The Best Date in San Diego Happens Upside Down
Private AcroYoga, standing acrobatics, and handstand coaching on Southern California’s most complete private rig — trapeze, straps, rings, and the safest spotting lines in the region. No experience required. Bring a partner, or just bring yourself.
30+ years of movement · Trained with actress Ashley Judd · 5★ on Google & Yelp · 6,000+ at @elegantacro
One Unforgettable Session
Ninety Minutes of Flight
You arrive as two people who have never done this. You leave with photos your friends won’t believe, three or four real skills, and the particular closeness that comes from holding someone’s full weight and being held. Full use of the aerial rig included — trapeze, rings, straps. Most couples book this once for an anniversary or a visit to San Diego. Fair warning: it’s habit-forming.
Choose Your Way Up
Acrobatics on the ground and overhead. The only sport that requires nothing but another person — and it will put a smile on your face before the first hour is out.
Gymnastic lines, acrobatic hand-to-hand, canes, or standing on another human being. Every acrobatic road runs through the handstand — and almost anyone can build one.
Intimate Acro
Sensual, connected partner acrobatics for couples — presence, eye contact, trust, and touch, taught by someone who has spent a decade coaching intimacy professionally.
Tie it all together: Weight lifting for strength or aesthetics, circus conditioning (on rings, bars, straps and trapeze!) or work on your active and passive flexibility.
Also here: private personal training in a fully equipped home gym — circus conditioning, strength, and flexibility. See training programs →
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Tari Mannello
Thirty years inside the body — dance, gymnastics, circus, yoga, and acrobatics — and a decade teaching them privately in San Diego to everyone from total beginners to actress Ashley Judd. I specialize in one thing: making spectacular movement accessible to ordinary, reasonably fit humans. You will be safe, you will laugh, and you will do something today that you could not do this morning.
They Came for a Date. They Left Flying.
“He’s got it all — the equipment, space, knowledge, patience, warmth. By the end of only a month I was comfortable basing and flying a full range of positions. My experience with Tari changed my life for the better and for good.”
“I have never experienced a teacher so calm in any situation. In two sessions he covered the principles so thoroughly that my partner and I felt safe while creating beautiful shapes.”
“I’m terribly afraid of letting my feet leave solid ground. With Tari I felt safe, comfortable and FREE — I did poses I never would have imagined I could do.”
Your Time in the Air
Every session is private, on professional equipment, with the safest spotting lines in Southern California.
The full flight — rig included, photos encouraged. The best date in San Diego.
One-to-one or bring a partner. Handstands, acro, aerial — your pick.
Focused, technical, effective. Walk in wobbly, walk out with a plan.
Where real skill begins. Most people are shocked by session three.
You need a tiny amount of general fitness — if you can get up off the floor and carry groceries, we can work. Flexibility helps but is genuinely optional. I have taught teenagers, retirees, and everyone between.
Safer than most gym classes. Everything happens on professional equipment with the safest outdoor spotting lines in Southern California, progressions are gradual, and I have spotted bodies for thirty years. You are never thrown into anything.
Either. Solo students train handstands, aerial, and conditioning with me directly — I base and spot everything. Couples and friends train together.
Fitted athletic clothing you can move in — leggings or shorts with a shirt that tucks or stays put upside down. Bare feet or grip socks. No jewelry.
It is the date. Ninety minutes of laughing, holding each other up, and photographs you will actually frame. Gift sessions are available — just ask when booking.
Yes — acro is wonderful for kids and teens, and sessions are adjusted for age. Parents are welcome to join or watch.
A private indoor / outdoor facility in San Diego — the exact address comes with your booking confirmation. Out-of-town visitors welcome; many of my students are traveling through.
Call, text, or WhatsApp — I answer personally.
Tari is also the founder of Closeness — private intimacy and relationship coaching for women and couples.
30+ years of movement · 5★ on Google & Yelp · 6,000+ at @elegantacro