This is an online version of our flagship Intro to Contortion class. An introduction to the graceful art of contortion, this 90-minute class builds the strength, endurance, and flexibility ...

What is contortion, and what happens when a fitness writer tries it for the first time to build extreme flexibility and mobility? We tested it out.

I tried a beginner contortion class from a professional contortionist. Here's what I learned, including her favorite must-have products for performance.

Contortion classes are pretty easy to find in the Bay Area; most are affiliated with a circus or acrobatic organization like AcroSports or Trapeze Arts.

Smyth, who has been a devoted Yogi for more than 15 years and teaches classes at their Los Angeles clubs, proves with her flexible moves that there is no limit to what the yoga body can do – and ...

When someone from the San Francisco Circus Arts School, housed in the same building, noticed their flexible backs and loose hips, they added contortion classes to their circus arts curriculum.

When someone from the San Francisco Circus Arts School, which is in the same building, noticed the girls' flexible backs and loose hips, contortion classes were added to the circus arts curriculum.