Dwiizie
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Well, I figure with steam cleaning and alcohol, its fine. Not like I would go nakey at a club or on a studio pole, but on my pole? Sure. But even with bottoms on, there's always some inevitable booty sweat lol.
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DOTS has awesome shorts. And spring hit so all their neons and things are probably in. I think they're 5 bucks a piece. I love them. I think that you have to have a good amount of booty for them to fit they way you sound like you want them to. If you're a flat but they may come down lower. Same for Target ones. And if you get the Juniors, size UP, I got some large ones and I put them on, and lets just say my hips looked great, everything spilling over under and out of them looked rather silly.
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All the time, but often I need something on top because of boob pinchage. I live nude anyway, so anytime I just wanna "pole for a few minutes" I usually just go for it. I love nakedness! *dance dance*
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Yeah, thats when I fall over in triangle, when I look up at my hand. I bought a book and it was in there. I was putting back of palm to inside of front leg and the other hand up and looking at it. Wobble fall hehe. And yes, Zumba is cheesy unless you can make it really hip hoppy or latin. But I LOVE the cheese. Jazzercise is the same way. I wasn't going to say it, but when I first started trying to get healthy and lose weight, I used Richard Simmons Sweatin' to the Oldies HAHA!!!! I have so much fun with the cheesy stuff. I remember when I could barely make it through that video, then one day, it was too easy, it wasn't making me sweat anymore. Jazzercise, the video I have, is FAB for the buns. Its the "Best Yet Live" one. So much fun, good music, and as a person from a ballet/jazz/tap background, the danceness of it appeals to me. No squats, plies haha! Core Rhythms is still the best dancing video workout I have ever found. Something about it tones EVERYTHING near INSTANTLY. Like two weeks after doing the 20 minute video 3 times a week, you can feel it all toning up. Theres a longer workout, an abs one, a legs one, and then just various videos with different routines.
I want to get to the dancer pose only with the arms turned under pulling the foot closer to the head. Like the king pigeon standing up kind of.
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And this is my favorite thing to do:
http://codyapp.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/three_new_yoga_poses.jpg
I am working toward a king pigeon and a crow….
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Ok triangle pose is the second yoga move I ever learned. I fall over, a LOT, trying to do it, moreso when the arm is on the inside of the leg. I learned the sun salutation in a dance class once when I was about 12, but I don't remember anything about it except it was my favorite part of the dance class (the rest was a cheesy routine to Footloose *grumble*)
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Laughter Yoga is hilarious. Its uncomfortable and embarassing, but thats actually something I can do. We used to do it long before I knew it was Yoga. I've done it with meditation, hypnosis even. I actually had my coworkers in fits of laugher after they questioned what it was and I was like well… you just kinduh start laughing… and then you keep laughing… then other people make you laugh… and then I demonstrated a big HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! and Tem started giggling and other coworkers were laughing at us and I was like yup, thats the laugh part of it all. Tem really liked it. He's from Ethiopia and was fully intrigued.
The Bikram thing sounds miserable and scary, my friends mother suggested it, and I said oooohhhh no not for me, at least not now!!!
Pranayama actually sounds like nice thing to do, but I doubt I would enjoy that in a group setting. I LOVE Zumba, its one of the best group things I've ever done. Did NOT like pilates/barre fitness because I thought it was going to be more ballet and less pilates. I love love love Jazzercise and Core Rhythms.
*googling triangle pose* lol
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All I can say, is that if you're still working, and teaching, you are inspiring your students. Its actually GOOD to see you don't have to be a perfect physical specimen to learn or even teach athletic activities. I've only had a few people come out with the "How do you teach hooping for exercise when you could stand to lose a few pounds yourself?" and to them I just say I am ALWAYS striving for better health and fitness, that I've come a long way, and there is always something I can improve upon. Would they prefer I recede into a dark room in bloomy clothes until it becomes a problem? Noone is going to be inspired or get healthy by hiding out (which is what I used to do, and refuse to do any longer)
I'm not sure about your static/spin problem, I know there are several threads that address similar problems, the general consensus is contact X Pole and let them help you troubleshoot the issue.
As for the weight gain, there could be biological reasons (hormones, metabolism, stress) or it could just be a matter of tweeking your diet. If you feel you are exercising and eating appropriately, and nothing is happening, try seeing a doctor or nutritionist.
