I haven't been to Portland for this annual acro festival in 4 years. I was a tad nervous about coming back to it. Last time I was here I developed some bad mojo around the whole thing. It's always a complex thing as I want to be transparent about my life and what is happening but sometimes it seems I'm just full of venting and frustration.

Do you find that your acro successes sometimes come so easy it feels like there’s nothing you can’t do? While other times it seems that your plateaus are never-ending and that you’ll never truly get that move you’ve been wanting so badly.

I’ve been leading Friday night classes at Westside Acro for the last 6.5 years. During that time we’ve moved, trained, and sweated together as a community. When I started there were maybe 30 or 40 people in the community who were active in AcroYoga here in Los Angeles. Today there are well over 1,000. In ...

I’m repeatedly asked to keep everyone up to date on what is happening in my classes. So I started this email update to do just that. A few weeks ago at Westside Acro we shared a little flow we call “Leg Winder” Based on popular request here’s a link to the content from Friday January 18th.

Emily & Chris return once again to offer our particular take on movement and trust at the AcroLove Festival. This time we do strong flyer work.

Back once again with a renegade master! Westside Acro returns with an exploration of moving weight from here to there and then moving weight from there to here. And then later we will make triangles and pour weight into them as well.

Westside Acro's 4th Anniversary Bad Acro Mannequin Challenge presented to you by Brian Green, Neil Camaro, Brad Goldman, all the monkeys at Westside Acro and myself. So much fun!

A Clumsy Adventure 4 - Westside Acro Turns 4!

AcroYoga is back with Chris Filkins at Veda after a short holiday break. Please come!

AcroYoga with Chris Filkins “Begin the Begin” Thursday June 2, 2016 I periodically share my practice at Yoga Jaya in Burbank. David Adams is a long time friend and student of mine. In June of 2016 he formally opened a new space in Burbank which he named as Yoga Jaya and promptly brought AcroYoga into this ...