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An aerialist participating in an aerial circus and dance therapy workshop.

Aerial Circus Arts

Something amazing happens when adults are free to play and express themselves– and kids can share their story without words.

A child performing aerial dance in Aerial Cirque over Denver's youth performance company.

Aerial Circus is

Expressive Arts + Play Therapy at its finest.

Play helps us remember ourselves. It allows us to safely process and express our inner world in ways that words can't, while simultaneously regulating our nervous system
Alice in Wonderland performance with ACOD's adult performance company.

Creativity isn't extra— it's essential.

Shared joy is palpable. Group experiences heal in ways solo work can't. Therapy doesn't always have to be serious to be deep.
Adult aerialists having fun backstage at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Center for Aerial Cirque over Denver's performance company.

Aerial Circus Arts Offerings

Drop-In Aerial  Workshops

Adults (18+)

Parent-Child (6+)

Mindful + playful movement that supports regulation, emotional expression, and meaningful connection on silks, trapeze, lyra, or sling.

Psychoeducation + Aerial Skills Workshop

Caregiver-Child Aerial Class

10 Week Session

1 adult + 1 child (6-18 yrs)

Families explore silks, trapeze, sling, and lyra together while building connection, trust, and emotional regulation through playful, imaginative movement. No experience required.

Psychoeducation + Aerial Skills Class

Aerial Circus Arts Therapy

Individuals, Families, or Couples Therapy

Psychotherapy delivered through mindful movement— using silks, lyra, and trapeze to support nervous system regulation, trauma healing, emotional expression, and connection.

Individual, Family, or Couples Therapy Session 

HSA/FSA Payment Accepted

Aerial Circus Therapy

Psychotherapy in motion. Healing in the air.

Aerial Therapy blends clinical depth with embodied creativity — using silks, lyra, and trapeze to support nervous system regulation, trauma healing, and emotional expression.

Movement helps access and process emotions that often live beneath words. Sessions center on agency, resilience, and courageous exploration. The apparatus becomes a place to practice trust, expand capacity, tolerate new challenges, and freely express your inner world. Through guided, intentional exploration, clients create new embodied narratives of strength and safety.

Especially supportive for:

• Neurodivergent kids and teens (ADHD, Autism, Twice Exceptional)
• Creative adults seeking alternatives to traditional therapy
• Parent–child pairs strengthening connection through shared experience
• Couples seeking playful reconnection and repair

For many families, it’s hard to fit in therapy, OT, and extracurriculars. Aerial Therapy integrates regulation, strength-building, sensory input, emotional processing, and relational growth into one powerful experience. For parents, this means your child isn’t just “talking about” regulation — they’re practicing it. Safely stretching comfort zones. Learning frustration tolerance. Experiencing success in their own body.

For creative, deep feeling adults, this offers a powerful alternative to traditional therapy — integrating movement, expression, and challenge into meaningful healing. This is therapy that strengthens the nervous system, processes stored emotion, and builds healing from the inside out.

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