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There is less stigma now then a few years ago. I am an industry girl and I teach in a studio, both for fitness and for women to rediscover their sexiness. In my experience I can tell if someone is close minded and going to have a stick up there ass and those are the people that I say I teach dance to in a studio. Also, being a pole dancer and being an exotic dancer doesn’t always go handin hand.
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I'm very fair skinned and can bruise if you look at my wrong, but remember a bruise is still an injury. After taking a few courses for my teaching certification I learned how to minimise the possibility of injury (bruising). Now very rarely do I ever bruise. The biggest tips I can give you is make sure you are not jumping into any of your moves, and make sure the right muscles are engaged when doing any tricks or moves. (Ex. When climbing make sure you are engaging in your shoulders, rolling them back and down, before steping into your dominate leg. This will help avoid becoming a foot climber… which I was and had to break the habit, lol)
Hope this helps a little.
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Fun Pole Fitness or Pole Sinsations would be closest to you depending on where in Mission Bay you are in.
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She put a brief how to on her facebook about how to get into the batwing (april 27th)
BATWING – You get into the Batwing from a scorpio, the Prep for it is to just see if you can thread your bottom scorpio arm around the pole to your elbow pulling the pole tighter on your back keeping the rest of your body in a scorpio. Be Careful, the full Batwing is a super advanced move and dangerous on your spine 😉 xoxo
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I will admit, I am not a huge fan of protein shakes mostly because of taste, and I am not credentialed in nutrition. From a few of the fitness professionals I know there advice for weight/inch loss and strength building is this… 45 minutes of cardio 4 days per week, weight lifting 2-3 days per week, a diet considting of lean proteins and dark leafy greens. Portion sizing is importaint. Idealy 4-6 meals a day.
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That was amazing. Thank you for sharing
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Not too sure if you would be keen on this, but what really helped me with flexibility in my middle back was ballet. Like Amy said, you elongate. Think of being pulled by a string from the crown of your head, lifting the body and keep that feeling/thought as you reach back. Start small and work from there.
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Thank you both very much. She is a begining level student. I will email her your responces and I'm sure you will be hearing from her in the next few weeks. If she has any questions I will send you a message, and probly get your contact info as well so she can get in contact with you.
I know that one thing she is looking for is a studio that teaches similarly to ours (safely breaking down everything six ways from Sunday) and a place that she can continue to progress, learn, and have fun.
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Intresting question…. I would have to say I dance to whatever I am feeling at that moment and how the music moves me. I am very big into everything flowing together and being fluid. All my students tell me it is sexy, but I don't think of myself as that way. To sum it all up in one word maybe seductive or sensual.
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Take a look into the regulations for your area. For where I live we have to have a police regulated permit that is renewed every year. That may be different for where you live. The other thing to keep in mind too is it is, above all, a business. You are selling a fantasy in their head. I make most of my money on stage because of my stage presents and how I dance. When I do dances I do no contact because customers want what they can't have (and its the law here).
If you have your heart set on it do amuture night and see what you think about it. I got into it for the dancing not the money. If you do decide to do it, I agree with the previouse advice of, start slowly and work your way up. Also, find a really comfortable pair of heels the will be your friend and enemy all at the same time.
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I have been on depo for 3-4 years now and prior to that was on tri-cyclin low for 2 years. It helped a lot with really bad cramps (yes, I completely understand where you are coming from there) and balanced out my hormones a bit. The first week of my injection is what myself and those I live with refer to as typhod mary week. I'm a bit all over the place emotionally but after that I am pretty normal. For me, it has increesed my libido. Hope all goes well talking to the nurse.
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I have a fairly extensive tattoo, part of it on my rib cage. I thought I would be up to poling a day or two after I got my ink…. I was so wrong. I would just say wait until it heals to pole. Mine is on my invert side as well. It was not pleasant hitting fresh ink against a pole, and hurt far worse then the tattoo itself.
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What I have found in the past with myself and my students is the sickling of the back leg is caused by alignment. Usually the back leg is to close to the midline which cuts off some of the flexibility of the hip flexor. Also bear in mind that the hamstrings may be tight which can cause this too. I have found that if you set your feet up in an L shape (one foot toes pointing forward and the other foot pointing to the side wall giving an L shape) then slide down slowly into the splits it helps keep alignment. The other thing that may help is to settle into the slpits and carfully put your wieght into your hands and very gentally move your back leg outward an inch or two.
I hope this helps and makes sense. I can try to put up a video or pictures if that will help.
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Pole dancing, as far as I recall, is technacally aneraboic excersice… because you don't stay in an aerobic range for 20+ minutes…
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Devil Dolls: Fever, you put a spell on me, queen of pain, & bourbon in your eyes… are a few good ones that are modern but have that classic burlesque feel.
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I’m very happy with all of her DVDs that are out. Currently my favorite one is her Yoga Meltdown.
