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Angel! Score! Thank you for posting this.
Wow, I really want to get certified in this method. Level I in Mission Viejo in April, hmmmmm…… https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

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From one skinny busty poler to another:

I FREAKING LOVE THIS!!!!!

You are so creative and this outfit is the bomb. Thank you for sharing!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif

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Angel, how awesome you went to a stretching workshop, I’m so glad you liked it!

I have been doing this consistently for a while now and I am amazed at the results. So much of my stiffness has gone away, I gain and keep more flexibility every day. And just the other day I actually got within 2" of a split on my BAD side, which has been bound up with scar tissue for 18 years! So, I am a serious believer!

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Aww, E, think of it as you getting a GREAT learning experience with greatly experienced people around you! Sometimes it’s a good idea to surround yourself with greatness and it tends to rub off on you! Don’t worry about being embarrassed, I’m sure Allegra will show us a couple things that will humble us ALL. I’m looking forward to learning things I can’t do yet, myself! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_razz.gif

Thanks Allie, you’re so sweet https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif !! I’m looking forward to it really, just nervous.

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Thurs
3:30 – 5 pm: Allegra spinning pole USPDF – ottersocks, GatorGirl4Life redke71(karol)

Oh great, me and a whole bunch of USPDF competitors. On spinning pole. Prepare for major embarassment. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_redface.gif

BTW, folks who are in the cancelled Saturday B&P workshops might want to update their enrollments on the running list in this thread. (Too anal, had to say something, sorry…. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_queen.gif )

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We are in Lake Tahoe for a long weekend. So, I plan on spending the day skiing my ass off on Heavenly mountain, then curling up fireside with my hubby, my dog, and my giant tacky heart box of Russell Stover candy! Every year that’s all I ask for, the biggest heart they sell in the drugstore filled with bad overly sweet chocolate. Love it!

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Ok, you all realize, we’re going to have to find out our real names. I don’t think the hotel operator will be able to connect me to "foxy rei’s room!"

Hi, my name is Ellen, and I am a pole addict. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

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Yes! Let’s all have a huge sleepover at the W!!! Who wants to be big spoon??? https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
CHEATER!! You only spoon with ME! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif

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I’ll be at the W too, how awesome!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
Just want to triple check and be sure we’re all on the same page. There are multiple W Hotels in NYC. The Poletential crew is at W The Court, at E 39th and Lexington. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

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I’ll be at the Courtyard Marriott Upper East Side. It’s very close to Symphony Circle and rates are $200 per room. A bunch of us girls from Maryland will be there.

Hey Angel,
Just want to be sure you realize that you’re not really close to the theater. You’re on the upper east side, 92nd and 1st avenue, so all the way east almost on the river. The theater is at 95th and Broadway on the upper WEST side, and you have the entirety of Central Park between you. You have to go more than halfway across the city.
Not a big deal really, just wanted to be sure you were aware. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

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Ooooh, sandybrown, I could KISS you for organizing this list!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif

I decided to take one of Allegra’s classes instead of the Miss USPDF one. Frankly, there’s a 50/50 chance I will have already done a workshop with (or WORK WITH—go Fleur!!) the winner. I’m scared of the spin class but nothing ventured….(amyxshi you’ve scared the crap out of me with talk of https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_puke_l.gif )

Thurs
3:30 – 5 pm: Allegra spinning pole USPDF – ottersocks
5pm – 6:30pm: Alethea USPDF- TrophyWife, PhillyPoleJess, PoledanceVienna
6:30 – 8pm: Jenyne USPDF- amyxshi, ottersocks, Phillypolejess, PoledanceVienna

Sat
9:30 – 11am: Estee B&P–ottersocks, bauderlady
10am – 11:30am: Spinning pole with Allegra (MPD Australia) USPDF – Fleur
1pm – 2:30: Brooke USPDF–ottersocks
2pm – 3:30: Contortion B&P– PoledanceVienna
2:30 – 4pm: Alethea USPDF- amyxshi, tracee
4pm – 5:30: Miss USPDF winner–
4pm – 5:30: Jenyne B&P- sandybrown
5:30 – 7 pm: Karol USPDF- TrophyWife
6:30 – 8pm: Alethea B&P- sandybrown, PoledanceVienna
7pm – 8:30pm: Amber USPDF- amyxshi, tracee, Foxy_Rei
8:15 – 9:30: Karol B&P–PoledanceVienna

Sun
10am – 11:30: Amber B&P–PoledanceVienna
12:30 – 2pm: Leigh Ann B&P- sandybrown, PoledanceVienna, LuvlyJ
2:15 – 3:45: Alethea B&P- PoledanceVienna
7:15 – 8:45: Karol B&P- amyxshi, sandybrown

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Because additional workshops are being added with the same ladies on the same days at USPDF, I thought we should add times for clarification:

thurs
6:30 – 8 pm jenyne USPDF- amyxshi, ottersocks, Phillypolejess
5 – 6:30 pm alethea USPDF- TrophyWife, PhillyPoleJess

sat
7 – 8:30 pm amber USPDF- amyxshi, tracee, Foxy_Rei
2:30 – 4 pm alethea USPDF- amyxshi, tracee
5:30 – 7 pm karol USPDF- TrophyWife
Brooke USPDF–ottersocks
Miss USPDF winner–ottersocks
Jenyne B&P- sandybrown
Alethea B&P- sandybrown
Estee B&P–ottersocks

sun
karol B&P- amyxshi
Leigh Ann B&P- sandybrown

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thurs
jenyne USPDF- amyxshi, tracee, ottersocks
alethea USPDF- TrophyWife

sat
amber USPDF- amyxshi, tracee, Foxy_Rei
alethea USPDF- amyxshi, tracee
karol USPDF- TrophyWife
Brooke USPDF–ottersocks
Miss USPDF winner–ottersocks
Jenyne B&P- sandybrown
Alethea B&P- sandybrown
Estee B&P–ottersocks

sun
karol B&P- amyxshi
Leigh Ann B&P- sandybrown

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There aren’t a ton of us. I work at Poletential with Fleur and her sister Amy. Would love to meet you. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif

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I love this one, too. Jenyne’s tip that helped me nail it quickly was, as you bring your leg through under your arm past the pole, don’t think about leading with your foot. Instead, bend your knee and think about making your shin parallel to the pole, then passing it through under your arm in that vertical parallel position.
Definitely easier with as much spin momentum as you can gather, that makes it way better. And try it at first barefoot, as you may stab yourself in the static V leg’s thigh with your stiletto as you pass your shin through. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif