[Kira]

Yeah I’m sure you added me on fb – oliva should come up or type in Raven. I go many places but mainly pole sessions and jln 🙂 shoes are from glitter heels.com or pleasers on eBay, I love shoes! Hope ro see you tonight I’m usually there til half past anyway xx

[Kira]

Lol well if you can make it tonight I’ll have some combos ready for you to try! 🙂 xx

[Kira]

Oh that’s a shame 🙁 I’m sure you know of jln they have some classes that start at 8.30. See if Claire will rejig the class format a little one day and add more classes xx

[Kira]

Hey zoey can you make francesca’s class at 1on Tuesdays? Or there’s a small studio called polefire in cemtre of town that does a 2-3pm class on Tuesdays too. Other than that there isn’t much choice 🙁 you going tonight? I could always train with you and we can try out some more advanced stuff or transitions etc 🙂 I need pushing too, I just mess about in class lol

[Kira]

Chem – if you are friends with Lolo hilsum on facebook she's posted that on her wall. The move she's doing is like twisting into the ballerina if that makes sense…

[Kira]

Thank you Cherished!!!! 

[Kira]

I'm in uK and all that plays is audio saying "sorry, currently not available" :S I hope it will be available to us non-aussies, I REALLY want to watch this!!!

[Kira]

congrats Nich! get lots of rest 🙂 

Lizzie what studio  are you performing with?

[Kira]

I'm up for it! Last time was so fun 🙂 Just let me know time and place. Hopefully this time Shona we will do some dancing in heels 😉 😀 

[Kira]

Shoulder mount bounce drop (does the Fonji count as a drop?)
Yogini/Rocketman drop,
Remi Sit drop – I learnt it from Charley's wonderful tutorial 🙂 http://youtu.be/fs5REv6mwnY

Chopstix drop
Knee hold to outside leg hang drop
Jenyne tumble (sit to flag down)
Pole Sit to elbow embrace drop
Elbow embrace to beauty queen (20 secs into this video http://youtu.be/8kYe3AbPkBo –  also at 1.04 there is an iron x to ballerina drop)
 

[Kira]

I get scared when I see beginners getting taught to 'take a jump' into an invert…. this style of teaching really annoys me, the teachers are supposed to be the responsible ones.

Beginners won't know the full extent of how strenuous pole is on the body and it's the responsibility of the teachers to coach them how to work towards a move. 

[Kira]

Andre from Bobbi’s Sydney! His YouTube is itsjustandre, he’s super strong, sexy bodywaves and the nicest guy you’ll ever meet!!

[Kira]

I only do pole and that's enough for me lol I got really lethargic and so tired all the time but I was eating correctly, sleeping enough and not practicing excessively. I decided to try vitamin b because my friend told me she takes vit b-12 to help with her energy levels. I've taken it for about 3 week now and I've noticed a difference in my energy, I still get tired but nothing like I was before, so maybe give that a try? I just got them from holland and barret 🙂 

[Kira]

I went to a studio where they only practiced in heels – warm up and cool down was barefeet but the rest of the class was in heels. Coming from a studio where I was always taught bare foot, it was weird and I kept wobbling on my heels at first (I dove straight in and bought 7 inch heels lol) but now I love dancing in heels.

The problem is that I am now back training in studios that only teach in barefeet…. 1 studio doesn't mind me wearing heels but everyone always stops and watches me practice (probably because I don't land quietly :P) and I'm not comfy with that… but yeah I prefer dancing in heels because it makes me stand better, makes me feel taller and it gives me more confidence and feel more feminine. And the taller the better!! I don't like to dance in anything lower than 6inch heels heehee. I spend my days in baggy pants and trainers, I don't go on nights out anymore so when I dance I like to dress up 🙂

And if I'm practicing a new move – as long as the move doesn't involve the possibility of me stabbing myself in the head with the heel 🙂 Stick with practicing basic moves with your heels on to gain more confidence and soon you will love it too 😀 

 

[Kira]

I go to a few & practice at home now but yeah I started off at bodybarre 🙂 tbh I only know of overseas studios that have brass, most ones near me are either 50chrome or just recently changed to 45 and 40 chrome. I never noticed the smell with brass myself and found it on par with the chrome – sometimes you slipped sometimes you didn't, just depending on the surrounding temperature I found. But each person is different… i'll keep my eyes and ears peeled if I hear of any brass poles though because I'd like to test these new x-pole ones out! x