[Rachel Osborne]

((Hugs)) sorry to hear of stress 🙁I might start a new thread on this because it’s bothering me and I guess it could be helpful for to talk about it – glad it’s not just me

[Rachel Osborne]

I always go in from a tumble.
I’m still weird about brass monkey, I love how it looks but it always scares me. I seem to be getting more and more scared of certain tricks and avoiding them

This vid shows my usual wayhttps://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/5744f445-2cc4-4440-ae26-0011ac110005

[Rachel Osborne]

Veena you rock so hard 💜💜💜💜

[Rachel Osborne]

It took me forever to get happy inverting. It is labeled here as intermediate not beginners and rightly so: sure, some people can chuck themselves upsidedown aftef 3 lessons and approximate a leg hang – but they are doing it wrong. If I had truly taken the time to enjoy building strength, stability, grace, muscle memory by enjoying the first 2 years I restarted pole and put the time into flowing, spinning, doing floorwork and flexibility, playing with choreography and freestyle…I would not have been repeatedly injured and I would be a better dancer. If you want to leg hang, if you want to flow, fly then DANCE round your pole FIRST. Every static spin, every fireman to step around, every spin mode freestyle, every single dance where you sweat and strut and lose yourself rolling on the floor is where you build your inversion practice. Then, because your shoulders are strong and know how to engage, your hips know how to lift and your core how to engage, your knee pits knows how to lock and your foot how to pivot and your glutes know how to power you up…it will be easy. This is the Veena method and it works. You will get to a point where you know you are ready and you stand next to your pole, hips in front and up you go. The lessons on inverts here are great. But it’s all the stuff and the lessons you do first that open the door

[Rachel Osborne]

I mean aerial flares on spin.

[Rachel Osborne]

I’d love a lesson on aerial flares/fan kicks 😊

[Rachel Osborne]

https://instagram.com/p/_4IxHApclt/

The creators of the Vortex Marlo Fisken and Dr Ken Pole Ninja made a tips video

[Rachel Osborne]

Squeal! So excited for you! 💜💜💜💜

[Rachel Osborne]

Here you go https://instagram.com/p/BDBYxjfFDO6/

[Rachel Osborne]

I sometimes do a sideways brass monkey thing so keep the hooking leg on pole and grab other leg and pull it close to my ear. I will see if I can find a video or a photo at least

[Rachel Osborne]

if recorded on an iPhone try using Moonlight app to reformat it – it uploads much faster than straight from phone

[Rachel Osborne]

Unfortunately I can’t see video on iPhone and have no Karoo but I hope you have a lovely stretching session ⭐️💜😎

[Rachel Osborne]

Bailey Day is very good at low flow – but as has been said, it’s really advanced! It’s very hard on the wrists as a lot of it is akin to yoga hand balancing – so definitely not an easier option if you can’t invert/spin without pain

[Rachel Osborne]

A pic if it helps

[Rachel Osborne]

They are new poles and the studio only opened in November….the teacher says they are brass – and they flex more than chrome. I dont remember a smell of brass though, will check next time.