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2013 May Challenge
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I’m with you, sistah!! I’m turning 47 this summer, and I feel even more sexy and confident than I did in my 20s and early 30s. Pole is a big part of my workout and its become more than that- its become my dance partner and its become my mirror to myself. My body is indeed changing and have people coming up to me with such wonderful compliments about my body. Keep it up pole sistah. May our Creator keep you healthy and blessed.
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I’m with you, sistah!! I’m turning 47 this summer, and I feel even more sexy and confident than I did in my 20s and early 30s. Pole is a big part of my workout and its become more than that- its become my dance partner and its become my mirror to myself. My body is indeed changing and have people coming up to me with such wonderful compliments about my body. Keep it up pole sistah. May our Creator keep you healthy and blessed.
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By the way, on behalf of all of us inspired by the STUDIOVEENA community, thank you To the heart of this Community, Veena. Your passion, insight and amazing tutorials continue to create strong, sexy, empowered, impassioned women. Thank you!
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AW thank you HotPhlip!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif
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Pole Dancing is groundbreaking. I started pole dancing at 19 at the 1st strip club that I had worked at that had a pole. I can remember thinking, "this is gonna b so easy 4 me" and as I proceeded 2 climb that pole, I was fully aware that it was not going 2 b easy. I continued 2 use the pole, 2 learn more and more from the other girls and eventually…. I started 2 teach them. I always knew that this was something I was meant 2 do. I worked with girls that didn't have the skill and didn't care 2 have it. They only cared about making a dollar, but when I stepped out on that stage, the audience would know that being an exotic dancer was more than just showing off U'r body….. it's an art. Now Pole Dancing has expanded 2 more than just strip clubs….. it is recognized everywhere… and is breaking those stereotypes. It's no longer taboo. I always knew it would b this way, even when I was the only one at the strip club that saw the art in it all.
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More videos!!
https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/519dd845-4d08-4305-b4b7-521c0ac37250
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​I want more!!!!!! Keep them coming https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_flower.gif
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Pole dancing to me means self-acceptance. I am not too old, fat, shy or prudish. I am able to challenge myself to become this confident, powerful woman that I never thought I could be. Of course it is so helpful that I am surrounded by the best women I have ever met at the studio who make me feel accepted and able to do the moves! Truly life changing love to you all!
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As a child I was shy and quiet. I had to be. I was not allowed to show the girl I became in my room every Saturday afternoon . As I cleaned, I would watch American Bandstand and Solid Gold. I tried with my little feet to imitate the every move of the dancers I watched. All of us as children are natural born artists. Play is the work of children and in my mind today should also be the work of adults. If nurtured properly the artist remains and thrives. We continue to play regardless of the work we do. Many of us put that artist to sleep. The dragons and fairies we danced with as children are replaced with a dance of security, insecurity, anxiety and fear. Slowly, the child dies, our spirit dies. We are programmed by society , by family, by friends to stop dancing and start marching to the melody of quiet desperation. The only music we can hear is the funeral hymn of our lullaby dreams. For many years my little feet stopped moving. The tiny ivory cells of my mind held onto beliefs that I was NOT GOOD ENOUGH and never would be. To this day these beliefs haunt me. They wake me up in the morning and sleep with me at night. They have caused me to stumble , their weight is too heavy on my soul. But, I have always been a fighter. Even as a child. Regardless of the oppression, I continued my expression, I continued to dance if even only only in my dreams.
As I got older, I ran. Literally and figuratively. I ran anywhere I could in travel and when I didn’t travel I ran on the cement floors outside, or to dance studios. It was in these dimly lit studios that I could let the brightness of my child out. When the music hit me I felt no pain. I took many different kids of dance classes. Always with a partner leading me. I have been dancing a long time, mostly with the doubts and insecurities that plague many of us. I always depended on that partner to pick me back up. Sometimes, they just stepped right over me, sometimes I had to find my own strength. It was also in these dimly lit studios where I felt oppressed once more. The little girl inside was not perfect enough once again. Or so I perceived others to believe. So, I’d run to a different studio, hoping to find one where I could be me and be accepted, perfect or not. I have tried many different dances, this year I discovered pole. No dance partner to depend on. I also discovered that high school doesn’t really ever end. Friends form and people are ostracized.
