[Colleen]

My certification left off at Intermediate #1. So today I began the Intermediate #2 program. 🙂 I’m so thankful that you offer this option! 💜💜

[Colleen]

Thank you for everything you do and have done, Veena! 🧞‍♀️🧞‍♀️ I’ll be sure to check out the other sections of the website you recommended, and if I have a problem with something, I’ll contact you! 🙂🙂🙂💜💜💜

[Colleen]

I’m so disappointed that you’re not offering certifications anymore. I travel and move around a lot. So I have to take breaks sometimes. But I was looking forward to returning today. 😢

[Colleen]

I love the new look ,and thank you for continuing with this platform and opportunity! ????????

[Colleen]

Thank you!

[Colleen]

Welcome back! I had surgery on my right big toe. So I can relate. I was out for four or five months, but now I’m healed and back at it.

[Colleen]

Oh, I saw your invert guides! Never Mind!

[Colleen]

Tips for aerial invert!

[Colleen]

The Bible says nothing about pole dancing. If you don’t want to be sensual, then wear basic clothes and think of pole as pole fitness.

[Colleen]

The only way I progress is if I pole consistently. For me, at 60, that means poling three days a week (classes at a studio/home practice with Veena). The other days I do other exercises, like swimming or body weight training, I also take a rest day. If I’m not consistent or if I take time off, I’m set way behind. (For example, I broke my right big toe and had to have surgery. When I returned to pole, I had to get good at a straddle invert again, for example. I couldn’t do it immediately after I returned. 🤷🏾‍♀️)

[Colleen]

Don’t wait to lose weight! Start now!

[Colleen]

I’m 60. Age is not and will not be a barrier for me. If I were in bad shape, maybe, but I’m not. There are many middle-aged women in one of my pole classes, and I also take inspiration from over 50 and 60 polers who are top pole dancers. ~~~ You need to put your ego aside and keep at it. (You wrote this in February. It’s September now. How are you doing?)

[Colleen]

Earlier this year, I fell of a Lyra hoop and broke my right big toe. The doctor told me it would take about 6 to 8 weeks to heal. However, the toe wasn’t healing properly. So I had to have surgery. So that was another three months of healing. So, all that time, I was off Lyra AND off pole. 🙁 I was new to Lyra (only a few lessons), but I’ve been poling for awhile. ~~ I won’t return to Lyra: 1. Because I have PTSD from falling; 2. I don’t want to go through this again, and 3. My husband would kill me if I returned. 🤷🏾‍♀️ I HAVE returned to pole. That’s because I’m not new to it, and when I’ve fallen, I knew how to keep the fall from being serious. ~~ I agree 100 percent with Veena that you should practice with a mat. I’m amazed at the number of studios that don’t use mats. 🙄 With Lyra, you always have a mat underneath, but because you’re so high up, if you fall, you can hurt yourself badly like I did. ~~ So circus stuff, like Lyra, is no longer for me. But it would take a lot for me to give up pole.

[Colleen]

OMG! Awesome!

[Colleen]

This sounds like a great idea. I’m doing PDC, but I would love to do this too!

[Colleen]

I’ve been poling for eight years, and I’m still not great at it. Getting excellent at pole takes lots of practice for most people. I never practiced as much as I should have, but I intend to change that as I continue my pole journey. Take advantage of Veena’s 30 Day Take Off and go from there. Remember that if you take time off like I have done many times in the past, you put yourself behind. For example, we recently moved to Florida. I haven’t poled in at least a month. I also no longer have a pole at my Florida home. (I was unable to bring mine from Chicago.) So not only do I need to get another pole, but I also need to find a studio. (With Veena’s lessons, you don’t have to attend a studio, but I like to do both.)

[Colleen]

Also, pole sit REALLY HURT when I was learning it. Today, it doesn’t hurt at all! Keep practicing! You’ll get used to it! ❤️❤️

[Colleen]

Nobody will get sick of you here! Ask away! ❤️❤️ Also, embrace the bruises! They come with the territory!

[Colleen]

Yes! I love core routines! Thanks! ❤️

[Colleen]

I’m back to practicing my front splits! As I had said in another thread, I was experiencing pain on the bottom of my right butt. So I had to take some time off from front splits practice. But now I’m back, and I’m back to where I was when I had to stop for a bit! 🙂

[Colleen]

The Attitude Climb is fun!

[Colleen]

Thanks! Looking forward to this! ❤️

[Colleen]

Looking forward to Week 5.

[Colleen]

Will there be a Week 5?

[Colleen]

Thanks!