Upside Down Yoga Popularity Is Skyrocketing In Australia
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Vampires, chandeliers and the pop queen Pink have been the inspirations for an unusual airborne workout that revolves around a hammock hanging from the ceiling.
This type of suspended exercise arrived in Australia about five years ago, and practitioners say its popularity down under is skyrocketing.
The signature open hammock pose is known as the Vampire, while the Chandelier was created for the singer Pink to use in her live shows.
Bonafé loosened up the participants in the Sunday morning class that I visited by encouraging them to picture the singer P!nk at the 2010 Grammy Awards, flying in the air on a white silk hammock while singing “Glitter in the Air.”
“Put that image in your head,” she said with a big smile.
She also reassured participants that the hammocks hung from the ceiling would hold them, stating that the 9-by-12-foot piece of fabric would hold up to 1,000 pounds and the rigging would hold up to 2,000.
Australia doing too much 
