AcroYoga Video Categories: A Quick Glossary
If you’re new to the AcroYoga Video Library, here’s a plain-language guide to the categories you’ll see in the filters. Each one groups together a different style or family of partner acrobatics moves.
Conveyer Belts
A line of bases positioned side by side passes the flyer down the row in a continuous sequence, like an assembly line. Common in jams and group classes where lots of people want a turn.
Counterbalances & Supine
Two related foundations of acro. Counterbalance poses have the base and flyer leaning away from each other, sharing weight so each person feels lighter. Supine (L-basing) poses have the base lying on their back, supporting the flyer with feet, shins, or hands.
Dance Lifts
Acrobatic lifts and carries borrowed from partner dance styles. The focus is on flow, expression, and musicality as much as on the technical lift itself.
Flashmobs
Group AcroYoga performed in public spaces — parks, festivals, city streets — usually choreographed in advance and filmed to introduce onlookers to the practice.
Group
Acro involving three or more people at once: stacked flyers, multiple bases supporting one flyer, or layered pyramids.
H2H & F2H (Hand-to-Hand & Foot-to-Hand)
Where the flyer balances directly on the base’s hands (Hand-to-Hand) or the base supports the flyer’s feet with their hands (Foot-to-Hand). Rooted in circus and acrobalance traditions.
Handstands
Hand-balancing work, solo or with a partner spotting/assisting — building the strength, alignment, and confidence needed for inversions.
Icarian & Whips
High-flying, dynamic tricks where the base launches the flyer with their legs. Icarian games involve real airtime before the flyer is caught again; whips add a rotation or spin during the release.
Pops
Springy, bouncy transitions where the base uses leg power to “pop” the flyer from one pose to the next, while hands typically stay connected throughout — less airtime than Icarian, more playful momentum.
Rolling Sequences
Flowing transitions where the flyer rolls over or around the base’s body, linking poses together in one continuous movement.
Standing
Acro performed with the base on their feet rather than lying down — generally requires more balance and core control from both partners.
Static Poses
Held shapes practiced without dynamic transitions — the building blocks for strength, trust, and alignment that everything else is built on.
Ted Talks
Talks and lectures about AcroYoga — community, philosophy, history, and the “why” behind the practice. These are watch-and-listen videos rather than move tutorials.
Washing Machines
A loop sequence that starts and ends in the same pose, so it can be repeated again and again — like a drum spinning continuously. Great for building stamina and exploring lots of transitions in one flow.