Kobajo84
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Drops don't hurt me either. I have noticed in the studio our poles are getting slicker as the weather gets colder and thought it was kind of ironic that this drop is named the sad girl….made me think of the winter and winter blues and how slicker poles in the winter is perfect time to practice drops-especially sad girl drops. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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I'm a registered nurse and teach part time as well as getting ready to go back to school to further my degree in nursing. I teach one day a week right now (Thursdays) 1 class is 90 minutes and 1 is 60 minutes, take training classes for myself on Fridays for 2 hours, and I also teach family & close friends on the side sporadically. I've been teaching since January of this year. I just recently had to go part time working as a nurse to fit everything in. I'm also married and love seeing my husband. It's become quite a challenge to find balance with a career, personal life, and my own hobbies. I'm determined to keep everything I want in my life and have made necessary sacrifices as life continues to change. Hopefully once school is back out of the way I can go back to a full time position again or think about family planning. I've put in more than just my studio time for my teaching, I'm constantly researching and organizing my lesson plans (that's where my nursing obsessive organization behavior shines through LOL). I find that no matter what everything just falls into place. It could have something to do with my demeanor, but I don't believe in rushing around trying to do as much as possible. There are things that I'd like to do more of (visit family & see friends more often) but everyone else in my life has become so busy that those things have been pushed aside for important dates or require planning. I'd recommend when starting out, take on one class and let your life adjust before taking on too much.
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There is a huge responsibility when it comes to teaching and when you first begin, it will feel as though you've taken on another full time job. Like the other ladies have said, teaching can be time consuming. You're not just dedicating an hour of your time to a class at a studio once or twice a week for the extra cash flow, you need to dedicate hours of your time out of the studio researching and educating yourself as well which could be costly in the end. I first started teaching at a studio that was looking to advance their curriculum. When I started I found myself needing to expand on my own knowledge base and learn how to teach. I have experience with teaching in my profession but translating my teaching tactic of my expertise to dance specific proved to be a learning experience in it's own. Teaching, a lot like pole dancing, has been a wonderful journey for me. I've had the fortunate experience of being able to share my passion of dance and teaching with an amazing group of ladies at a new studio that has taken pole fitness in my area to a professional level by initiating education. I've recently taken an instructor training course which clarified many important issues when teaching pole fitness. There are many pole specific training courses out there now. It's important to research them and participate in a training based on what you're really wanting to get out of the training for your future as an instructor. It will benefit you and your students in the long run and as a teacher, you owe it to yourself and your students to be responsible as they are trusting you with their safety.
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@Holly- ETED stands for Empowerment Through Exotic Dance. It's the studio's name in acronym.
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I'm taking Angel's Discoveries Dance course this weekend! Can't wait! I chose to pursue her certification over others for several reasons and #1 being cost. I'm also a strong advocate for injury prevention and after a lot of research on certifications, Discoveries has a curriculum that covers Anatomy & Physiology and injury prevention. I have a back ground in nursing and independent studies in body mechanics/dance so this appealed to me highly. I also felt that this would be a great course for the other instructors at the studio I teach at, whether they were already certified or not- it would serve beneficial to them to take this course based on the curriculum alone. I don't have a fitness certification, although for the lay person not having prior education on the human body, I would recommend a group fitness type certification. I have been kicking around the idea of getting an ACE cert myself but I just don't see it being a feasible resource for me personally right now considering my educational back ground. I like the idea of teaching and getting the feel for your class. You could always inquire with a studio to see if they'd allow you to team teach with another instructor to learn the ins and outs of how to teach or even job shadow. Start with introductory to pole classes to lay your foundation. There is so much to learn from by teaching students in a class setting and having someone there teaching to guide you in safely teaching other students could really help. Although it's never a bad idea to take a pole certification without ever having teaching experience. There are a few girls taking the certification with me this weekend that don't teach. Do what you feel is best for you. Just remember, teaching is a huge responsibility. You are responsible for your students and teaching them proper techniques can help them prevent injuries.
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LOL…I didn't even know that much wordage could be in your forum topic title… https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif
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Always in our hearts https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif
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Nymph is referring to me. I made a subfloor over carpet with two pieces of plywood and used brackets underneath to hold them together. The plywood I used is the edged plywood that has grooves to fit together for a snug fit. I had to cut a foot off one piece due to room size otherwise my flooring would’ve been 8ftx8ft, I went with a 8ftx7ft floor and used hardwood peel & stick laminent over the plywood. Turned out perfect!
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I consider myself to be fairly computer savy, I've even dabbled in some coding and built my own website for my own business. Whatever I can't figure out, my husband has been able to troubleshoot for me fairly quickly. But this new facebook has gotten me perplexed. I've given it a week now an at first the change didn't bother me but now I'm finding it difficult to stay up to date on the news feed. I feel like everything is all over the place when before it was all neatly accessible in one stream that just required me to scroll down until I was able to see the last posts I'd seen the last time I'd checked my facebook feed. It was quick and simple. Now with all my friends divided into their own list and having to click each to see all the updates, I find that facebook has become time consuming and to just do my regular daily "check ups" its taking much longer than it used to. I've been contemplating deactivating my account for a long time now- even before these changes as I want to go back to a state of anonymity as I've encountered like many others the discrimatory uses facebook has posed within our society as a tool for employers. I am one of the people who use my facebook for business purposes with a business page in addition to my private page- which has become extremely limited anymore even with all my privacy settings. I understand their wanting to evolve as a company and the service is free so I shouldn't complain. I'm just frustrated that I can't seem to find the rationalization of the change making these easier for the user. I guess I will have to see when all the changes are implemented if it in fact will be easier to use or if it just makes things much more complicated.
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Yay! I'm so excited V! What a great idea for the online studio. So many studios now a days offer more than pole so it's great to see Studio Veena expanding and offering additional supplemental workouts that incorporate dance. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif I look forward to these lessons!
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I brought mine to our studio this afternoon and the girls loved them as well! They looked great from the tall poles shining down in the dark studio at Pole Up….thinking there will be a video next Thursday post class…https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif
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I'm so excited! Can't wait for your course in Indianapolis in October!
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If you’ve never had an injury restricting natural movement of muscles/ligaments/tendons of the anatomy involved in the area you are working on, then you should be able to achieve flexibility. With that being said, everyone’s body is different and because you are so flexible in certain areas such as forward splits as opposed to straddle splits is because you have trained your body for that type of flexibility. Some times goals in flexibility can take time and patience. You can work on your stretching progress for months to years before your body begins to reach it’s goal. The important thing to remember when working on your progress is not to over stretch/exhaust your muscles or force your body as that can often lead to the opposite of your intentions and ultimately lead to injuries. Stay consistent with your stretching regimen, you will get there. I’m going to introduce more straddle work in the coming weeks into my stretching routines as this is an area I too would like to work on. Keep at it, you will get there! Just have patience and remain persistant!
