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Boston Fitness Studio Soars with Aerial Yoga Classes and Indoor Rowing

Swet Studio Offers AntiGravity, Aerial Yoga, and Other Group Fitness Classes in Boston's South End

Swet Studio™, http://www.swetstudio.com, the alternative fitness and dance studio, that opened earlier this past fall, in Boston’s South End, is the only studio in the Boston area to offer licensed AntiGravity® aerial yoga, fitness classes. Founded by the world renowned gymnast and aerial choreographer, Christopher Harrison, AntiGravity ® has already swept the West Coast, New York, and Europe, and is featured in exclusive venues such as Madonna’s Hard Candy Fitness and Richard Branson’s Virgin Active.http://www.swetstudio.com/inner-strength/. After hanging silk first emerged as a performance art, Harrison redesigned it to create the “silk hammock,” which facilitates a unique workout with inventive body movement.

“It is phenomenally cool,” says Silviya Mihaylova, owner and operator of Swet Studio™, located at 480 Tremont Street, Boston. “The first time I experienced being suspended in the AntiGravity ® Hammock, not only did my body feel like it was realigned and in balance, but it was a full-body workout.”

“It was truly amazing,” described Adrianne Haslet-Davis of her first AntiGravity ® class.

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“I feel like my whole body was stretched out. As a professional athlete, I have experienced many forms of stretching, but nothing like that. It really was unbelievable. It was the first time I tried the class, and I’m definitely hooked!”

Swet Studio™, is the vision of owner and operator, Silviya Mihalova, a thirty year old fitness instructor and entrepreneur. Mihaylova, who emigrated from Eastern Europe at the age of 19, describes the studio as being an alternative to the average dance and fitness studio:

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“A few years ago, I wanted someplace where my friends and I could go to take classes, and when I looked around the Boston landscape, I could not find anything like what we have developed in the South End.”

Some of the alternative classes range from Mojo Transformation, a boot camp like workout,http://www.swetstudio.com/build/, to other innovative dance classes such as Hip Hop Yoga and BollyX, to Indo-Rowing® http://www.swetstudio.com/slim-down/, which captures the elements of competitive on water rowing, where groups of people utilize water filled rowing machines.

In harmony with aerial yoga, Swet Studio™ also offers a floating, guided mediation class called Levitation, where you can relax and experience the calm of guided meditation, while suspended in a floating silk hammock. Whether your boss is ticking you off, your kids are driving you crazy, or you are just on edge, this 30 -45 minute class allows for escape from the pressures of daily life. http://www.swetstudio.com/inner-strength

Specifically geared toward couples, Swet Studio’s AntiGravity® Partner is a group aerial yoga class, where one participates with a lover or a close friend to explore the fun and trust of balancing two people with a single Yoga hammock.http://www.swetstudio.com/inner-strength/

Swet Studio™ offers Boston’s only licensed AntiGravity® aerial yoga classes, offered by certified instructors versed in the principles, technique, and philosophy of the exciting aerial program. Says Mihaylova, there is nothing to be intimidated about, “Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, each class is designed to be an event.”

First Timers are welcome:http://www.swetstudio.com/contact-us/

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