FLOATING YOGA?

SUSPENDED mid-air on a hammock with your feet in stirrups, looking like a puppet on strings or a flying trapeze.

This is floating yoga, the latest form of yoga in Malaysia and Singapore. It joins a long list of other yoga fads that include hot yoga, lunar flow yoga and even baby yoga.

Offered exclusively at the Celebrity Fitness gym, floating yoga is an exercise programmed developed by the gym's Fitness Development Director, John J Sweeney.

It was first launched in the Jakarta branch of the fitness chain in June 2011.

A cross between Cirque du Soleil's aerial silks and a country hammock, floating yoga includes a wide piece of parachute-strength nylon, 12 handles (6 on each side) and 2 foot cradles to place your feet, you can practice various yoga poses, including inversions, with full support.

According to Sweeney, floating yoga brings a unique fusion technique that is revolutionary in relieving compressed joints and at the same time aligns the body from head to toe.

"The new fitness and wellness workout works best in toning and getting you in shape while realigning your body from the compression of gravity," said Sweeney. "It also helps to increase one’s health and physical agility in a fun and creative way."

Classes for floating yoga are divided into beginners, intermediate and advance levels. (celebrityfitness)