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Thanks so much everyone for the replies! I am also thinking a permanent mount is the way to go! The more I think about it, I don’t think I would be comfortable with just the dome and such high ceilings… I also like that it sounds super easy to take up and down! Thanks for the help!

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Thanks so much everyone for the advice and encouragement! I will try to put it from my mind and think positive things. It is definitely easier said than done, but I will try to make a conscious effort not to think about it, and just work on getting stronger. I do try to be as safe as possible, for moves I’m unsure about I always have someone spot me, or if I’m alone I try things really close to the floor. I love Veena’s lessons for that, that they give you different levels of strength, because at the studio they are like, ‘here’s how you do a cross knee release! now you try!’ I am not strong enough to pull myself back up after, so trying it from the floor makes me feel a lot safer.

One of the things I love about pole is the progress you can see, like how moves I could barely do at first become really easy… So I hope that continues once I start to invert (definitely not anytime soon though!). After I move I am going to buy a crash mat, and I can’t wait!! I never thought I would be this excited to buy exercise equipment 😛

@phoenix hunter, the first time I did an elbow stand I almost started to cry! I came down from it and was like nope!! That’s not happening! I can do it better now and they don’t scare me but it still doesn’t quite feel comfortable!

@runemist, maybe that’s part of the problem for me, is I have never really been in a dangerous situation before. I never played sports growing up, I have never broken or sprained anything, or fallen from a great height or anything! So I don’t trust that my body would know what to do! I will try to breath more like you said, I think I tense up and forget to breath deeply a lot of the time.

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Hi guys! I just bought my first pole about three weeks ago, and I also decided to go with Xpole, after a ton of research. I bought mine directly from the Xpole Canada site, and shipping was $50, though I’m not sure if that price was in American dollars. I think it shipped from Ontario (I am in BC), and it took a week to get here. I ended up paying $475 total for my pole, which I was fine with, because I knew it was going to be expensive no matter what! It was totally worth it though, I love my pole! It is such a great feeling when it arrives 🙂