Maria-Elena Kadala
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I will also have a section with Flow Flexibility training.. it’s how I like to train for my flexibility. Its more that just stretching the muscles after a workout. I will be helpful in increasing flexibility.
Looking forward to that, Veena … dynamic stretching is THE thing these days, I see all the teams doing it before games, and my team (the referees) are doing it as well. I promise to be patient, your lessons are worth waiting for.
We have Bendy Chat on Thursday evenings where some of our bendiest members share their wisdom with we aspiring bendies — it’s been a great help. Please join us!
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Everyone has been where you are … don’t feel discouraged. Improvement doesn’t seem to come at a steady state, often leaps & bounds, followed by a plateau, and then the cycle begins again.
Be sure to follow Veena’s most excellent advice and instruction so you don’t incur an injury and get frustrated with the setback.
Those bruises are your badge of honor … get used to ’em … arnica & ice might help, but the bruises go with the territory. They’ll come from banging the pole for the first couple of months, later from the holds, where you’re feeling the burn.
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Is that cute outfit the one you made for yourself for the Detroit Showcase?
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This is more a web-master question …
It would be great if the list of videos below the video showing would "hold" its place, so I don’t have to scroll thru ALL the videos (at each level) each time.The lessons are getting better and better, and let me say it again, I LOVE the new format!!!
I’d never even tried an Aysha, but I got the reverse one in your lesson on the first try.
(Still trying to find that vid where you flip into the Superman from V, I think you move the upper hand to outside the leg, then continue to flip over, been trying to work out the logistics rolling on the floor, LOL) -
The aerial silks just take my breath away … your performance was lovely!
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i would rather give this up than have to live each day hating how i look, I do want to progress further, and if someone can give me a way to redefine my waist i’m willing to give it time.
Nothing will ruin your waistline quicker than a baby, and do you plan to forego mother-hood to keep your figure?Some of it comes down to genetics. I have broad shoulders (size 10//12 jackets) and narrow hips (size 2 jeans). I’ve never had an hour-glass figure, and never will. Should I hate the way I look?
Rather than focus on this one detail of your body, focus instead on your well-toned muscles, and love the other 95% of your body for what it is able to do. You can visually change the proportion by building shoulders as described. Or you can can cut back on the moves you think are "ruining" your waist-line, eg, more spinning & dancing than lifting moves.
Learn to accept your genetics and make the most of what you have!
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OH I love that idea!!! I wouldn’t normally want everyone to "copy/do" then post a lesson routine exactly how I performed it, but this would be a fun challenge…and the routine is only a min long so you could do it a few times for a longer song!
Veena, that would be a terrifichelp for those of us who haven’t done a routine yet.
Will you be adding a few more intermediate & advanced routines too?
Thanks for all you do!
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Terrific!!!
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I’ve been hoping you’d do this, looking forward to the others!
Thanks so much.
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Hooked, I found a folding exercise mat at Target for $30, complete with carry handles.
It doesn’t surround the pole, but I can place it under where I’ll be trying a new trick (which I start low to the ground anyway).
Sometimes I fold it into four layers, others two layers, and it’s a great exercise mat unfolded. If you’re on bendy chat tomorrow night, I’ll show it to you. -
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The other news is that I never had a shoulder injury! I went to see a sports injury specialist/orthopedic surgeon that didn some tests and X-rays. He said my shoulders are fine, and I actually have bicep tendonitis! Nothing looked torn.
…Interesting you mention this what — I thought was a knee problem (for having damaged miniscus, years ago) turned out to be an injured quadriceps that made it so tight it was pulling my knee-cap. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif My massage therapist sorted that me, and recommended some stretches between appts.
Strengthening and stretching properly are SO important — boring, but injuries happen if we don’t maintain the equipment properly!
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Hi, Effy, you’ve done a great job teaching yourself. Be sure to consider Veena’s Lessons, so you learn the technique to prevent injury?
Where in Germany are you? I still have a lot of family there. -
"Well, since you’re asking…
If I saw one somewhere I’d just think it was tacky, and that they weren’t smart enough to have thought it through.
That’s just my opinion. Bit humourless tonight, I’m afraid. "She was right on that last statement — she’s humourless, and she’s afraid.
One of the advantages of being 50-something is that no one accuses me of being a stripper!!!
