Piaketz
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CapFeb actually shipping to/from Hawaii is the same as in the rest of the US if you use regular post, it just takes a bit longer by a few days. But now if you are shipping liquids that need special handling or want things faster (or if you're buying from eBay where they jack up the price) then it gets more expensive.
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I don't have a stage name but a friend told me it should be "Slimer" because my hands are so sweaty, I always leave the pole all smudged with my sweat. Haha! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_flower.gif
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YES! I have/had one too. I say "had" because we are no longer friends. She kept putting me down because of it and I decided I don't need her in my life anymore. She kept mentioning that I pole to other coworkers in my former work place in such a derogatory tone. I got tired of it one day and said YES I POLE AND I LOVE IT! Then whipped out my phone and showed our other coworkers a super simple vid of me doing a reverse grab spin or a gemini or something, and it blew everyone's mind haha! Anyway, the entire office (except her) now thinks it's really cool and they kind of tune her out whenever she starts rolling her eyes at pole.
Oh and I went to an Opus Dei school growing up. Some former high school classmates saw a vid of me on FB doing pole, so they wrote me and told me that they still love me no matter what and were praying for my wayward soul to come back to God. Haha!!! I'm still friends with those poor sweet girls though, I'm trying to "educate" them and at least I think they are trying to open their minds a bit.
Anyway, good for you for showing your friend who's boss! I would have loved to seen her face while you rocked it! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_flower.gif
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@KuriKat The other faculty at the med school all know that I pole and are highly supportive. Our department chair regularly asks me if she can see my new pics. They are so proud about it that sometimes they even tell the med students and residents, and I cringe a little inside whenever I have to teach said students/residents haha! At the clinic though, only a few people know… my 2 assistants (they saw my bruises), one of the social workers and the psychiatrist. Someone told the SW about my bruises, and she approached me out of concern. Awwww… https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif And the psychiatrist… well, at least she doesn't think I'm crazy lol! I think she's crazier… she used to start secretly gyrating behind everyone's back whenever she saw me coz she likes to tease me (in a friendly way) about pole. I had not-so-nice comments from another colleague at the clinic about me doing aerials though, so I can just imagine what his reaction would be like if he heard that I pole. As a result I try to be careful who I tell now. And I'll die if any of my patients ever found out! Lol! I already get so much flack for looking "too young" already! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_flower.gif
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Oops I made a mistake. Small 1 oz is $12 and 2 oz is $18. Sorry bout that!
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Right now I'm using the salve sold at my aerial school. I'm loving it! The other girls in my aerial school seem to like it a lot as well, and some girls from the neighboring pole studio and skateboarders have been buying it too coz of word of mouth. It's called "Black and Blue" by DVK Hawaii (https://www.facebook.com/dvkhawaii), made by another aerial student who understands exactly how badly bruised we get. I guess you can write her if you'd like to buy… she runs a small business, not like you can get it on Amazon https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif The ingredients are: organic calendula flowers, fresh wildharvested St. John's wort flowers, organic arnica flowers, organic olive oil, beeswax, organic lavender essential oil and vitamin E oil. Seems to heal my bruises nicely. I've been putting it on my scars as well, seems to soften and fade them. It's more of a balm, not a gel/cream/stick. Not oily. And I think it smells so good, now I have to put some on before I sleep even if I don't have bruises because the smell helps me relax lol. I think it must be the lavender in it… https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_flower.gifThe smaller 1oz jar is around $7 I think, forgot how much the bigger one was. A little goes a long way though… I've only used like half of my small jar since buying it 2 months ago and I use it around 2-3 times a day for around 4-5 days in a row because by then the bruises would be gone. Then I go and bruise that part all over again haha!
I used to use the Whole Foods brand arnica gel, which healed my bruises nicely too. But it smells funny, is sticky, and whenever I'd get pole/silk burn over my bruises, it would really sting. It isn't bad but I'm favoring this new balm over it. My tube is 2.6 oz and cost around $10. It's runny, so it got used up fast.
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I'm a doctor. I work in a community health center in a rough neighborhood where I live and am associate faculty at the med school as well. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_flower.gif
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Corby I'm super crossing all my fingers and toes for you!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif I'm proud of you ALL the time!
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I agree with Elektra. Get one your size, for safety more than anything. I've always felt like I'd fall through the bigger ones not my size.
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How do you put garlic up in there? Do you just stick a clove in? Or do you need to crush it up first? Sorry if I'm too graphic, I'm just really curious about this as it's the first time I've heard it! Honestly I wouldn't want to smell like garlic down there… https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_flower.gif
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My advice would be to choose who you tell. Ideally, I would love to tell everyone about it too, and open up discussions with skeptical people regarding the art of beauty of pole. There are still a lot of biases in the real world though, and you don't want their closed-mindedness to bite you in the butt. You can feel a person out sometimes by bringing up the subject of pole without directly saying that you do it. While most people have been extremely supportive of me, I've had some bad reactions professionally when a friend from work told a whole bunch of people who started to see me differently, and it affected my work relationships with them.
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Haha Jelli that's exactly what happened to us the first few times! Oh another "bad habit" we were doing was to watch amazing pole clips on Youtube together to the point that we forgot to pole ourselves! So now we have a private FB group together, and if we find moves on the internet that we would like to try, we post them on there so the other girls can help brainstorm on how to break it down. It makes figuring out the move easier when we see each other and it saves time as everyone has seen the Youtube already before we start.
