Bloom
Aerial Teacher Training
3-month Group Mentorship + Immersive Retreat
A 3-month hybrid online+in-person aerial teacher training with certification option to support you in becoming a safe, confident, and creative aerial instructor.
+ 1 month continued integration support
In-Person Dates & Location: Spring 2026 - TBD
With Sara Kaiser - Founder & CEO of Wakeful Ascent Aerial Arts
Integrative Pedagogy
Technical Mastery
Student Empowerment
Embodied Leadership
Aerial is a Love Language
Welcome to BLOOM!
Teaching aerial arts can be one of the most meaningful and transformative roles you’ll ever step into. As an instructor, you can change a life and reshape an entire community.
BLOOM is a comprehensive, immersive training designed to support and empower both the student and the teacher.
This program builds technical mastery, cutting edge pedagogy, and embodied leadership, giving you clear direction, frameworks, and tools for confident, inspired, and high-level instruction.
You’ll learn deeply detailed technique foundations developed over more than a decade and the exact methods I use to run consistently waitlisted classes and attract the attention of a global aerial audience.
This aerial teacher training is unlike any other in that it unfolds over three months of live sessions plus an in-person immersive, followed by a month of guided integration. This is a structured, intimate cohort experience where you are seen and supported as you expand your teaching expertise.
Together, we’ll explore the often-unspoken dimensions of teaching, including how your nervous system shapes classroom feedback loops, fear psychology, and the motor-learning science behind skill acquisition and memory encoding, to name a few.
You will walk into your classes prepared for real-world scenarios. You will look at classes completely differently. You will continue to discover and learn well after the training because of the perspectives shared.
You can't get that from a week-long training.
BLOOM is for serious aerialists who want to raise the bar for themselves and the broader aerial community.
Expect to dedicate time weekly to your training, participate actively, and attend the live and in-person sessions. We’ll focus on building collaborative class cultures, healthy student-teacher dynamics, somatic learning, advanced foundational technique, and the confidence to hold both structure and spontaneity as an instructor.
Aerial is a love language. Students will seek to train with you not only because of your detailed understanding of technique, but also because of the space you hold and the way you inspire.
So, ready to take your aerial teaching to the next level?
~Sara
contact info@wakefulascent.com with any questions or to request to join the referral program
"By far the best aerial instruction I’ve ever experienced. Beautiful community and outstanding instruction by Sara and all of the instructors." -Steph Salem
M O D U L E S
7 virtual live sessions + assignments in between.
Pricing details coming soon as retreat location is confirmed.
1. Teaching Aerial Arts - risk & responsibility, pedagogy, neuroscience behind motor learning, schemas & apparatus mapping, somatic learning, diversity, safety psychology, nervous system dynamics, relational learning, teaching beyond the skills, and more
2. Anatomy of Aerial Arts - fundamental studies in general and aerial-specific anatomy. Learn with Applied Anatomy of of Aerial Arts by Emily Scherb, an anatomy coloring book, visualizations, and resource videos
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3. Physiology of Aerial Arts - how the nervous, circulatory, vestibular, endocrine, respiratory, lymphatic, immune, and digestive systems play into aerial arts; pain perception, proprioception, pregnancy & postpartum, POTS, hypermobility
4. Advanced Foundational Theory & Technique - study key aerial fundamentals and shapes, mechanics, cueing, advanced foundational technique, spotting and hands-on cueing, overcueing, frameworks for empowering students with options and deeper knowledge
5: The Classroom Ecosystem - group management, embodied leadership, scanning for risk, emotion, & fatigue, setting expectations, mixed levels, progressions, classroom feedback loops and student dynamics, boundaries, self-care
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6. Designing & Adapting Classes & Curriculum - the student journey, structure, class design and flow, creating space for improvisation and intuition, creativity, collaborative learning
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Closing Session: Reflections + Q&A
Q&A Professionalism, studio dynamics, teaching, entrepreneurship
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Apprenticeship Option - Details Soon
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IN-PERSON SESSIONS:
Day 1: Assessing fundamental body positions & engagement across apparatuses, micro-engagement awareness training
Day 2: Spotting, Progressions, & Cueing
Day 3: Teaching Practice, Somatic Silks
Day 4: Scenario Role Play, ladder rescue, injury emergency
Exact order and details of in-person clinics subject to change. Location TBD - expect near Vail, CO or in Bishop, CA
Who is this for?
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New aerial teachers
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Experienced teachers seeking to fill the gaps in their foundational and technical knowledge
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Teachers who want to better support students over a short and long term
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Teachers looking to open their own program or studio
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Anyone who wants to learn how to read "between the lines" of your class
Join a cohort built on curiosity, respect, empowerment, and LOVE for aerial.
This is a space where we learn from, inspire,challenge, and support one another.
TESTIMONIALS
"By far the best aerial instruction I’ve ever experienced. Beautiful community and outstanding instruction by Sara and all of the instructors." -Steph Salem
"SILKStudio is such a supportive and fun community in a beautiful space. Even on bad days when my mind is low or my body is feeling stiff I am able to leave class feeling so positive and satisfied. If you are considering taking a class but have hesitations for any reason, give it a try– you will likely be surprised by the diversity of abilities and skills in the space, and will find your fit!" -Allison Weber
"Sara is an excellent instructor. She makes learning the art very safe and super fun. We are so fortunate to have someone of her caliber teaching aerial silks in Bishop."
Gigi de Jong
"Sara is such a dedicated teacher who makes an effort to make every class fun and for everyone to feel comfortable trying new moves or skills. If you are a local, this is a great place to feel more connected to the community."
-Kim Bohan
"Sara and all the teachers are fantastic – so supportive, communicative, knowledgeable and patient. The space is bright and inviting and my fellow classmates are wonderful people (and now some of my closest friends). I feel strong and empowered at Wakeful Ascent, and carry that energy into the rest of my day-to-day."
-Kelly Muller
Wakeful Ascent has been such an amazing addition to my life! I’m consistently reminded how lucky we are to have the SILK Studio here in the Eastern Sierra and such a talented teacher in Sara. (I drive 45min from Mammoth to the studio in Bishop multiple times a week because the aerial community Sara has created is such a positive part of my life.) Sara has poured her soul into the studio space and all of her instruction, and her creative spirit makes every class (online and in person) a joy! I’ve grown so much as an aerialist attending classes multiple times a week and using Sara’s online instruction for floor conditioning and training on my rig at home.
-Meghan Miranda
"Wakeful Ascent Aerial Arts has brought so much joy to my life and to the Eastern Sierra. Sara offers an aerial program that prioritizes safe instruction, cultivates community, and inspires growth through artistry. Wakeful Ascent is for everyone - the beginner aerialist with no prior experience, the intermediate aerialist who is seeking to learn more, or the refined aerialist who is seeking high-level instruction, collaboration and inspiration. I feel a sense of renewal, as Sara has reawakened my passion for aerial silks and has begun to help me realize my own potential with this beautiful art form. I am eager to be a part of the growth of aerial arts in the Eastern Sierra, and continue to absorb everything that Sara has to offer."
Caitlin Wellwood
A wonderful community full of supportive and inspiring women in a beautiful studio led by an incredible teacher. Wakeful Ascent has brought me so much joy for years. I highly recommend to anyone!
-Devon Delattre
One of the MOST amazing studios to attend aerial and yoga classes at. Wakeful Ascent Aerial provides a safe, welcoming, beautiful community environment to learn new moves, practice routines, and to explore body work and aerial dance. I am so grateful to Sara for providing this nurturing and sacred space. Thank you!!
-M Bates
My daughter took a silk class last summer. She loved her teacher Ms. Sara. She was super helpful and felt challenged. We will definitely be back for some classes this summer.
-Kimberly Ohara
"Learning aerial silks has been one of the most wonderful things to come into my life in years. It’s the whole package: exercise (without feeling like a chore), total mind/body engagement, always challenging and fun, and a great community to boot. Not long after starting silks I dreamt that I leapt over a van in a single bound. I really feel stronger and better all around thanks to this practice, Sara’s excellent instruction, and the developing Eastern Sierra aerial arts community!"
Kendra Atleework
Sara, our aerial arts instructor, is a true artist of transformation. With inspiring leadership skills, her commitment to collective growth is like an invisible thread that connects all practitioners.
-Caroline Vignardi
Sara has created such a wonderful environment and community to practice aerial arts. The studio has been a safe haven for me since moving to Bishop and has been a great place to do something fun and rewarding as well as making great friends. Everyone is kind and welcoming and I feel like I have built so much strength and confidence since joining this community.
-Jenn Rilley
I am so grateful to have Wakeful Ascent/SILK studio here in Bishop! Before I tried a class I was so worried I wouldn’t be strong enough or flexible enough but it ended up not mattering. The classes allow for anyone to progress no matter their starting point, as long as you show up willing to try (and laugh a lot). I’ve now been going over a year and can’t imagine life without this safe and welcoming place with an amazing community of badass women! It has become such an important part of my mental health…. and I can do a bridge and a pull-up for the first time in my life!
-Hannah Pirner
Through Wakeful Ascent, Sara has cultivated a super fun and welcoming community of all levels of aerial artists. Whether you are local or remote, beginner or pro, Wakeful Ascent offers you a variety of resources to learn, practice, and get strong. Highly recommended!
-Hannah Gern
Sara Kaiser is an aerial instructor, movement educator, and founder of Wakeful Ascent Aerial Arts, where she is developing programs for in-depth aerial teacher training, neuroscience-informed pedagogy, and continuing education courses, bringing an intellectual rigor to and supporting high standards in the young field of aerial arts.
Through years of teaching and building Bishop, CA’s first aerial community, + Aerial Silks Online, and through inter-disciplinary research, Sara has developed programming to help fill the gaps for aerial teachers and enrich aerial pedagogy. Her work provides instructors with perspectives and conceptual frameworks to empower their teaching - and the students' learning.
Whether she’s teaching beginners their first starting position in the hammock knot (a love language) or mentoring instructors on how to hold a room with warm authority, Sara’s mission is the same:
to elevate aerial arts into a discipline defined by clarity, safety, empowerment, and exceptional teaching standards.