by Kim Flinchum | Feb 17, 2021 | Instructor Journey
It is now the middle of February, and we are all well aware that it is winter in Wisconsin. The fresh snow outside my window is absolutely beautiful… but my goodness do I wish it would go away already! I miss being outside and not having my face hurt. At this...
by Kim Flinchum | Feb 10, 2021 | Instructor Journey
Today is my birthday. I used to LOVE birthdays, I would celebrate all month long. As I got older, something sneakily changed. For some reason getting older seemed to be a bad thing. As a woman it became normal to stop telling people my age, as if it were something to...
by Kim Flinchum | Jan 27, 2021 | Instructor Journey
At Aerial Dance we train on 4 different apparatus: Hoop, hammock, silks, and pole. We also offer specialty workshops with other apparatus like chair and heels (yes, I consider them an apparatus). Each one is unique and has its own special challenges. Each person...
by Kim Flinchum | Jan 20, 2021 | Instructor Journey
If you’ve never taken a Bendy Babe class, first of all you should because it’s amazing to stretch for an hour, but the conversations we have in that class are phenomenal. I love teaching bendy because you never know where the conversation is going to go....
by Kim Flinchum | Jan 6, 2021 | Instructor Journey
As an instructor, there is a lot more that goes on behind the scenes than most realize. The biggest thing is lesson planning – figuring out what we are going to do in a given class period. When I start planning, the first thing I do is look at who is enrolled in...