Recently, I decided to exercise a few meters above ground level on an aerial hoop— a large, round metal hoop suspended in the air. My instructor was Hildah Lamadi, the lead aerial hoop trainer at Shakti Studio in Kilimani, Nairobi.
Ms Lumadi is as flexible as clay in the hands of a potter. To her, doing the splits on the ground is as natural as blinking. But the 29-year-old body’s full potential is seen when she is on the aerial hoop suspended at least two and a half metres above the ground.