One as sensitive as I just doesn’t play in sandboxes anymore. When I began pole , I heard comments I have always heard, Maria why do you do such strange things? Maria what is the point of that? Maria that is a stupid exercise. That is for strippers. In other words, Maria why can’t you be like everyone else? Why? Simple. I am not, nor do I want to be. My child wants to play. But, she also wants to be validated. The adult wants to be strong but she needs others to believe in her potential. Don’t we all? I didn’t find that in the first studio I went to for pole dance and fitness. I found instead, Maria you can’t do this, don’t try. Maria just follow what I say, I am the teacher.
As a teacher, I know this is detrimental to all , for within all of us is a child. Whoever said that silly rhyme about sticks and stones obviously never had a bruised heart. So, I left that sandbox and tried to find a new “home”. One where perhaps the little girl could feel free without judgement, could play and reach new heights both on the pole and in body and mind. I don’t believe in coincidences, people come into your life always for a reason. In Pole I found what I was looking for. Validation from others and gentle pushing to reach my goals. There is no YOU CANT, there is no LOOK AT EVERYONE ELSE, there is no DON”T EVEN TRY IT. The only words out of the mouths of my instructors are those that slowly awaken the little girl inside of me and slowly help stitch her heart back together. The only judge I have is myself. And yes,I still do it. Childhood doubts remain. However quickly I am reminded by my teachers to respect my body, to listen to it, that I am beautiful, that I can do any move they show me. If not today, then tomorrow. I am reminded that I have to compete with no one but the Me that was there yesterday. Life like pole dancing has been, is a struggle. Once you embrace it, once you find those you can trust to allow you to fall and gently help you back up again, you can be free if even for an hour out of the day.
The other night was an extremely bad one for me. My mind was in a million different places. I am a person whose mind is always rewinding to the past or fast forwarding to the future. Rarely, am I empty. I could have stayed home to sleep with the dreams of the little girl doing pirouettes and spins in her room, or I could have pushed myself to go to Pole. I went. Somehow. The studio was the same as always. Dimly lit except with the reflection of colors from the strobe light against the walls. The colors usually which seep into my soul and bring me back to life. It didn’t and I failed or so I thought. I went home and messaged my instructor, Dance First, Think Later…It is the Natural Order. Sometimes it’s not that easy. Her response.. FIGHTER…THINGS WILL GET BRIGHTER. So, for those of you who think what is the point of pole dancing? It is to allow the artist child to awake again. To find the authentic self once more and nourish the little girl inside.
Am I just working to improve my body? No. Been there, done that. Meditation does not require sitting in a lotus position. It is a state of complete being. Achieving even for a few seconds emptiness. Out of emptiness can come everything. So, this is my meditation. For those of you who doubt your own abilities, for those of you who let fear and insecurity control your life. I understand. I also know that the greatest obstacle are our thoughts and those thoughts we grasp onto can be let go of even in dance. So, you can choose to put the dragons and fairies to sleep or to wake up the child and climb high on that pole.. as you dance with them once again. The key lies in finding that dimly lit studio,those gentle hearts that will welcome you in and believe in you as I have, where you can shine. xo
Maria Vinciguerrahttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200604058758381&set=a.1519272576227.73416.1066908088&type=1&theater
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Pole dancing is… It's incredible! It's challenging, inventive, creative and so much more! I've watched so many videos, been studying it like a college course and have just fallen in love with everything that it is about. I have never felt more sexy and confident.
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I don't exactly have a pole video but i have a video of my first hula hooping session lol but I don't think that counts for this challenge.
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I love the versatility of pole classes and how you can make each class unique and have something in it for everyone. Each month we can have a different theme and adapt the warm up and cool down to fit in with this. Next month is Splits June!! So lots of new things to get students to try who have previously thought this was something they could never do.
My own flexibility at the age of 47 and a bit has improved enormously.
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I came across this thread the other day and I have a question for you all. Would any of you allow me to switch your video to public, allowing us to share to our Facebook page!? I was inspired by watching through these again and I think others might be as well. I even started a second thread incase others want to join in.
Those of you who have photos and written replies to the challenge would you also like us to feature a photo and a portion of your reply?
Feel free to post a yes or no here or send me an email if you like. Here is the link for the new thread too. https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/53dd7db2-b6a8-4ef8-9502-073d0a9aa0eb#bottom
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