HollySatine
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Thanks everyone! I did a test yesterday with the dye I had and a little experimentation. It took 8 hours to get it the right shade, but I'm just happy it worked at all! Next time when I dye the actual outfit I'll try getting the water hotter and increasing the concentration, so hopefully it won't take as long. I'll check out those other products if I ever need to dye anything else- thanks for all of the info!
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what is the extended reverse aysha?
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How do you climb after you do the first shoulder mount (as in, how do you get your body into position to do the next SM)?
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To give you a sense of how long it took me to get it flat (although it's different for everyone and depends on how often you work on it – mine didn't start improving until I started doing it all the time), check out my pics (with dates) in this post: http://thepoleplace.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/december-update/
To prep, make sure your back is warm and well stretched. Practice bridges on the floor and work on shifting your weight over your shoulders to give them more of a stretch and help strengthen them. Another stretch I like: stand with your back to the pole (I put more of my weight on one leg and leave the other one slightly bent). Grab the pole just above your head, and arch your back, looking up at your hands. With your back still arched, slowly (carefully) slide your hands up the pole so that your arms are extended. You should feel this in your back and your shoulders, and you might not be able to fully straighten your arms depending on your flexibility so don't push it. If you're doing it with one leg bent, switch legs and which hand is on the bottom on the pole. It should look something like this: https://www.studioveena.com/photos/view_photo/4f054d91-ee78-4ac9-82ec-127c0ac37250
Now for the crescent. I don't grab the pole behind my back – I grab it behind my head. As I reach back, I also tuck my head forward to get a better grip and get my hands a little higher so my head isn't in the way. Then I push and arch. Hope this helps! Let me know if anything was confusing. 🙂
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I also have this problem sometimes. Once I'm all stretched out and warm, I feel like I should start practicing pole or something and I'm more likely to stay up all night thinking about pole stuff (not that I don't already do that sometimes!). Or, I find I don't have the energy to fully stretch everything for as long as I want to. If I stretch at night, I really like going the gym because I can just spend most of the time stretching on the mats and I'm motivated to stretch more than I ever do at home (and also fit in some conditioning stuff I might not otherwise do). I don't know if that's an option for you but it works for me because then when I come home I feel like I can relax since I'm changing the envirionment I'm in; it's like when I get home, I can shut off, but if I'm stretching at home I'm not always able to flip that mental switch, and I end up staying up too late.
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what exactly do you mean by a knee swing? not familiar with some of those names but that sounds awesome!
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*versatile, lol https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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I had this exact same problem when I was in a recital in October – I had a hell of a time finding white shorts and I ended up buying a pair from BadKitty to go with their ribbon tie-side "shorts" (which actually have a lot less coverage than my normal bikini underwear – yikes!), but they were too revealing and transparent so I layered them over white boy short underwear. Then that was also too transparent so I layered all of that over white bikini underwear. Not the best look, but it worked for that one night and you couldn't tell from where the audience was sitting. If I had to do it all over again though I would have ordered white pole shorts from Sweet Vixen Couture, but I didn't have enough time to order them by the time I realized that what I had already gotten didn't work. Here are the ones I would have gotten: http://www.sweetvixencouture.com/catalog/item/8078536/8712968.htm
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I have this one and I love it: http://www.target.com/p/GAIAM-Metro-Gym-Bag-Purple/-/A-12938264?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&AFID=Google_PLA_df&LNM=|12938264&CPNG=movies&ci_sku=12938264&ci_gpa=pla&ci_kw=
I like it because it is big enough to hold a lot of stuff (first aid, legwarmers, change of clothes, camera, shoes, grip, etc. but it's not too bulky (and it's cute!). It has a zipper pocket plus one large and one small stretchy pocket inside the bag, and it has four pockets on the exterior – two big ones that snap closed and two small ones that velcro closed (should fit most water bottles). And the whole bag zips up so your stuff won't fall out. Plus, it has elastic on the bottom if you want to bring along a yoga mat.
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That's awesome! It appears to be out of stock on that website though – I'm trying to look around but I can't find anywhere else to purchase it. Does anyone know of another source it can be purchased from?
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Me too – my feet are super flat, so I feel your pain!
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Best of luck glitterhips!!! 🙂
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Both – i mean, i can hang there and move my hips/legs, but it doesn't look like it's supposed to…
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I love Marlo's @ 3:40: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0tPB7tCa3E
