Dwiizie
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I have real nails for the first time EVER… long nails for the first time ever lol. I was trying to do a thigh rest and slid down onto the tip of my pinky nail. It dug in, leaving a welped scratched bruise. I've been considering just cutting them all back off. But they're so pretty, and I haven't bitten or broken a single one. 🙁
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I'm 5'5, 27 years old, and weighed in about where you are in December of 2009. Through hooping, poling, and salsa dance, I've lost 73 lbs. I am still not at my goal, but very proud of how far I've come, and very proud of the muscles I have built from poling. When I first started, I could not hold myself up. I would shuffle, cling to the pole, and put my feet back down lol. Now I can climb and do all sorts of things. Even if the scale isn't moving, I can SEE tummy muscles now for the first time in my LIFE. Just have fun with it!!
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The main cause I have heard of it is from overtensioning. Not sure about high velocity spins if you can permenantly bow a pole from doing them….
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I don't like the explanation for Apprentice that appears on the "example page" photo. Go into a split grip, jump, and hook your outside knee….. Eh. I wouldn't buy the book, thats one thing.
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Well as long as it isn't sending anyone a virus or getting information stolen if they try to buy something from that site, it could be legit. A good way to test is to see if the money comes through. If not, just take the links off the videos. I wouldn't necessarily feel comfortable endorsing something I didn't know anything about though, so thats your call. It says the payment is secure, but you can't even get the product without a credit card, most places allow paypal, why would she pay you with it but not allow others to pay her through it? Aside from fees which are just a part of commerce. So iffy looking I don't know lol. I know I have never heard of this site before… It does have all her photos, credentials, etc on it though. If it were me, I'd probably give it a shot and see if it panned out. And I would check the link regularly to make sure noone switched it to an xxx site or anything after the fact…
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Well as long as it isn't sending anyone a virus or getting information stolen if they try to buy something from that site, it could be legit. A good way to test is to see if the money comes through. If not, just take the links off the videos. I wouldn't necessarily feel comfortable endorsing something I didn't know anything about though, so thats your call. It says the payment is secure, but you can't even get the product without a credit card, most places allow paypal, why would she pay you with it but not allow others to pay her through it? Aside from fees which are just a part of commerce. So iffy looking I don't know lol. I know I have never heard of this site before… It does have all her photos, credentials, etc on it though. If it were me, I'd probably give it a shot and see if it panned out. And I would check the link regularly to make sure noone switched it to an xxx site or anything after the fact…
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Didn't Joel say he wears like 3 pairs of briefs for padding? Or was that one of the other guys around here…
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I don't know about "normal" but my xpert doesn't do this. Most poles have a little bit of flex but shouldn't be "moving" exactly. The screws should be going straight through the pole to lock on the flat parts of the threading. "falling through into the pole"… I don't even see how that can happen, just puzzled trying to picture it, unless maybe you got screws mixed up (spin mode lock screws on the adjuster or something). All the xperts I've used had a small settle spot on spin mode when no weight was on it, but too much of one was an issue I had with one of them. Overtightening can make it worse. Do the "roll test", rolling the pole on the floor to make sure its not warped or bowed, and contact x pole for some trouble shooting tips. If its something you are doing wrong, they should be able to guide you. Good luck!
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Do you ever feel genuinely sensual as you are dancing? I feel like my "mojo" is completely thrown off if I'm trying to remember moves, poses, ackwardly "trying" to be whatever sexy is. But if I FEEL sexy, and I allow that to burst through, and embrace it, that is when my dance is fluid and sensual. If I feel any shame of it, I can can kick it right out of my frame. Owning my space, myself. I do picture an audience of adoring beautiful people often lol. Put on the raunchiest song, musically or lyrically that you can think of, and dance with RIDDICULOUSLY suggestive, tacky, overtly sexual moves. Its a freeing experience.
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I haven't been there yet, but I see stand alones in their Halloween albums which makes me think they would have one. I know a girl on here, Brynne, either goes or teaches there.
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Did you try the Phoenix studio in Charlottesville? Its only an hour drive, 288 to 64.
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People are definitely interesting (those hoopers sure have a knack for making you believe you have a magical transformation circle free of personality conflicts and social dynamics lol. I guess in a way, you do, but OY!). It is curious though, how it seems the people that can be the most insensitive, uncompassionate, negative people, are the ones who are ALL ABOUT preaching about love and being positive and helping your fellow man. Hippies, Yogis, religious types, the all peaceful hooper, the PLUR (peace, love, unity, respect) electro dance and burner crews. Self responsibility is all I can try and maintain. Trying to change others is futile. Wishing for or expecting change is also a big time waster. We are all on our own path, and I hope that everyone's eventually leads them to a place of love and acceptance. I DO wish the best for those people (or try to in some cases, I'm not perfect) but there are some that remain blocked on Facebook just because my path is not able to mingle with theirs without a complete derailment of my own ability to turn my light on. I have to be strong, whole, and healthy, for the good of myself, and to be of any good to anyone else.
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I feel you Serzi, I do. I have had to deal with this Queen Bee thing with some of the "hooper cliques" in town. But I did eventually come to realize, that they are just selfish people that probably don't even know they hurt my feelings, and if they DO know, they probably don't care. Allowing them to take up space in my mind and life is not what is most beneficial to me. There are the natural inklings to feel justified, validated, or just to get even. Even does not exist, and often, justified or validated will just leave you always on the lookout for some apology, or grand revalation from the offending person. I went to a class recently on dealing with difficult people. My favorite part was when they said "Evict people from your mind that aren't paying rent". As in, if they are giving you nothing positive, contributing nothing to your life, then any thoughts on them are allowing them to subtract from your life. But when it is your life, as hard as it is sometimes, you control the math. I took 6 months away from the hoop community to heal from my experiences. Even when I went back to hooping, I avoided my own city like the plague to avoid "the mean girls". Then I realized how many awesome people I was missing because of the few bad apples. I realized I wanted to be in the community, I just had to set boundaries on what I will and will not tolerate, and remove myself from a situation and evict the situation/person from my mind if need be. I have a hoop workshop with Tiana Zoumer in June. The first time I will be face to face with the old "gang" again. And I don't care. If Queen Bee wants to try and exact some kind of weird imagined authority, I can simply look around me, look up to the sky, and KNOW that I have the exact same right to be here. I am love, I am light, I am STRONG, and I deserve to build my life as I want it. And yes, I truly hope that the insecurities and whatever else gives these few people their sense of entitlement, finds some kind of closure. I hope they learn to laugh, love, play, and just enjoy life instead of trying to win "the popular vote of the people" through manipulation and bullying. I really hope you can connect with yourself, find your strength, and rise above the Aholes. <3
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GOOD LUCK!!!! I was talking about you all morning because I have coworkers very addicted to the show. I wish you the greatest of success!!!!
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When I get home from work, the clothes come off. I have a robe if warmth or coverage is needed. When I get dressed the next morning is when they go back on unless I have to go out somewhere. I HATE clothes. I wish I could run around naked all the time.