[Charley]

I’m about to show my pole age right here https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif Back in my day some of the fancier things hadn’t been invented yet.

For me it was watching a girl to a CAR. The scorpio also just blew my mind – I thought it was soooo pretty. I still think learning the scorpio was a turning point to which i truly fell in love with pole dance.

[Charley]

Happy Birthday!!!!

[Charley]

it looks like similar to the flying cupid (wikipole). I do this move and conisder it a half marley or closed gemini.

[Charley]

there is http://www.wikipole.org that has a lot of info – pics of moves plus a list of names it is known by.

[Charley]

Hi Rook! Nice to see another michigander on here! Whereabouts in MI are you from?

[Charley]

What is the name of it???

Here’s me and Bertysbooboo doing it doubles

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Here’s me https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif

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[Charley]

Hey Terp! I loved everything you said!

[Charley]

Start with getting your ACE certification to start teaching group fitness classes.

http://www.acefitness.org/

https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif This will give you all the basic knowledge you need to start your business. It costs money but it teaches you how to teach safely and lead classes – we don’t want anyone getting injured.

[Charley]

I’m a christian and a pole instructor – I always advise christian women to set up a private time with herself and her husband (if she’s taking a pole DANCE class with me – I teach polefit which is totally different.)

We know the Bible says that sex and romance are good things – things that make couples stronger and don’t let them stray…so sensual dance in a marital context is certainly ok…but to avoid all conflict you are better to set something up alone just the 2 of you and the instructor.

Why test boundaries???? When you don’t have to?

Let us know what you decide =) and it’s noce to know that there are other pole dancers out there with a zeal for God.

[Charley]

Hi PB! My advice is to be yourself – (your stage self) Have fun! When you are having fun, you’re the life of the party – now who doesn’t want to hang out with the life of the party.

It depends on the club though. What does the top earner do? Watch her and find your way to take the things she does and applythem to yourself. Sell yourself and believe in your product – YOU! If it’s a decent club – no extras you should be able to0 do well – if your at an extras club – go somewhere else because a clean dancer isn’t about to make any money.

As far as approach – be calm, comfortable and talk to customers the way you would anyone else…don’t waste too much time and instead of making them feel like they are buying something…ask them if they want to go have some fun, or your itching to get them alone, somethinf flirty and cute that willg et you to the transaction.

[Charley]

Wendy was probably my very first pole crush and still is to this day. As a business woman, pioneer of pole and the gorgeous dancer she is…she is everything I aspire to be!

Other than that I don’t really follow anyone.

[Charley]

ALSO…..

From the stand point of teaching this to women (haven’t had the pleasure of training poledancefan yet!) part of the reason we like it is because it’s a little naughty. It’s fun and yes athletic…but it’s sexy and makes us feel sexy (over time) Many of us say we want the tricks but after we get a few, how many of us want to dance better to make those tricks look better?

Everyday we as women are told to buy this product or that product to look or feel our best. Well, let’s face it – we all want to look great, be in shape and we do everything we can to LOOK sexy and beautiful but how many of us FEEL sexy and beautiful. Doesn’t pole dance makes us feel graceful, fluid and beautiful over the time that we out into it?

I’d hate to see some of the beauty, not just sexiness, but beauty go away. It already seems like no one wants to watch basics anymore and it’s already leaning towards all power moves.

[Charley]

On another forum it was mentioned that pole may suit something like the X Games a little more.

Hey that was ME!!! YAY! LOL!

I am only FOR the Olympics because I think conservatives would back off but onthe whole I don’t want to see it become standardized and something taken from our hands made so far out of our reach. None of us would be able to perform or compete – that’s kind of harsh to US if you ask me.

I like the idea of adding pole to something like the X games because pole can stay as diversified as it is and still be appreciated by a mainstream audience thus gaining it’s own recognition for all it’s aspects. My 2 cents.

[Charley]

I’m not exactly sure what you mean. Can you reference the move in a video?

[Charley]

Roxy, ETED’s certs DO teach you the business end of pole too…and Mary Ellyn is always a PM away for help too. I haven’t even taken her certs yet and she has helped me immensly with a lot of things.

I didn’t realize there might be a lot of people out there that want to start up their own business that may not know the business end of things – especially the marketing. That gets me thinking.