You might end up feeling fatigued, bloated and irritable because of all of this! Your immune system is not as effective in these conditions, either. This does not lead to your best pole training! Here are my biggest tips for…
Whether you’re someone who makes multiple lists when packing (me, a Virgo rising), or a “toss things in and hopes for the best,” packer (my friend, a Sagittarius), some things are fairly obvious and easy to remember. Of course, you’ll…
It seems like everywhere you look, someone else is quitting their day job and launching their full time career in the pole world. Some have won competitions, catapulting their first worldwide workshop tour, while others are creating interesting niche products…
Hey there, Can you believe May is just around the corner? Before we know it, we’ll be at PoleCon! But between the holiday hustle and cozy nights in, it’s so easy to let those pole goals slip—I know I’ve been…
Defining fitness While fit-ness can be defined in many individual ways, a more modern understanding of fitness looks at this concept across an interconnected web of elements that are relevant to your life and/or training. Some things to consider as…
Circus Pagan is the intersection of neo-Pagan and circus arts. Why am I doing this? Over the years, as I have described the feeling I get when practicing my art, people repeatedly tell me it sounds like a zen experience.…
Maybe you read my other blog post that was a play-by-play (with emotions!) about my very first audition experience. Well, the selection committee got back to me very expeditiously to tell me they decided to go in a different direction.…
“You could take pole dancing lessons,” he suggested with a leer. I had recently lost weight and acquired a boyfriend after a really tough year, and I’d been dithering about joining a gym or something similar. As it happened, I…
Tonight, I had my very first audition for a performing arts company. I have some thoughts and feelings about this and instead of keeping it locked away in my Artist Pages journal, I decided on the ride home to share…
I used to travel all around the world (ah, pre-pandemic life!) for my old “day job” and at first, it used to put a huge kink in my poling and conditioning. While it’s hard to pack your pole with you…