Cher Albrecht

I’ve been playing with this combo lately.
I originally saw this from (on insta) .b.lovin.aerial & she posted it was from .aerialista
So thanks ladies for the inspo. It’s freezing right now in Canberra, so my layers got caught a few times, ha. I love seeing where things can go if you just play. 💃🏼

Look ma I’m flying. 🤣 A little combo I’ve been playing with for my int/adv classes. I love dorking out with alternate entrances to classic moves. 😁👊🏼

Had fun being a student again. Thanks for the great class & for the inspo & sequence.

It took my mind off my moving woes just long enough! I’m pretty sure I had a good 5 minutes where I wasn’t thinking about bank loans, interest rates & cardboard boxes. 🤩🙃

For class recently I’ve been revisiting this little ditty from a few years ago now, twisty footlocks - now idea where they originated, and added a new move, the crossback splits, that I saw from . Starting to get my silks feelers back after many months off due to lockdown.

Music: Firestone, Kygo, featuring Conrad Sewell. 2014 Ultra label.
It was playing on the radio, so I went with it. 🤩

Trying to build up my forearm pain endurance again after 2 months in lockdown. After only a few tries, pain sets in… bruises are already surfacing.😩Only one way to as I’ve learned from . 💞👊🏼

Yep, I meant to do that. 🤣😂

Great thing about lockdown is having plenty of time to go through thousands of videos. These are the cuts you don’t see… that didn’t go as planned, my legs aren’t straight, the angle isn’t right, I’m stuck, I’m acting like a cat😻, I messed up & just went with it…. but of course can’t recreate the darn thing.🤣

Sometimes it takes forever to get unstuck, or regroup, so I left those uncomfortable moments too… because it’s not always pretty. 😬🤸🏼

A wise friend once told me, if I do something I’ve got to love it all, when things go well, when things go wrong, and when you just can’t get a damn wave. (It was about surfing but I’ve used it for everything now in life. Thank you Danny Downey. 💞)

4 weeks ago today, I had planned to teach this routine to my Thur adv class. I practiced it Tues & was going to clean it up a bit before class that day. But around now, 11am’ish, I got a phone call saying we are likely going into lockdown. Instead of thinking about my class plan, I began scrambling to make sure all was in order before a lockdown was in place. Since mid-July last year we were pretty much running classes as per normal, somehow escaping the pandemic that was shutting down every where else world wide. It finally caught up that day, and not only did Delta hit Canberra, it got my step kids as well. They’ve recovered, and us Ken Behrens are still hunkered down, waiting for life to return back to normal.

Everything’s more fun with kitties!🐈 Got in a little outside sesh yesterday. Making the best of lockdown & practicing some ground skills that I don’t spend enough time on. 🤸🏼👊🏼

Lockdown in Darwin… making the best of it. 😁 It’s 33 celsius (91 for US at peeps) and I’m pretty much in heaven.
I thrive in the heat☀️💥☄️…
bring it on!

If it fits, I splits…. slow-mo style. 😁

New skill I’m working on... no handed headstand.😳 I’m getting there, baby steps. It def feels closer to doable than not! 👏🏼
Check back in a few months to see how I’m progressing. 😁

Watching UFC 261 was so crazy, I ended up leaping through my living room. Love the slow-mo highlights of the last fight. 🤣 Usman is badass, as well as Thug Rose & Valentina! 👊🏼

I was wondering if I could still do a split leap, and surprisingly, turns out I can... in my living room even! I can hear a parents voice now telling me to stop dancing around in the house! 😁💃🏼

There’s so much that makes me laugh in this vid... the leap, the quirky decor, that the UFC is on behind my graceful leap.🤷🏼‍♀️

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."
- George Bernard Shaw

3 Way Thursday! Double footlocks.

Does anyone have double footlock dread? You want to make them even, but each time one is lower or higher than the other.

This is how to get your figure 8 footlocks even each time!

In sample 1, I start from a figure 8 footlock on the ground.
In sample 2, I start on the fabric from a climb & do a figure 8 footlock in the air.
These two have the same technique, one is just off the ground, so it can seem tricker to steady yourself. They both rely on the length of your arm to given you even footlocks.
In sample 3, I’m starting my 2nd wrap from a squat. This is harder for most to master, but it is just the length of your leg that does all the work.

Give it a try & see how you go. I’d love to see how people are progressing, my students included.

I’m loving this combo discovered in class tonight. I picked a few moves to teach that wouldn’t involve a foot lock since I recently injured my foot (dropped a 15 kg weight on in, boo), and this combo magically came together. We’ll be doing it again next Tues night & possibly on Thur. Come & give it a try. 👊🏼

One of those days where I tried to video the moves & it never quite came out right. I was never turned to the camera at the right time, I do a foot claw, am fiddly with the silks, I forgot to take the wrap off my belly, ahhhhhh! Never ending fails, but it’s a WIP, and a combo I came up with for class tonight & sorted out an hr before. We’ll be working on this the next few weeks, so if it looks interesting & you’re in Canberra, come & give it a go. Thur at 5.30p .

Working on a little combo for my silk class. You’ll see this or something similar in Thur night silks class. It’s a legging eating combo turns out.🤣😂 Loose legging students beware. I’m bummed when a fav pair of leggings get too stretched out & get caught on the silks. Might have to retire these soon, meh. Can you tell where it caught? 🤷🏼‍♀️

A sneak peak of a little project I’ve been working on with . I highly recommend one of their online hammock/sling classes if you have a place to practice.

Turn in March 12 (US 6p & 8p MST) or March 13 (Aus 12p & 2p), to see the full performance as part of the Phoenix Rising Aerial Show. Tickets can be purchased from www.aerialworkscastlerock.com - click the “get tickets” tab.

See you in the air! 💞💃🏼

We discovered one of Justin’s long lost talents... slip n slide acrobatics. 😂🕺🏼

Fun times had by all, even the dog! Thanks Gaz & Nik for another fun slip n slide weekend at the farm. Til next year!👊🏼🍻

Playing with a little combo for a friend, who will be soaring to new heights trying the silks out himself for the first time ever! I’ll be gentle... I promise. 😁