Dollamur is very proud to be able to offer supportive sport surfaces for a wide variety of sports and activities. Our Yoga and Pilates products rarely get the coverage they deserve but at The Aerial Studio they are showing off their yoga flooring proud and strong!
Owner, Carmen Curtis, took time to chat with our team and let us know more about their location, team, Dollamur experience and even a bit about their year dealing with COVID-19. Read on to learn more!
How The Aerial Studio came to be
My husband and I opened The Aerial Studio in Ventura, California about 10 years ago. We were both professional athletes and cirque performers and wanted to create a space to teach and share our passion for aerial performance and fitness. We offer aerial arts classes for all ages and levels, including AIReal Yoga™.
For us it was important to be able to include the entire family - as we have two kids. Integrating performance, wellness and fitness into our communities’ lives in a fun way to help keep us healthy mentally and physically was a top priority. The Aerial Studio is a non-competitive space to have fun, get fit and perform together, not against one another. AIReal Yoga™ helps to make yoga and aerial accessible to everybody, making the impossible, possible and the unattainable, attainable. Yoga was a way to heal my body from extreme sport as a young professional athlete and I wanted to help share this with others. Using the Hammock to hold you and support you, allows everybody to be able to practice yoga and aerial safely.
How Aerial Came to Choose Dollamur
About five years ago we had a flood at our studio and had to redo all of the flooring. We chose the Dollamur foam flooring that looks like hardwood floors with some extra cushioning. It’s absolutely beautiful and our clients love it. We love it because it adds a little bit of padding, when doing yoga on your knees or laying down it’s nice to have just a little bit of padding, yet it’s not too squishy and it’s still supportive. In the studio where we have our Dollamur flooring, it’s actually a multi-use space, so we use it for dance and AIReal Yoga™ and when we have performances at the studio it turns into the hair and make-up room. Super durable and it’s great for every occasion.
We had a great experience with Dollamur! When we were first interested in purchasing, the customer service was awesome in answering any questions that we had to help make sure that we ordered the right product for our needs.
The Challenges of COVID-19
This year has been a challenge for us. We have been closed for the last year. We hope to reopen soon. I know our community can’t wait for us to be able to open an offer in-person classes again. We have tried to use our time wisely while the studio was closed. My husband and I have been filming online classes and teacher trainings giving people the opportunity to practice at home even though our studio is closed.
A-REAL Big Future
Our goal for the rest of 2021 is to slowly and safely reopen, and continue to offer on-demand online classes. We have created and designed a portable aerial rig so people can practice at home. As always, safety is our number one concern and we are really proud of my husband for designing a new portable Aerial rig - that is the first of its kind - to be engineer stamped for safety! A part of our brand motto is to offer the highest standards in safety and quality and we are excited to continue to live up to that high standard and help support those practicing at home.
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Products for Dollamur Yogi’s and studio owners:
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