Rachel Osborne
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It’s brass, ordered from X pole brand new! There are two at the studio and the others are chrome
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I was experimenting recently as the studio has brass and chrome – I found brass grippy at first but it became slick as I warmed up – pole broke a cold sweat as I broke a warm one! The more I freestyled the worse it got. Chrome needs to warm up to be grippy and I still have to wipe it down but nothing like as bad as brass which felt like it was weeping mineral oil after 3 minutes. I asked other dancers on Insta and several others said the same. So just chucking that in as it seems not everyone sticks to brass!
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Congratulations on making an excellent decision. Your body spoke with wisdom and you are honoring her wisdom and listening to her. I think the consequences of you not listening and forcing yourself through a performance could have been dire, on terms of the cost to your health, your mental wellbeing and your peace of mind. I think you would have risked potentially serious injury – either physical or mental – and if you hadn’t listened now, when? What would have happened next?
I think you’ve had a lucky escape. I also have no doubt that not only your beautiful dance practice but also your sense of power and self belief and self reliance will be the stronger and wiser for the decision you made. Instead of saying no, you actually said yes. Yes to your body. Yes to yourself. Yes to having limits and honoring them. Yes to YOU being worth listening to. Yes to your needs and desires being as important as someone else’s. Yes to you being worth fighting to protect from harm. Yes to you being worth cherishing.
The next time you dance publicly will be as a dancer who has felt the power of saying no and choosing yes. It will be fucking spectacular. I look forward to seeing the video.
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Woodwinked the leg position is quite different for inside and outside leg hang. In addition there are really 2 inside leg hang positions: short hooked leg and longer extended leg and it depends on what move you are transitioning into/from which works best. When you try out leg hang positions from the floor you will be able to feel the different contact points: outside leg hang has the pole in the knee pit and inside leg hang has the leg wrapped around the pole pressing the inside thigh and inside top of calf plus the ankle into the pole.
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Sometimes I dance blindfolded – here’s a freestyle from a while ago
https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/55425327-7ec8-4b12-818a-439d0a9aa0eb
I usually dance with my eyes closed or unfocused, relying on muscle memory and proprioception – I would never presume to tell someone with visual impairments that pole will be easy because it isn’t! But I do believe that many dancers with many physical or mental challenges all bring beauty and diversity to our pole world and that we can all learn from each other. And that dance is the whole body and soul speaking and nobody should feel silenced
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I apparently do not care about whizzing about upside down on fast spin in any kind of leg/heel/hip/thigh hold – but I HATE caterpillar and inverted crucifix and bat and any kind of nose to pole invert relying on handstand power and holding between my knees. Even basic invert I hate; never feel secure catching pole between knees and ankles.
I decided that as I pole for own joy – to enjoy flying and dancing – I was not going to beat myself up about the fact that I can’t, and do not actually want – to do Ayesha, handspring and all those handstandy moves, especially as I don’t agree with twisted grip generally and it’s particularly dangerous for my hypermobile shoulders.
I do make an effort to train headstands on and off pole and pole handstands but there is enough scary stuff in pole already that I want to conquer more. I dance around my fears, and when I feel especially badass or strong, I do a little extra dance towards my fear, come a little closer to the nemesis, try a little harder…and slowly it comes to me. But there is no rush. Maybe one day I will do cup grip phoenix. Meanwhile…I’m perfecting this…trying that…training these…and I feel happy and safe and without realizing it, I’m doing the drills and building the skills that I need to smash the demons – when I’m ready, body and soul, to do so.
Courage! It’s your dance! Don’t rush! Enjoy where you are and fly without fear and guilt and stress! The pole, and the pole community is there for you to dance with.
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I will try and film an entry tomorrow if I am having a grippy day. It’s mega humid so not been doing much inverts because the pole is being slippy and weird.
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I think…its lady legs brass knee layback
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Welcome! I am 45. I restarted pole 3 years ago and got my own pole 2 years ago. For the last year I have trained alone, with SV tutorials and social media challenges as my motivation. I don’t categorize myself as intermediate, advanced or whatever. I just do my thing but I find most scope for dance joy and creative self expression on spin pole, doing classic fundamental pole moves – many of which are categorized as beginner or intermediate. I do like some advanced tricks but I think I could spend years playing in leg hangs and pole sits and hip holds and never be bored. Welcome to the pole family. Enjoy your flying time.
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So sad to hear. Rest in peace and I hope her spirit continues to dance on ✨✨
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Still so excited for you 🙃👰ðŸ»ðŸ’ƒðŸ»
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So excited! This is my nemesis!
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Thanks so much everyone for the great input and advice. Knew I could count on you. I have always avoided handstands on the pole and stuff like pencil, Ayesha, handsprings and cartwheels and found other ways to express myself on the pole but now I am feeling more ready to experiment a bit (once my injuries are fully healed). I will train cup true and split grips and see how I get on.💜
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The lady who wrote this blog is now walking again.
https://fitbitlinny.wordpress.com/2015/12/07/back-break-recovery-week-1/
She fell from Ayesha.Sobering reading. So glad she is recovering so well.