Student of the Month

My very good friend Anja. She heard about Bumbershoot about 3 years ago and she was looking for someone who would go with her to try an aerial fitness class. I was feeling particularly adventurous at that time so I went with her ...... and it was love at first inversion!

Fabrics. I've been working on fabrics since the beginning, so it's the apparatus I now better. I like the lyra a lot but that hard and unbendable surface does not work too well with my nottoo-flexible joints! I recently started trapeze and slings and I love them.

Bumbershoot to me is like an imaginary land, when I'm here I am able to do things that I only imagined doing but that I NEVER, not even in a million years, thought I could actually do.

Sitting in a chair in front of my computer and flying home (a lot!) to see my family and my little nephew who I am madly in love with.

The crème caramel that my mom used to make, totally from scratch and totally delicious.

I would take Josh, my boyfriend who I first met when he was hanging upside down at Bumbershoot pointing his toes very gracefully. If I could take another person, I would take Meg because she is super cool and I love her.

First time I tried a 360: I was up there, all wrapped up in fabrics ready to do the jump, but I was too scared to let go... all my fellows classmates were cheering for me, Meg was there with her reassuring presence... but no, no way, I couldn't do it... Meg had to literally hold my hands and slowly take me down... a little embarrassing at the time I have to admit, but a sweet memory today. BTW, I eventually conquered the 360 jump and now is my everyday cup of tea!

To be curious, curious, and curious about everything that I don’t know yet. Not to be afraid to test my limits, and if my joints allow me, eventually go beyond them.