Voler – Thieves of Flight

I just love Rachel and everything she provides. Fabulous instruction, great facility and location.

loved it.

I tried the beginner class with 2 girlfriends on a Saturday. We all bought Groupons, so it was a great deal for a new experience. We had a blast! The instructor was great and had amazing abilities with the silks. Beautiful to watch her and she made it appear effortless. In fact, though it requires quite a bit of effort. It was a great arm work out… we all felt it for the next few days. There were all ages at the beginners class. I think anyone could give it a try and be successful. Our class was all women and one guy, but I really think guys would enjoy it. Think of climbing the rope in PE class, but learning to do flips and other tricks.
Located in Strawberry Hill in a old church. Cool way to reuse an old building!

My best friend and I love checking things off our mutual bucket list including going on a cruise together (done!), indulging our inner graffiti artists (legally, of course), and… taking aerial acrobatics classes?
Thanks to Groupon, this was definitely the best $ 20 I’ve spent in a VERY long time. We signed up for two Saturday introductory classes and had no idea what to expect.
NOTE: Voler is located on the fourth floor of The Loft, located in the West Bottoms of downtown KC. For those who have never been there, this building is possibly one of the sketchiest places I’ve ever seen in my life, but… just take a deep breath, call Voler for the entry code (eek), muster up the courage to make it through the dilapidated, drafty lobby through the rusty doors, and walk all the way to the back of the dark, dusty warehouse to the huge freight elevator that looks like it’s out of a haunted house. You know, no big deal. But I promise (I promise!) it’s delightful once you get inside, with lights strung from the ceiling and eccentric art (probably from Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-​Art School… but that’s another story) everywhere!
These lessons turned out to be a true testament to how little upper body strength I have, and it definitely gave my core muscles a run for my money. For both lessons, we had a fantastic instructor who made it all look effortless but unfortunately, I can’t remember her name… :(We learned how to do foot locks and climb the ribbon, as well as do some beautiful/​photo-​worth/​exhausting poses. In the second lesson, we even learned to do a fall, which is possibly one of the most exhilarating/​frightening things I’ve ever done. Needless to say, I came out of each lesson completely exhausted (but the good kind of exhausted, of course.)
If only I still lived in Kansas City… I know I’d be here every week!

Rachel’s aerial classes have been more amazing than I even imagined. I’ve found more strength in myself than I knew I possessed, and after only a few weeks, I was building new muscle strength rapidly. My first free-​fall was ridiculously exhilarating, and I just can’t stop telling people that they HAVE to sign up for classes. I’ve even gotten coworkers to join me!
This is better than any gym membership I’ve ever had; the strength and flexibility I get each week is more fun and more effective than any ground-​based work I’ve done — and I just may be able to do the splits for the first time in my life before I’m done!!!
You HAVE to sign up for classes. (see? I just can’t stop)