I started at 55, and look what it’s done for me in just a year … there’s jayjay here, also in her 50s, mother of a teenage girl. I think we look pretty darn "respectable" in our pictures (although I do have a couple where I’m aspiring to look tarty! but not tacky)Well, the close-minded ladies on that forum are going to listen to what you have to say, but show this to your own mum. Mine was a bit taken aback when she found out … after she saw the pictures of me looking fitter and stronger than I had ever been in my life, well, she sees it a bit differently now. My stepmother is bragging to all her friends!
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Hmmm.. am I right in guessing this will be 1.30 am Irish time?
Alternately you could call us at noon and tell us to drag our sorry stiff asses out of bed to stretch with you! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif -
I would love to see more one piece poling outfits, made with crotch coverage and open sides, I have a swimming suit like that but it has studs on it, so I don’t wear it much for pole.
Yes, ditto on that, something to hide the mid-line for those of us who had babies the "easy way" and have a scar to hide.
Any of these … I’d like a way to insert bra cups, for those of us who need more support.
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I*’ve been looking for a wall dance DVD … that Slink, Slide one has been out of stock for a while now.
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Try removing refined products from your diet.
Also, add ginger, wonderful anti-inflammatory, has made the world of difference for arthritis. You can steep fresh grated ginger in your tea, I grate it into my morning smoothies (keep it frozen for easier grating).Also, try organic coconut oil — great moisturizer, no irritants, and has healing properties.
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Are you sure you have it at a joist?
You need to have a special bolt for vaulted ceilings … I know Platinum Stages offers it for their poles, don’t know about Mynx. -
if you’re on facebook, there are a number of pole organizations in other countries; try looking there.
It might be easier to just ship your pole rather than have to look for one there, it will probably require international delivery anyway.Lucky you going to Barcelona …. I LOVE Barcelona, a city I would not mind living in for a few years!
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Thanks for making this available!
How was it for you? there were butterflies beforehand … how did you feel during???
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What I’d really love to see is a cute unitard with cutout sides. Between the C-section and hysterectomy, the middle-line of my tummy is best left to the imagination, yet there are some moves for which we need to bare a little skin on the side.
There is a frustrating lack of choice for the larger-breasted women — the ones who need the most support! I can’t wear anything with a shelf bra, over over a bra, because it pulls the neckline down too low. Even the on-line catalogs for exotic dancers (many of whom have implants) rarely offer more than a C-cup.
I have basic bras that work for me, but I’d love to have something cute to wear over them!
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Title 9 has a great selection of sports bras, as does Champions Sports Bras, in a variety of colors, sizes, and shaping (as well as compression).
Victoria’s Secret has a 7-way bra which can be worn with any strap configuration or strapless.
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Bendy Chat was great!
Thanks to sosagely for getting us started, thanks to sapphirecateye for stretching us out!
I definitely improved a few degrees in split, back-bendy … not so much
BUT we really worked the split tonight.
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Guess I should fill this out before I become an Old User?
name: Maria
age: 56+
location: MA
stage name: Anna Niemas (not really — "stage name" is in my drreams!)lessons or self taught: lessons were 55th B-day gift to myself, supplemented with self-taught
spin or static: mostly static, starting to go spinny
shoes or barefoot: mostly barefoot (descalzada means "barefoot"), working on the CFM heels
favorite pole move: Gemini/Scorpio switch, trying to spin this nowday job: artisan & soccer referee
your best/sexiest feature: brain
how you got into pole dancing: lessons were 55th B-day gift to myself
how you found out about studioveena.com: google/youTubeif you were a pair of underwear would you be a thong, boy shorts, bikini cut or granny panties: l*a*c*e
PS. Can’t beleive there are 3 Maria’s on this page!!!
PPS. Originally from South America (I know, the blue-eyed blonde was a dead give-away…) and speak Spanish, Portuguese, and German … can read/understand Italian and French -
Thank you sweet, I really appreciate the contacts.
Cougar Dance is for the Woman who knows what she wants. <== Yeah, I qualify!
Resistant based, slow sensual moves and focusses on the eye contact and how to utilise it with the choreography.Ooooooh …. I like that!
Can’t Wait!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gifThere’s also VaVaVoom Fitness in Natick, they don’t have poles yet I don’t think, but Anne teaches Hip2Strip and other sexy dance classes.
Burlesque … will that include tassle-twirling?
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My book arrived and I did the stretches, I could feel myself loosening up, but that split still ain’t happening anytime soon! I heard of this method years ago and have been wanting to try it, my sports massage therapist does PNF stretches with me but I didn’t know how to do that unassisted. There are some that I really don’t get at all, so maybe I should schedule a session at Cooley hdqtrs, seeing as how they’re nearby in Boston!
