If you’ve been teaching for a while, you probably haven’t thought much about your class intro. Unless you regularly teach an intro or beginner level class, you probably get a bunch of regulars who know you and your shtick and…
What if I told you that you were breathing “wrong?” You would probably be pretty annoyed, huh? “I’m still alive!” You might exclaim.” How can I be breathing ‘wrong?!’“ You might even in throw some expletives in there for good…
As you take this new step in your journey, remember that I am proud of you. You are strong. You are capable. Never stop learning. Always keep an open mind and heart. Your students will teach you more than I…
Your body is extremely adaptable. It responds to requests that you intentionally or unintentionally give it all the time and makes what are known as “compensations” or deviations from your optimal body alignment with respect to gravity. If you have…
In my old career, I used to butt heads all the time with one of my business partners. It seemed like everything he said was designed to make me angry on purpose. It’s like he knew what all my “big,…
Nerves are cord or string-like structures that carry information around your body. They are comprised of neurons that are protected in layers of tissue collectively known as a “sheath.” The information nerves carry might be motor control related, like moving…
Fascia is like a plastic wrap that covers literally all your internal bits including bones, nerves, organs, and muscles. It is a thin and flexible film made of collagen, as sensitive as skin, that crisscrosses around your body like a…
You’ve decided to compete in your first pole competition! You’ve got your song, your concept and even your costume! Hurray! Now, how to do you actually train for it? There are a lot of schools of thought on how to…
Talk about a controversial start to a blog post! When I first started doing pole, there was a clear progression for any pole student on their pole journey: First, you took some classes. Then you started performing Then you started…
Whatever you do outside of the gym/studio/other moving “arena” is going to impact what you do in the gym/studio/other moving “arena” MUCH MORE than what you do in it. I’ll say it again: stop blaming the time spent (or not…