What should I expect in my first gravity stretching class?

Expect something gentler than you might imagine. You'll join a small group, up to six people, so there's plenty of personal attention from the trainer guiding the whole class. Nobody hangs upside down on day one - everything starts small, sometimes just a few seconds in the lianas, at your own pace. The body will ask for more once it feels safe, and that's the whole rhythm of the practice.

The class runs 75-90 minutes and follows three simple principles: relax first (that's the main one), let your breath lead the movement, and never push through discomfort - if something feels off, you stop and soften instead of forcing it. Think of it this way: gravity presses down on you all day long, and hanging gently reverses that, giving your spine room to lengthen instead of compress. The discs between your vertebrae work a bit like sponges - when you create space, they soak up moisture again. That's the decompression effect: space comes back, pressure comes off. Classes end with soft unwinding and rest, so you leave calm rather than wrung out.

As for how you'll feel afterward: many people notice a sense of lightness after the very first class. Real change in tension or old aches usually shows up somewhere around class four to six, and a stable result tends to take about ten classes. It's a practice of little and often, not one big stretch that fixes everything. If you're ever in Bali, our studio in the Canggu area runs small guided classes like this - https://bookgravity.com/canggu.