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Studio Update

Hey Fans PLEASE don't get discouraged about classes being Full. For all of our regular clients, this will soon pass. The 1st LivingSocial Vouchers expire 2/18/12, and they are all trying to use them at the last minute. So please be patient. Spaces will open up. We have added 3 classes on Saturday. We are so glad that people LOVE our classes, and want to keep you all happy!!

Feedback from LivingSocial 5 Class Voucher

Best class ever. Looking forward to returning!

Fun and a different type of workout!

The instructor was very compassionate and professional. Although my muscles were achy, I enjoyed the workout...

this is a total kick butt class. I did not go in expecting it to be easy, but HOLY COW!!! Brianna was awesome, though slightly scary at some times :) Looking forward to next classes, assuming I can move by then!

The workout was great and more than expected! Staff was quite friendly and professional. Looking forward to returning

Staff

Staff looking super cute in the Freshly painted studio,with New Shirts! LOVE IT!!!

Why so close-minded?

As I write this blog entry, I wonder how to talk with people about Poling without offending anyone. Ever since I can remember, I have always been attracted to the intimidating aspects of life. I was always called the Rebel, the bad girl, the one that wanted to start trouble. I never saw myself that way and still don’t. I believe in doing what makes you happy, and most of the time it’s in the unsafe. Life is about growing, trying new things, and exploring, and you just can’t do that without going against the grain. 10 years ago, Yoga was saw as taboo, people always asked; “What’s it about?” “Is it a religion?” “Can I still believe in god?” funny now to think about some of the questions, but it happened. In my years of training to be a Vinyasa instructor, I met some beautiful people, and not so beautiful people, some downright ugly folks. But I kept going, I kept pushing doors open, that were nailed shut, and now Yoga is in every club, at the supermarket, on every other commercial, and completely watered down. So it’s hard to believe that now that I’m into Pole Dancing, that the first question people seemed to ask is, “Are you a stripper?” I’m always shocked at how someone that doesn’t know you at all has the balls to ask something like that. Or just plain assume that they are better than you because you like a Pole. I’ve realized that more women are closed minded to new ideas of fitness. What is wrong with being sexy, and keeping in touch with your femininity, while working up a sweat?

Pole Dancing has taught me things I would have never learned elsewhere. I am aware of everything on my body, from the dimples in thighs, to the scares on my knees, to the way my toes curl when I climb, and it make me smile. I sweat more dancing than I have ever done running. Poling has taught me to be okay with me. That I do not have to compare myself to some idealized version of someone else. If you look around in the Pole Industry, (of course the US is behind) we are all so different. Even in any given class, there are some many different varieties of women. In our dance backgrounds, our fitness backgrounds, our reason of starting, our styles of poling, our careers, but we all share a common goal; to show ourselves that we can do it. Poling is an art form. It takes talent, and more than that patience to get better. To have your body hang from a solid piece of metal and then only thing that is controlling you is yourself, is sheer amazing. I knew I was strong, but I didn’t know I was sexy. It took me time, to actually look at myself in the mirror, and be okay with what I saw. To say, Damn you sexy! To learn something new about you can only be a good thing. I want more women to challenge themselves into trying new things. It doesn’t have to be Pole, maybe it’s that new food, or that movie, a new language, or talking to that lady that just seems different from you. Do something! Stop living in your box, you’ve created to keep yourself safe. Safe is boring! And who wants to live in a boring place? Life is short, and it’s even shorter when we tie ourselves to a stunted leash. If I have learned one thing from my life of ridicule, it’s that: I DON’T LIVE FOR ANYONE BUT ME! But I do like being around things that make me happy, and accept me for who I am; and I have to say the Pole Loves me.