Thank you ladies, you are the best! Veena, yes, I remember watching that Periscope and it did make a lot of sense to me, I will watch it again to get all the nuances.
I agree, practice makes perfect and allows you to gain confidence. Yesterday I practiced bat on my bad side and felt it slightly better.
Tropical, you are absolutely right! My approach is exactly like yours. I try to focus on what I like and can do and frankly, I am more into flow and dancing than into aerial tricks. But in addition to my home pole lessons with Veena, I take lessons at a studio and the studio has a syllabus. So you are supposed to do some tricks if you want to keep progressing. And I agree that things like bat are basic, building blocks, so you need to learn them. Maybe Ayesa is not that basic, I don't know, I am not at that level yet.
I like learning at my own pace and I am very perfectionist. I don't like to keep adding until I can do a move with good technique and looking pretty. But this doesn't seem to be the trend for most of the other students, they like to learn fast and keep progressing, even though their tricks don't look as good, as long as they can do them. Each pole journey is different, indeed.
Here's my plan for the next few days: I will practice handtands/elbowstands, caterpillars and Veena's basic butterfly at home, at my own pace, so maybe towards the end of the week I can go back to my studio ready to try the split grip butterfly.
I could quit the studio, but I don't feel safe learning challenging or inverted moves alone, I feel better with a spotter. Then I use Veena's lesson to perfect the move and practice at home at my own pace.
