Sacred Sky Yoga

Apryl Uncapher

Sacred Sky Yoga is truly designed for all to experience greater joy and mobility in their body. I like to say we were born rocking & rolling, baby! In our mama’s womb. :) Utilizing a specialized therapy swing, we mimic the same primal flows that formed and forged our body at birth, awakening a deep cellular memory of Self before worldly trauma and pain. Explore ways to ease into new patterns of posture, mindset, and feelings. Experience a deeper embodiment of Self and move in ways to heal past injury and clarify the path to your dreams.

Originally trained in art + engineering at Purdue University in the Summer of 1999, I received a BS in Inventive Design Engineering and awards for my EPICS (Environmental Projects in Community Service) contributions to wetland design and filtration and organic farming irrigation research. In the Spring of 2013, after more than a decade of contributing to regulatory-pushing water infrastructure projects and active community building workshops training residents to harvest, conserve, and recycle stormwater, I found myself crying into the Earth at the lack of widespread motivation to value water with dynamic action. The Earth held me and shared this story - “People will only tend and care for the waters of my body when they understand and care for the waters of their own.” Fast forward to Fall of 2014 where I am co-hosting a Friendsgiving yoga dinner on Mt. Tam. Here I met Jen Healy, creator of the AYRx therapy swing, designed to heal injuries and stimulate regenerative memory throughout the body. As soon as I was moving in the AYRx swing, I felt the waters of my body move as the Earth has shown me water flows, awakening a deep cellular memory of primodial unfolding and gestational harmony, and ultimately, a clarity of Self. I heard the Earth’s story again and followed my intuition to receive an Aerial Yoga Play instructor certification in January 2015 and began exploring how to move, calibrate, and care for the waters inside the human body. After hundreds of hours and almost a hundred students later, I yearned to collaborate and test my theories on how my environmental studies of how water and light work together on the planet to stimulate “life” as we know it is a blueprint for how to bring the same life-forces into our own body by healing the water cycles (fluids) and light waves (nervous system) through similar movement patterns accessible in the aerial swing. In the Spring of 2023, I had the honor of learning about the nervous system of the body directly with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. Her wisdom is profound and inspired me to enroll at Bonnie’s School of Body-Mind-Centering. I am honored to be currently mentored by Mary Lou Seereiter, who was trained and has worked with Bonnie since the late 90’s as well as being trained in Authentic Movement. I hope you’ll come with me on this journey to explore a new way of understanding and accessing health in the body with this new field of Aerial Somatic Healing.

Nara

By the age of 11, Nara had already put in hundreds of hours of aerial play. She regularly attends youth classes offering assistance and guidance to her peers. She is instrumental in modeling advanced acrobatic flows and regularly shares self-discovered sequences. She helps create and choreograph aerial dances to uplifting songs for youth classes. It is my greatest joy to be her mama.

Reya

The littlest of my aerial loves, Reya brings curiosity and natural empathy into her aerial practice. Often excited to use me in creative and playful partner poses, I equally find her creating inspiring postures and transitions and naming them to evoke mindfulness and peace. She is a gentle and encouraging spirit and I am grateful for her presence and co-teaching in my classes. She enjoys helping choreograph aerial dances and works with her sister to ensure my class playlists are continually relevant! I count my blessings daily to be her mama.