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I find the response to this idea odd, but I was also in the same boat with Middle eastern dance (Belly dance) as well… I have been dancing and performing professionally for about ten years now, and this idea is the first I’m hearing about it. Then again most all of the professionals I know and perform with are exotic dancers too.
If we want to be really honest with it Middle Eastern dance was never meant for men’s eyes. It was originally a gathering of women connecting with their spirituality/worship, teaching child birthing to the younger ladies (the undulation of the body), Women figuring out who their sons would marry, and promoting unity amongst women. All of this is due to cultural reasons. The dancing that we see in the US is a fusion form of Middle eastern dance to begin with (Arabic and Moroccan). It wasn’t seen by men until Little Egypt came to the US and made it a hoochie koochie dance for entertainment. That is how it got the bad rap in the first place, and the myth that it was the origins of stripping. There are various other cultural differences in US belly dancing and Middle eastern Belly dancing, but I won’t go on for hours about them.
In short, I dance both styles. They are both very sensual and can be very sexual too, but that is how the performer interpenetrates the movement and isolation.
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Hi Makyla!
Welcome to studio veena. I’m local. What part of sandy eggo are you in?
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A few tips for you if you decide to do this (from a girl friend of mine that worked in vegas ).
Get a wrap and place it across his lap so if you do sit on his lap for a moment it is your wrap not his pants because you don’t know where he has been.
You will get very good at hand slapping and dodging. What I tend to do is carry a pair of hand cuffs and cuff them so I don’t have to deal with this… They may like your kinky-take charge factor more.
Get all dance money up front. If he is cuffed pull it out of his wallet for him in a seductive manor. Men in these clubs like women with personality, and that are in charge.
At some point in time you will be propositioned. I tent to act like they just insulted me majorly after i tell them no once. My girl friend is great at playing the, excuse the expression, dumb blond and pulls out the mommy voice when they get out of line.
Remember above all else follow your instincts. If you don’t feel comfortable don’t do it. I tend to tell people up front my "rules" for dances. (I would also suggest following all laws, rules, and regulation for the area that you live in. This is my disclaimer… common sense I know, but i still put it in.)
PM me if you have more in depth questions on the industry.
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Well, I am a tattoo artist worst nightmare when it comes to aftercare because I have super sensitive skin. During the first six sessions of my tattoo I found that I was allergic to or couldn’t use A&D ointment, aqauphor (sp?), lubrderm lotion, aveno lotion, etc…. What I used was bag balm in a think layer once a day (twice if needed), and when peeling a mixture of bag balm and emu oil. After it was done peeling I could then use lotions. I don’t know how sensitive your skin is but I would suggest using it around the peeling stage or in conjunction with bag balm because it does absorb into your skin fast. Also keep in mind that a tattoo is a scar no matter how you look at it.
My heal and peel time is very short compared to most people. I was back on the pole with in 3-5 days when I got my leg done. With my ribs it was more like 1-2 weeks because I bruise when getting tatted. I was healed in a few days, but my ribs still hurt from the underlying bruise.
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Figuring out style will help to focus, but a lot of dvd’s out there for beginners have a lot of the same basics. I tend to perform to a fusion style, but I have been classically trained in several styles. As far as zills go…. A few good dvd’s out there are Belly dancing with Zills, Killer Zills:Belly dance finger cymbals, and Drills!Drills! Drills! a complete workout with finger cymbals.
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You can also check out fun pole fitness. All of the instructors that teach pole are ACE certified and certified through Pole Positions.
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All of the information on this form is great, but the one thing that I think is most important is portion control/size. As Americans we tend to over indulge on how big a meal should be compared to the rest of the world. A random example of this would be the proper portion of meat to consume should be between 3-4 oz because anything after that gets stored as fat. Most meat servings in restaurants are between 7-14 oz. With this in mind it gives you a whole new perspective on eating.
Another thing to look at isn’t necessarily the diet/healthier life habits and physical activities, but also ones mental state and self. If you can’t push yourself into a positive mind set then it will be multiple times harder to loose any weight. (As women we are all guilty of this at some point in our lives https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif ). One’s mental state is equally as important as nutrition and diet, which is commonly left out of fad diets… which is why they don’t work.
A couple of really good books to read on this topic would be Jillian Michaels "Making the Cut" and "Winning by Loosing". She breaks weight lose into a three S approach. Self, science, and sweat. It is straight forward, blunt, and honest.
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I personally don’t have one, but a few of my friends do. Their tongue swelled up a little bit and had a little bit of a hard time with speaking clearly for a week or so….
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I would say see how you feel, but don’t push it. My tatt goes from the instep of my foot all the way up to the ribs currently. When I got the outline done on my ribs I was okay to pole after a few days. When I get the first session of shading done I probably will not be able to pole for a week or two. A lot of it really depends on the area, how fast you heal, and each person has different pain levels they can tolerate.
Is this your first tattoo?
