AllysonKendal
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Well that’s another story. Moms are rough.
For a while when I was younger I was hard on my mom for being the way she is… But as an adult I saw really how mean my grandmother was to her at times… And I think about how my mom is worlds better, and is really doing the best she can. And honestly she is great she just isn’t like a warm person, but it makes so much more sense to me now.
A weird side story: I know someone who adopted 3 dogs (not all at once)… Meanwhile this woman is married and her and her husband are well off… Well her mom is so unsupportive of her adopting the dogs it’s almost comical or it would be if it wasn’t true. Last I heard the mom thought she was throwing her future away and not focusing on her career enough because of the dogs.
Bottom line: moms are just hard sometimes. :/ sorry.
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Yeah, just to elaborate… Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder when it comes to pole. Like I do love my pole and sure it could proudly be in any room… But if it’s not yours and you don’t love it, you’d want it away for guests.
Just like you may not mind your dog bed in the middle of your living room (I say “you” but I mean ME) on a day to day basis… But when company comes over you throw it behind the couch…
Or like you let your kid leave his Legos out because they are beautiful works of art… Until you have company…. It’s not that you want to hide that he plays with Legos, you just want your house to look a certain way.
Not that that’s your moms thoughts, I don’t really know. I just know I tolerate and display my own possessions that I love much more than I would my husbands, Childs or dogs. Whoops! I’m a meanie!
I think Polefitmom has the best system that merges the 2 feelings. Her pole folds and clips to the ceiling. Then it’s out of the way but not really like “hide the pole, company is coming!”
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I have to say as a bonus gratitude post… I’m very grateful for this community.
Maybe I’m a skeptic, but on instagram the vast majority of likes and comments are to elicit likes and follows. If someone says “awesome” to your post #yoga (for instance) and you look at other pics #yoga and see that same person saying “awesome” to just about every single picture… yeah, it’s not genuine. It’s fine.. thats what you get when you hashtag, I get it.
But on here, if someone says “awesome” and they don’t mean it (although I think most people actually mean it, but lets pretend for a second that they don’t really think its “awesome”) their only motive is to make you smile and boost your confidence. Much better motives if you ask me. 🙂
Now, I’m not meaning to knock instagram. Creating a pole instagram was a great decision and its introduced me to a lot of people and things… but it doesn’t compare to SV! Love you all.
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I don’t really have to deal with “shame” though I don’t talk about it with everyone… I’m a pretty open person, but some parts of my life I like to keep to myself. It’s like a special thing thats all mine and I don’t have to explain it to anyone. I feel like some people wouldn’t get it and then they would say something dumb and it would make me like them less… I honestly havent told my parents. My mom is big into pilates and I don’t think they would care… it’s just I don’t feel like talking about it with them. I’m selfish. 🙂 I do kind of wish I said something right off the bat and got it over with, now I feel like its gone on too long to bring up. 😛
Surprisingly the #1 reaction when I do tell people is “Pole fitness? That looks so hard!”
Though “what are they going to say?” may not be the best reasoning, I don’t really disagree with your mom wanting you to take it down for guests… I’d make my husband put his weight bench away if it was in our living room and guests were coming over… It doesn’t really go with the atmosphere you may be going for… I mean a pole room is one thing (then it shouldn’t have to come down) But if it’s in the middle of a room you’re entertaining in I can see her wanting it down. Cause its not hers and it’s in the space she wants to entertain in. Again, my husband would probably think a weight bench would be extra seating, and I’d say “it needs to go”! Luckily my husbands work out stuff is in the garage. Whew, fight avoided!
I also don’t love having it up in my pole room (guest bedroom) when I have guests staying in there, I feel like they will bang it with their rings or mess something up. I hate to have to be miss bossy stickler pants and be all “don’t touch that” blah blah blah. People don’t understand that its a serious piece of exercise equipment and really expensive, not a toy.
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Ok so the november challenge is really more of an Instagram challenge so the guidelines aren’t really hard and fast… basically you take a picture or short (15 sec) video and tag it to the challenge. We are doing it here because its fun to play with our SV buds and some of them don’t do instagram… and polers treat yoga a bit differently then a lot hard core yogis, which I also like… but the yoga community on Instagram is really nice and accepting.
I will usually try and warm up if the pose require flexibility… and if I’m doing yoga that day I’ll just try and include it in my practice. However lately I’ve just been trying to go for more dynamic pictures and settings… so it’s a bit trickier. Mostly I try and do a little pre-stretch and then go to a cool spot and bust out a pose.
As a rule of thumb I try and hold it for at least 5-10 breathes some poses feel so good I stay much longer. Pigeon pose. Oh man I need to sink into that for a while.
Anyway the 5-10 breaths… 1. That reminds me to breath, so if you said 5 seconds you may just count and not breathe… And I just picture this one adorable male instructor I had yelling “Five Breaffffs” 🙂
I do both sides, but usually only show one side (makes for a better pic).
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Yes, I agree… I like Kino Yoga, and BeachYogaGirl… below you can see some of us participating in their November yoga challenge..
I also agree that having some class instruction is super beneficial I started yoga recently by going to free yoga classes at Lulu Lemon. Their retail stores usually host yoga before opening on Sunday. It’s really nice and a different local studio hosts each month. It’s great because you get exposed to so many teachers and styles. It’s funny because there is this yoga community that goes to these classes and then you learn about all these other yoga events. I went to yoga in these beautiful gardens a few times, and yoga in the art museum!! It’s been a great experience.
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Day 10.
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Ha, well you captured most of the important stuff. 🙂
What I did (maybe this is cheating?!) I didn’t sink into it. I went into cobra with my chest against the wall THEN put my palms on the wall and slid them up. If I started with my hands up it was stretching my shoulders and back at the same time and it was just too much. 🙂 one thing at a time for me!
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Here is day 9!
I took pictures with my ipad because it’s easier to stand up.., but man is it bad quality… especially in low light… And I was using the front cam.. All around not a great mix. Lesson learned.
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Thanks Shoog! I want to try and keep up with more inspired/fun backgrounds but it’s freezing here… So everyone might just get a tour of different rooms in my house. 🙂
I haven’t tried it yet but I’m sure today will be hard. The second way beachyogagirl does it with her hands more perpendicular to the wall might be an option for me. It’s usually my shoulders that hold me up! Ha, easier said than done.
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Shoog, I know you’re an early morning yogi so if you haven’t don’t it yet here is beachyogagirls version
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Check out kinoyoga and beachyogagirl. They both demo each pose the night before.
Kino usually does a more advanced version… Hers is here:
http://instagram.com/p/vKVVchMOve/Beachyogagirl does the version I mostly do. She hasn’t posted hers yet but it’ll be here…
http://instagram.com/beachyogagirlYou shouldn’t need Instagram to view them 🙂
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