In 1991, Christopher Harrison founded AntiGravity, Inc, an acrobatic troupe, to choreograph a performance for the
New York Marathon. In the following decade, they performed in hundreds of live shows, corporate events, and advertising campaigns. In 1997, AntiGravity performed during the opening ceremonies of the
Femina Miss India pageant, and Harrison, while unable to perform due to injury, cites this time in India as his first exposure to yoga and a major influence on the development of aerial yoga and what would become AntiGravity Fitness. During a retreat at
Club Med, Harrison and his performers came across a
gazebo with hammocks hanging from the ceiling. After experimenting and developing a few flips, they hung up similar hammocks in their
New York City rehearsal studio, The AntiGravity Skyloft Harrison states that they soon discovered that "hanging upside down for a minute would take all the kinks out". The hammocks soon became a regular part of their warm-up routine. ==See also==