Colleen Larson
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My certification left off at Intermediate #1. So today I began the Intermediate #2 program. 🙂 I’m so thankful that you offer this option! 💜💜
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Thank you for everything you do and have done, Veena! 🧞♀️🧞♀️ I’ll be sure to check out the other sections of the website you recommended, and if I have a problem with something, I’ll contact you! 🙂🙂🙂💜💜💜
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I’m so disappointed that you’re not offering certifications anymore. I travel and move around a lot. So I have to take breaks sometimes. But I was looking forward to returning today. 😢
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I love the new look ,and thank you for continuing with this platform and opportunity! ????????
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Thank you!
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Colleen Larson
MemberDecember 18, 2022 at 12:14 am in reply to: I’m back from a long break from poleWelcome back! I had surgery on my right big toe. So I can relate. I was out for four or five months, but now I’m healed and back at it.
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Oh, I saw your invert guides! Never Mind!
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Tips for aerial invert!
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Colleen Larson
MemberSeptember 16, 2022 at 11:17 pm in reply to: Pole dancing and Christianity – can they relate?The Bible says nothing about pole dancing. If you don’t want to be sensual, then wear basic clothes and think of pole as pole fitness.
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The only way I progress is if I pole consistently. For me, at 60, that means poling three days a week (classes at a studio/home practice with Veena). The other days I do other exercises, like swimming or body weight training, I also take a rest day. If I’m not consistent or if I take time off, I’m set way behind. (For example, I broke my right big toe and had to have surgery. When I returned to pole, I had to get good at a straddle invert again, for example. I couldn’t do it immediately after I returned. 🤷ðŸ¾â€â™€ï¸)
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Don’t wait to lose weight! Start now!
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I’m 60. Age is not and will not be a barrier for me. If I were in bad shape, maybe, but I’m not. There are many middle-aged women in one of my pole classes, and I also take inspiration from over 50 and 60 polers who are top pole dancers. ~~~ You need to put your ego aside and keep at it. (You wrote this in February. It’s September now. How are you doing?)
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Colleen Larson
MemberSeptember 16, 2022 at 10:13 pm in reply to: How to pick yourself up mentally after a fallEarlier this year, I fell of a Lyra hoop and broke my right big toe. The doctor told me it would take about 6 to 8 weeks to heal. However, the toe wasn’t healing properly. So I had to have surgery. So that was another three months of healing. So, all that time, I was off Lyra AND off pole. 🙠I was new to Lyra (only a few lessons), but I’ve been poling for awhile. ~~ I won’t return to Lyra: 1. Because I have PTSD from falling; 2. I don’t want to go through this again, and 3. My husband would kill me if I returned. 🤷ðŸ¾â€â™€ï¸ I HAVE returned to pole. That’s because I’m not new to it, and when I’ve fallen, I knew how to keep the fall from being serious. ~~ I agree 100 percent with Veena that you should practice with a mat. I’m amazed at the number of studios that don’t use mats. 🙄 With Lyra, you always have a mat underneath, but because you’re so high up, if you fall, you can hurt yourself badly like I did. ~~ So circus stuff, like Lyra, is no longer for me. But it would take a lot for me to give up pole.
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OMG! Awesome!
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This sounds like a great idea. I’m doing PDC, but I would love to do this too!