HotelChick
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I got mine 3 years ago, after 16 years of marriage and lots of damage to my real ring. At that point, I hadn’t worn the ring for nearly a year. My tattoo is a replica of my great grandmother’s engagement ring, which I had soldered to the ring my husband bought me. The three “stones” are our birthstone colors (October for me and hubby and June for our son), though it’s hard to tell in the pic. Definitely difficult to design something meaningful for such a small area.
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My wedding ring 🙂
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^^Marlo is awesome! Also, check out Finding Your Freestyle. They have some great challenges that help with fluid movement.
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You’re welcome 🙂 also check out the Mantis on emotioncatcher’s channel. Kittyclimber and I love that one. With your bendy back, you will probably be able to reach back and grab your feet no problem. It will look gorgeous on you!
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Some YouTube channels I subscribe to for new tricks/inspiration:
sonicxplosion – I especially like the Threaded Archer and Spinning Icicle (these videos are linked in my video here titled, “Threaded Archer Spinning Icicle anyone?”
Tantra Fitness – digging the B Girl
Olga Koda and Kapi Huria do some fun stuff I can only dream of but I love to watch them.
Also enjoying Marlo’s flow movement channel. I’d like to try to incorporate some of her movements into a warm up or floor work if my life ever slows down and I can get back to pole. For now, I’m adding vids to my faces and enjoying watching what’s new.
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As a small business owner, my question is often the opposite, “why does anyone STAY in business?” When we are entering our new venture, we are optimistic and energetic, and we need that fuel to push us through the chaos of learning how to be in business. But, after we’ve experienced the complete lifestyle transformation and felt the toll it takes on our families, why do we stay? Once you’ve lost so much of yourself to your dream, losing your business is just numbers on a computer screen, so, why do we stay, what makes us fight so hard to be the 4% who persevere and succeed (depending on your definition of success). As someone who has come close twice to losing her business, I can say there are two reasons I’ve stayed and survived in my industry for 6 years. One is pride. Seriously. At some point I realized I wasn’t working for myself but for the 12 others I employ. Those single moms raising their kids off the income I provide. Those kids needed ME for their food and their school clothes and for their Mommy’s fulfillment and for her pride because she finally worked her way off welfare. That’s huge and hard to walk away from.
The 2nd thing you need to survive is someone strong at home supporting you, your family, and your finances. I thank God every day for my husband’s strength. He suffers too but he does it quietly so he can support me and our household.
If people knew these things before they entered business for themselves, fewer businesses would fail, because fewer people would subject themselves and their loved ones to the pressure of maintaining a dream that has become too much reality. -
I have a PS Multi-Piece Brass and a Chrome X-Pert, and can answer some of your questions.
I’ve never used a brass x pole, so I don’t know the difference between the two finishes.
It has been my experience that everything you have read in the discussions here about either brand is true. For example, x-joints still slip, PS take real muscle to put together the first time because the threads aren’t perfect, you need to flip the PS over and remove the cover…it gets in the way.
As far as customer service goes, I’ve fixed all those problems myself so I haven’t dealt with either company in that regard.
The PS spins faster and switching to spin mode is easier on the PS than the X-Pert.
I have the Multi-Piece PS Brass, and, again, the issues discussed on other forums here seem to be correct. Mostly, it comes down to treating your pole right and adjusting and cleaning it every time you use it. When I have left my pole up for weeks and just keep playing without checking it first, bad things happen (with both brands). I’ve had both come down on me and attribute that to lazy user error. I have had the PS Multi-Piece “unscrew” in the middle a bit while using it, but, my fault for not adjusting it properly. After over a year of regular use and not-so-regular cleaning, the finish is still great. I actually like the broke-in finish a little better. There are no bumps or wear really, just areas where you stick best.
All that said, my next pole will be a TG X-Pert. Even with the annoying x-joint issue, the TG finish sounds like the best of both worlds, if you believe what you read in the discussions here…and I do 🙂
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Purple Rain by Prince would be amazing performed by Jenyne Butterfly or Tracee Kafer.
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Tried to the comment on the video but it didn’t stick. Have you tried starting with the lower hand higher? I do my holly drop the same way and I recall bruised ribs in the beginning. Not cool 🙁 I’m not certain if it was raising the lower hand to create more room for my body to pass through or if it was moving quicker in the drop that helped me stop hitting my ribs. Looks good so far. Good luck!