P.S. Emotioncatcher, sometimes we watch your Youtubes, and we love them. Thanks much! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif
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I loooooooooooooove Halifax!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif My family used to live there, and if they still did, I'd go in a heartbeat https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_queen.gif
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I pole once a week with 5 other girls, we have 1-2 poles and we're all upper intermediate who don't take lessons and we just try to teach ourselves. We're new to pole jamming too (it's been a month or two now) so maybe I don't have the best advice yet, but so far, here are some helpful things I thought I'd share from our limited experience…
So far it has helped us to have a structured plan for the 2 hours we have together. We roughly schedule in advance how we want to divide time doing warm up, conditioning, drills, working on certain moves and try to stick with it. One person is in charge of moving things along to keep everyone focused. No hard feelings if you get yelled at for slacking off https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif This way you get to accomplish everything you want. One person in charge of the music. Each girl must come prepared and must have picked a few moves she wants to work on, so that it will be easy to trade moves with each other, and it will minimize just sitting around staring at each other. One of us also has an iPad and we video ourselves so we can see where we go wrong and what we need to improve on.
Water is good, yes! For snacks, we've been staying away from too much carbs or anything too heavy because that gets us lazy and sleepy later on. We have carrot sticks, hummus with thin whole wheat crackers, light cheese, mini turkey wraps, salad, strawberries… Cupcakes and ice cream have now been banned! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
Anyway, hope that helps. I wish you ladies a very fun and successful pole jam and I'm looking forward to seeing other people's tips for pole jams as well https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_flower.gif
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I have several Samoan, Tongan and Native Hawaiian patients who tattoo themselves heavily at home starting adolescence and I think it's beautiful and I believe it is an art form. As a doctor who cares for patients who tattoo often, I have seen maybe more than my share of infected tattoos, hypersensitivities and allergies. The only time I am ever against it is when people recycle needles that have been previously used on someone else, for obvious reasons.
To the OP and everyone else who gets tattoos, I would just like to say that it is unusual for a doctor to be against tattooing in general. Even if your doctor had a personal bias against it, it should not matter if they are professional. I am not sure where EvaRut got the idea that a doctor might prescribe treatment that would ruin a tattoo, but I hope it does not dissuade you from seeking medical help. Honestly, I can't think of a single medication or treatment that would ruin a tattoo. In fact, I can only think of a tattoo getting ruined from scarring from not seeking medical help in time. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_flower.gif
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I mostly get my pole outfits from Lululemon. It's pricy but very sturdy, comfy, and most of all they hold my "food baby" in and keep my private parts private https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif. I have 2 pole shorts that I bought in 2009 and they still look new. And the bras have kept my D-cup girls from popping out so far.
Bought some Mika after the rave reviews here. Honestly, I was sorely disappointed! My Mika shorts are just ok… I think you need to have a really flat stomach for them. The waistband isn't very reinforced so it tends to roll under and expose my food baby. They're functional otherwise. After 2 uses of the matching bra though, the elastic inside the fabric separated from the side seam. My left boob now likes to perform the "underboob" below the band so it's pretty much useless now. I guess I could rip out the seam and repair it by hand coz it is quite pretty, but for the cost and the reviews, I expected better performance from the garment. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif
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When I was learning it, I just used my doorway. I put my legs on either side of the doorway then I used my elbows to crawl through bit by bit like some Japanese horror movie monster. I looked kind of creepy but it was effective and free https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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Are certain colors more puffy than others? Some people have allergies to certain chemical pigments. But yes, have you doctor take a look to see if it's an infection vs. an allergy.
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Do you have friends you can pole with? My pole friends keep me motivated, and I've befriended a few online who truly inspire me 🙂
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Personalized little microfiber towels to wipe the pole with?
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Liked! And I do believe it is the prettiest pic of the bunch. Well done! 🙂
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Fiya Starta I just saw your question, why of course you may use what I'm saying about your DVD! My real name is Pia btw. Love the DVD. Took it to my friends place, we all tried it, it was kind of sad seeing 3 flat Asian butts trying to booty clap. It was a ton of fun though and you know, maybe it's just my imagination or something but now I do feel a little shaking in my jelly back there, more than before. Can't wink yet though, I end up doing a Kegels, my body just doesn't understand it lol! Who knows one day I can get it to clap…
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Congrats!!! 🙂 So proud of you!!!
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My friend recently tried uploading a clip of us poledancing and it didn't get published. FB sent her a message the next day and said the reason it was flagged and not posted was because the music she edited the vid with was copyright material. I was a bit relieved that it was not because they thought our spin drills were offensive, but I was still pretty annoyed that they were extremely strict on a private video. But anyway… maybe it was the music you used that was the reason for the flag? My friend's vid was flagged pretty instantly so I think they must have some sort of screening program that detects certain music. I'd hate to think that there's some poor dude out there screening all our vids even before they get publish on the timeline. What a sorry job haha! In our case, my friend changed the music and the video went up.
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Tara we are just beginning to teach ourselves spinny. We have no experience in it. So far so good, just have to get used to the motion of it. At least we are no longer flying off screaming like when we first tried it haha!!! We've all been doing a lot of other things like silks and stuff and no one really kicks our butts into gear in pole anymore, so we're just beginning to return to our first love again and getting our groove back. Trust me, we DO need lessons from you! I love all your videos! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif
