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16 Beginner Washing Machines
TheAcroGuru beginner washing-machine vocabulary shelf.
machines
L2
4 Steps
A classic must-learn star-family washing machine: Star, knee-weight shift, base step, Back Bird, and back up to Star.
sources
Acro with Jon
Fun and challenging flows
sources
AcrobatIvo
AcroYoga, trampolining, and dynamic performances
sources
AcroMegaman
High-intensity acrobatics
machines
L2
Attitude
A flowy side-star-family washing machine: Bird, sidestar-ish pass, Foot to Hand, and repeat.
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Back Bird
Bird on its back: a foundational back-flying shape used for log rolls, rotations and flow transitions.
machines
L2
Barrel Roll
A Bird-to-Bat washing machine using Goofy Bird setup, side-transition logic, and a return pathway.
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Bat
A basic inverted hanging pose and gateway into ninja-family transitions.
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Bird
The root beginner L-basing pose where balance, trust and basic flying begin.
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Bow
A classic flying backbend shape used in beginner flows and pose transitions.
machines
L2
Buddha Roll
A reverse-throne washing machine with a Panda Drop / through-pass to Bat and a fluid return.
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Candlestick
A candle / shoulderstand-style inversion reference, separated from Cathedral in the AcroGuru map.
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Cathedral
A lower supported inversion where the base supports the flyer's hands or arms with the knees; useful in Wild Rumpus logic.
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Chair / Titibhasana Exit
A throne-family exit route through Chair / Titibhasana shape, often coming from Throne variations or foot-shin-hand pathways.
sources
Chris Filkins
Expert AcroYoga storytelling
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Couch
The Swiss Army knife of acro poses: a couch-family base for playful machines and sofa logic.
machines
Crotch Paper Scissors (CPS)
An unorthodox couch-family washing machine from Lux Seattle Acro: weird, structural, and one of TheAcroGuru's early strange recommendations.
sources
Daniel Scott
Unique AcroYoga approaches
machines
L3
Duster Buster
A Lux / Daniel Scott machine near Ninja and Reverse Throne logic.
flows
Lbeginner
Flashmob Basic Flow
A beginner-friendly AcroYoga flow inspired by the FlashMob AY Portugal community route: simple poses, rhythm and trust.
poses
Floating Paschi
A challenging arm-balance pose for core control, base-arm strength, and paschi-family transitions.
poses
Floating Paschi Feet
Take the difficulty up a notch by adding balance on the feet.
bible
Flow #1 — TheAcroGuru Method
From basics to advanced: the first AcroGuru Method flow spine.
flows
Flow Acrovinyasa 1
A preserved AcroVinyasa route seed from TheAcroGuru archive.
poses
Folded Leaf
A beginner L-basing pose where the flyer folds forward over the base's feet.
poses
Foot to Hands (F2H)
A technical hand-foot balance where precision, stacking, and trust matter more than bravado.
poses
Foot to Shins (F2S)
Name says it all: flyer’s feet to base’s shins, a clean balance and alignment checkpoint.
machines
L2
Frontdoor
An AcroGuru perception node: a front-side Trapdoor-family pass, probably Bird toward reverse/back-bird-ish territory.
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Goofy Bird
A Bird variation used for Barrel Roll: flyer’s left foot goes to the base’s left hip instead of the usual cross-body setup.
machines
L2
Helicopter
A shoulderstand-on-hands 360º rotation, with Bat and Folded Leaf as resting poses.
bible
How to read the AcroBible
How to read the AcroGuru map: poses, machines, flows, sources and future method packs.
sources
Jacob Brown & Debbie Collis
Advanced partner coordination
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Josh Young - AcroLove
Focus on connection and creativity
sources
Ladybase Melanie
Elegant, technical mastery
bible
Level 3 — Arm Machines
TheAcroGuru Method Level 3 shelf: arm-based machines and teacher/reference directions.
sources
Lux Seattle Acro
Elegance & AcroYoga artistry
machines
L2
Mermaid
A traditional Swimming Mermaid route around L-sit/armpit support, grip change, and Bird-to-hands / Bird reset logic.
bible
Method Machine Gaps
Machines named in TheAcroGuru Method that still need pages, source review, or route confirmation.
machines
L2
Monkey Frog
A Lux / Daniel Scott washing machine: Reverse Throne back drop to free reverse candle, then repeat.
machines
L3
Naked Singularity / Ninja Chicken
A Ninja-family intermediate milestone: Ninja Star plus Rotisserie-family logic, also known in AcroGuru language as Ninja Chicken.
machines
L2
Ninja Bats
A washing-machine family around Ninja Star / Ninja Bat transitions, built from Bat, Reverse Bird and Sidestar logic.
bible
Ninja Family
TheAcroGuru naming frame for sidestar-turning / ninja-family machines.
sources
NogaS
Foundational techniques & creative flows
machines
L2
P. Loop
A Prasaritta Twist loop: left side and right side, both directions as a repeatable machine.
machines
Paschi Daniela Sequence
A medium-plus paschi machine: Floating Paschi on feet, Titibhasana-ish transitions, reverse throne logic, Floating Paschi on hands, and reset.
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Reverse Bird
A reverse-facing Bird variation, tricky in placement and important for ninja-family machines.
poses
Reverse Throne
A reverse-facing throne pose and key checkpoint for throne-family machines.
machines
L3
Rotisserie
A rotisserie-family machine node for side-star / rotational pathway study.
machines
L3
Rotor
A rotor-family machine node, separated from Rotisserie for naming clarity.
poses
L2
Shin to Foot / S2F
The inverse sibling of Foot to Shins: a shin-to-foot relationship in the foot-shin-hand family.
poses
Shin to Hands (S2H)
A foot-shin-hand family transition where the route climbs from shin balance toward hand support.
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Sidestar
A side-flying star pose: hard for beginners, delightful when mastered, and essential for tic-tocs and side pathways.
poses
Star
A foundational inverted star pose and gateway into Tumbleweed, 4 Steps and star-family machines.
flows
Suga Mama Flow
An AcroGuru route seed showing how machines insert below the poses where they begin.
sources
SuperDave
Dynamic AcroYoga sequences
machines
L2
SuperDave #2 Machine
A rewind-ish Trapdoor cousin: Foot to Hands to Bat, with Reverse Bird implied as the middle pivot.
sources
The Yogaslackers
Fusion of AcroYoga, slacklining, flow intelligence and technical play.
bible
TheAcroGuru Method Roadmap
Ordered method roadmap for TheAcroGuru AcroBible.
poses
Throne
Stable, iconic, and a key seated L-basing pose for beginner flow and later throne machines.
machines
Throne Twist / Swinging Gate
A throne-family machine: Throne to Gate, Reverse Throne, Gate again, and back to Throne.
machines
Tic Tocs
A star-family machine around side pathways, Tick-Tocks, and Sidestar control.
machines
L2
Trapdoor
A reverse-bird washing machine: Reverse Bird, vertical pass, Back Bird, Foot to Hands, and return.
machines
Trono Jamón
A throne-family machine and one of Guru's favorites: spicy, precise, and very much not just a seated pose.
machines
L2
Tumbleweed
A star-family washing machine: Star to Back Bird, Foot to Hands, and back to Star.
poses
Whale
A solid L-basing pose focused on balance, extension, and control.
machines
L2
Wild Rumpus
A high-prasarita-twist washing machine: Bat, rotate to Rumpus/Cathedral, twist back to Bat, and repeat.
sources
Yair Chuchem
Biglemoi, Hamster Wheel & creative sequences