Most of all, good luck, you can and WILL still inspire your students if you are a good teacher. <3
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So theres a Yoga Nidra (what is that?) Yin and Yang (Again…?) Tai Chi (I actually know what that is, but its not Yoga is it?) Hatha Yoga. Yoga for the People which is the free class that’s hard for me to follow. Mixed level Vinyasa. Feel Good Friday Night Flow. Gentle Yoga for Everyone (Would that be good for me?) Acro 101 which is the one I want to go to with Adam. Workshop, finding balance. That’s this month’s schedule….
The other Yoga studio I know of (that’s not Hot Yoga) has level 1 which is all levels, level 2 mixed and level 3 expansion. You buy a weeks session, 13 weeks, enrollment for spring ended the last day of March. They have “get moving” Core Flow, On the Go Flow, Vinyasa Flow, Yogaworks Flow. “Slow down” Deep release, gentle, restoratives and pranayama. “integrate and harmonize” hatha iyengar “specialties” laughayoga sustainable vinyasa. I can’t tell one thing from another.
Neither seem to offer private or semi private instruction. *head spinning*
When I try to ask questions about where I fit in (they do this in belly dance too) they just say “Come try a few and see where you fit in” I live out in the boonies. Its over an hour to both these studios, and I don’t really have the money to go class sampling right now. I eventually decided on a fusion bellydance series, I like it, but its not what I wanted to learn. I guess Tribal and Oriental would be the next I have to try. I really just want to figure out which is the type I’ve seen that I like and want to emulate. Lots of breaks, isolated movements, belly rolls, balancing things on the head. I LOVE the belly rolls and precise hip/chest lifts and drops. The fushion class is just slithery and graceful, it reminds me of how I dance naturally.
I’m so glad you Veeners know just about everything 😀
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Thats exactly the type of model I'm looking for. I'm going to go check out their schedules to see what they've got going on…..
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Wrist/forearm strengthening and stretching, hand strengthening squeezes, and massage. All of which helps reduce pain and recovery time, and over time, the problem has relaxed a bit. I also flap my hands up and down, side to side, over to the outsides and back, and do circles both ways with them periodically at work when I am typing to keep everything going. This is just what I do. No doctor told me to do these things, its just what I found helps.
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I need a slow Yoga, the basics class. They seem to offer a LOT of all levels Yoga classes , I guess to reach a broader audience. I'm only sure of 2 studios in the area and they both rotate the same instructors between them it seems.
They do that "all levels" thing with hooping classes too, and I feel bad for the person that comes to a workshop and they've never spun a hoop in their life, and everyone else is learning more advanced concepts. And everyone says "Its ok, if this is beyond you, keep practicing this other thing" but the person just paid workshop prices to learn how to hoop, and they barely took away what they came for. They could find that free in several parks any given weekend on a nice day, we have a LOT of people who teach hoop for free or tips. I really like the Yoga people because they visit schools teaching kids Yoga, and they allow you to pay what you can for a class, some people overpay, some under pay, I try to put in whats "recommended". I will revisit it one day when I see a class that looks like its a "Yoga for dummies" class lol
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Well Pankake its funny because when I said that about directing flow of energy, I almost typed "Is that like, direct your attention here?" but I deleted it because I don't know what I'm talking about, just learning. Its really hard to breathe into things for me sometimes, like, how are these people working so hard and breathing so sloooowwwwwly lol. The flow yoga is the type of class I've tried before. I did NOT like it. And I didn't really feel the energy shifting until the end when we just laid out for a bit and everyone else was all calm and comfortable, I wanted to run away, it was so weird hearing everyone around me breathing, closing my eyes around other people, all of it. It was like a bad trip. I think I may want to try the more breathy posey Yoga…. I also felt a bit silly because they said the Yoga classes were open to all levels, it seemed everyone in there knew the routine, what was coming next. By time I figured out what I was supposed to be doing, people were onto the next pose. Also, I stick to the mats, I feel I can't flow into a lunge when my foot is all squickling and scrunching the mat, but no one else seems to have this issue. To combat it, I ask to go matless. Some teachers are like "whatever suits you" and others are rather insistant that I use a mat.
I've tried to get the hubster to do an acroyoga class with me. We practice at home based on things we've seen, but I'm a bit intimidated by a class if he's going to be shying behind me the whole time.
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Actually, put that way, it makes a lot of sense. I think that "mindful flexibility training" was a good way to describe my Yoga ing lol. You elaborated on that perfectly. So this is good stuff. What about "directing the flow of your energy with this pose and that pose" Like chakra Yoga… Reiki type stuff even. I would LOVE to find someone who does Reiki. So curious about it.
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That is a good idea!