A Yoga practitioner herself and disciple of Iyengar Guruji since the 90’s, my Aunty has been my guiding light, my teacher, my pillar of strength, my grandmother and a constant cheerleader. She saw the diamond in coal, she saw in me what nobody else, not even I could see then. A kind hearted soul and always sharing straight from her heart, her teachings of the physical asana practice to life lessons to just being a kind person have shaped and influenced me in a big way.

The Big Jolt

Cut to 2nd February 2013, my niece and nephew were born. As we all celebrated the birth of the angel twins in our family my mother’s health seemed to be deteriorating with her hemoglobin & albumin levels dropping to all time low. We rushed to get all the tests our doctor recommended including CT/ MRI. I clearly remember this day, we all family members were shuffling between hospital, work and caring for my Mama at home. I got a call to collect Mama’s reports and meet the doctor. As everyone was tied up at that moment I went ahead by myself. The doctor went through the reports and he immediately let me know that the virus had affected the liver entirely, lesions were forming and that she needed a liver transplant at the earliest. He called it the ‘golden window’ the cancer had not spread beyond the liver. Before it spread into the other organs we had to nip it at the but.

Walking The Path

In that moment a voice very clearly and precisely guided me towards walking on the path of my dharma.Without a second thought I told the doctor I will be donating my liver and we would be able to make use of the ‘golden window’.

Oh well back then the concept of Dharma didn’t even register while making the decision. It was all about doing the right thing at the right time and standing by my family. Well my family had their concerns with me donating as I was all of 25, which they saw as a hindrance in my future life whereas I saw it as my strength to heal and bounce back quicker. After much debate within the family and looking for alternatives, finally without further delay we all family members arrived on the same page. With everyone’s might and support our family came together and marched as one unit to make this mission a success.

Successful Surgery

On September 3rd 2013, we both went under the knife under the expert hands of Dr.Rela and his team at Global Hospital, Chennai. Time slowed down outside the OT for all the family, friends and well wishers but by the end of the day the doctors had successfully completed our liver transplant. The postoperative care was intense for both and the healing took both of us close to a year.

Living With Gratitude

Today as I look back, ten years have flown by in a giffy with everyone’s blessing and that infinite universal energy always guiding. Both Mama and I are doing well and carry on with our day to day lives with all its ups and downs but always knowing we have each other’s back at all times. Such is the power of love with a good mix of will power and a lot of science and technology to make it possible.

The Inner Journey Begins

My yoga practice from 2009 to 2013 helped me to be physically fit and mentally strong to go through the surgery. But honestly, I feel in 2014, a year after the surgery when I stepped on the yoga mat under the guidance of my Guru was the time my yoga journey truly began, my journey to healing, living life on my terms and the magic of manifestation began.

June 28, 2025