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I love this topic, it really shows each individual style and personality from dancers :3

my favorite move that I can do is aysha. I don’t think anything looks more impressive except iron x, and my favorite thing to do during aysha (I’m not sure if this makes it a new move?) is to put one of my legs into a stag position. I want to try putting both legs in stag, but I’m not that comfortable with aysha yet.

I also learned a new favorite combo in class, but it’s probably old for people who have been pole dancing for a while. It’s Star –> Butterfly –> Flatline Scorpio –> Cradle –> Jade

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oh, derp. I guess I should start at the beginning of veena’s lessons on my left side so I don’t miss any of the lessons (like that) and can actually do moves on my left side :p

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I was just wondering how often Veena puts out new lessons. There are some moves I cannot find good tutorials for on the internet (blogs or youtube). Is she still taking suggestions, because I want to saftely learn iguana mount and I can’t find ANYTHING on it. Prep exercises, proper placement of the pole, things to be careful of. Nope. Nothing :/

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I found swatches for some of those colors (the quantom leaf and jack look just as pretty swatched as they do in the bottle!)

http://www.lacqueredlover.com/2012/08/kb-shimmer-fall-2012-collection.html?m=1

The Witch Way reminded me of Veena’s purple hair :p If I run across some money I’ll definitely be buying Jack, it looks amazing and perfect for fall

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pffft, not pole related. Girl, I should show you my nails after about an hour of pole work.

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I’m 5’10. But even when I watch pros (example, Marlo’s spinning scorpio) I’m only seeing 1-2, 3 rotations at the very very most on static. I don’t necessarily think that it depends how many rotations you get, either. As long as you’re practicing a move over and over, refining it comes later, right? 🙂

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it also might be a height thing. Even if I curl up like a squished spider, I’m only tall enough to get 2 1/2 in.

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Glad to know it wasn’t something fatal. I hope that now that you know how it triggers, it won’t bother you as much.

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I loovvee Edouard for "manly" floorwork: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvjHL5nPREQ 

you said beginner, but there's a lot of moves he does that you can simplify 

1:17 – 1:20 might be possible for some students from reverse handstand. I tried it before attempting to "feel my legs" for straight edge prep. 

2:28-2:30 definitely an adv move, but a plank variation is still very masculine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpIDr7dQ7Pw

1:20-1:32   I know it's not floorwork persay, but it's still an amazing "guy move".

I LOOVVVEE VLAD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lmejPu2CPk&list=UUPM5sNchEyWuDUYqySJm5dA&index=4&feature=plcp 

1:05 to 1:10 you could probably replace the pole with a partner, (striking a manly pose) super easy and impressive 😀 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVKf29jxd0o&feature=relmfu

1:26-1:30 pretty simple, gender neutral 

Hope that helps  for inspiration. We need more male pole dancers :< 
 

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On my left splits, my back arches automatically. My hips are square. 

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I love a local pole studio's decore. It's very classy, even though there's animal print (Animal print has always been trashy to me for whatever reason.)

It's purple, grey, and zebra print. I'll try to dig up some pictures…

http://prowesspolefitness.com/our-studio/

If I had a pole studio or workspace, I would want the option to have lots of lighting or dim lighting (the christmas lights) at my leisure :3 But I feel like white works best. My home studio is pink and white and silver themed. 

 

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bipolar and depression, anxiety, etc, are all horomone related illnesses. Lack of certain chemicals getting to the brain. It's like being diabetic, but with electric inpulses and brain chemicals. Or so that was how it was described to me by a therapist. 

Addiction is an illness that can be fixed but only if the person wants it to be. More cruel methods that have since been phased out (shock treatment for addiction) didn't do anything but send a signal to that persons body, if I do X then Z is the result. It didn't stop them from wanting it any more or less, they just stopped following through with it. 

Art is meant to help people. Whether it's dance or pole or singing, it can help someone get over a traumatic experience. Pole dancing is healing for almost everyone woman who posts actively at SV. "I feel so strong/beautiful/important/graceful/etc".  Feelings that we otherwise wouldn't have found in any other activity EVER.

But for people who find that they're good at something, and are told their entire life (or the vast majority of it) that the have "talent" and they're good at it and get boxed into persuing only that thing, living, eating, breathing it until their dying breath, I'm sure it's very stressful. 

 

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Creative geniuses often times have severe mental and personality disorders, so I definitely agree that creative people (non-genius) would either be prone to mental illness or have smaller emotional disorders. 

 

I read a statistic that said artistic genius' was anywhere between 50% to 20% (depending on field of genius) more likely to be bipolar 

 

http://www.cracked.com/article_17061_reminder-5-things-you-think-will-make-you-happy-but-wont_p2.html

 

That article linked to a second one on a more medical cased website, but the link seems to have broken. 

 

Regardless of facts you can find on the internet, I'd definitely believe it. Creativity is the minds ability to push past boundaries. How many times have you seen a variation of a pole move and thought, "why didn't I think of that, I could definitely do it" (example: Orion),  Someone who is genius sees those things every day and struggles with people not seeing what they see, and having to explain it to other people either through dumbing it down or expressing it in a way that other people can understand through dance or other mediums. 

 

Someone who is "creative" I would assume gets brief glances of what things SHOULD be like around them/for them and makes steps to accomplish them. When you're constantly going through yourself and matching yourself up to the outside world to express yourself, you're body is going through a lot. Chemically and mentally. It doesn't make anyone "bad" or "disgusting" for  being creative and having some mental downfalls, regardless of if those bumps are small hiccups or large mountains (after all, Salvador Dali was by all stretches of the word "insane"). It's just a part of the package that those people learn to embrace :3 

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Oh wow! I looked at trashy months back for personal lingerie before I started dancing, but all of their costumes seem legit

also, tea, the “animal” sets seem to be really popular this year. I was thinking about being a Hello Kitty but realized I’m spending the next three weeks at home resting or working :/

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The MLP from Bad Kitty? What does yours look like?