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I have a music background but not a dance background. I can count music but would find myself intimidated by dancing to counts. I think your lesson plan sounds amazing and very adaptable. I would love to take your class! I find that I often adapt the lessons I’ve learned here, in class, or via DVD to my own style once I have the mechanics mastered. Don’t abandon your lesson plans. Explain to all students that your choreo is meant to be adapted. That’s why you teach it to different music styles. So, if they prefer to count, they can. If they prefer to wander off into their own world, they can do that too 🙂 For example, I love Alethea’s floorwork DVD and I follow her instruction. However, when she gets to the choreo portion of the DVD, I do not follow her. I just feel the music and do my own floor dance, adapting her moves and adding others I’ve learned here and in studio. My floor dance is different every time.
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I think there’s a big difference between yourhappy significant other supporting what you do and flat out telling you, “you can’t do that.” I mean, if everyone in our “real” lives supported us in pole and listened to us obsess about it, this forum would have far fewer users.
I think it’s great if your guy/gal watches you pole, listens to all your pole stories, and helps you get a new trick. I think it’s equally OK if he/she just plain doesn’t care or understand your obsession. That’s what Veeners are for 🙂
I’ve been with my husband for 22 years. We don’t know everything about one another. We don’t cheerlead for one another. We don’t tell each other, “you can’t.” We don’t beg for one another’s attention. If one of us needs something, we go out and get it. If I need my husband, I tell him so and he’s there. And, if he needs me, he asks and I’m there.
I guess, to me, needing someone’s permission or support or encouragement for a hobby is just a little needy. On the other hand, if someone were harassing me because I pole, I would expect my husband to have my back. -
^^I agree. Danskin was made for this sport.
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Thank you 🙂
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Thanks nymphdancer! It looks like it on their website, but, with nothing to compare to, I wanted to be certain. It looks like it's about the size of a ball hitch, does that seem correct?
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Shoulder Mount. It hurts so bad and scares me so much that I think it just looks ugly on me. Knee hold kills me too so I just don’t do it, but I think it’s beautiful. I do Marley instead.
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Awwww….it’s beautiful!
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I’m on my feet working 80+ hours per week. I usually only get one 1.5 hour session on the pole each week. In the two years I’ve been poling, I’ve never been able to do more than two sessions per week. My old body can’t handle any more than that! I do try to spend at least 15 mins each day doing yoga just so I’m doing something for ME every day. Tons of my free time is spent watching my son’s sports and I LOVE it but I’m totally jealous of all the workouts he gets!
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I’m studio taught. Have picked up a lot of the advanced stuff from a combo of studio classes, Veena’s lessons, videos and Skype sessions with members here. I try all new moves on both sides when I’m “figuring them out”. I think I just stick with the side that feels most comfortable or the side that I’m working when I finally nail the new move. I do find it very odd that I feel very weak in any split grip spin with right hand low, but vary the low hand for advanced split grip poses. Weird!
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I’m right handed, but I do a lot of lifting and other tasks with my left. I think that’s because my mother is left handed and I learned those things by watching and mimicking her actions.
I invert comfortably on both sides, but prefer one side for most tricks. For Superman, I like right hand high. Gemini – both sides, Scorpio – right leg.
Here’s where things get weird: Ayesha – right hand low, Handspring and Cartwheel – left hand low. Forearm grip for ayesha, straight edge, brass monkey – left forearm grip, Forearm grip for Flag – right forearm. And, just to really mix things up, when I go from CAR to brass monkey, I’m most comfortable with a right forearm grip. -
name: Jenny
age: 41
location: Wisconsin
stage name: Too old for that 😉
lessons or self taught: lessons here and studio
spin or static: static but starting to like spinny
shoes or barefoot: barefoot
favorite pole move: Butterfly for beauty, Cartwheel for fun, Straight Edge for strength
day job: bar owner
your best/sexiest feature: hips
how you got into pole dancing: bar customer got me a pole and a teacher found me. After years of begging someone to take me seriously, both random events occurred in one week!
how you found out about studioveena.com: saw Veena on YouTube
if you were a pair of underwear would you be a thong, boy shorts, bikini: boy shorts -
I love your style. Your hubby is very lucky 😉
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@Hazi – I got the side string shorts in cobalt and skulls! Can’t wait to get them!
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@Lallinka – I agree with PFM. If you see something you love on Mika, get it! I love their stuff and oftentimes mix and match it with my other polewear.
@PFM – Thanks for sharing. I haven’t seen onzie before. Guess who just ordered two new pair of pole shorts? -
Lady, I go through this all the time. I think it’s pretty typical. But, I know it makes you cranky with yourself. Sometimes I use it as an excuse to buy new pole clothes. Can’t resist poling in a hot new pair of shoes or shorts 🙂
