Why Attend Virtual PoleCon 2021?
Last year we created our first ever Virtual PoleCon when the pandemic impacted our ability to run PoleCon live. Even though this year we did run a live PoleCon in NOLA in August, not everyone could come first due to…
Are You Too Old to Start Pole Dancing?
Older adults often have a lot of time on their hands as they settle into retirement. Because of this, most seniors try to spice up their lives by getting into a new hobby or learning a new skill. However, our bodies…
PoleCon 2021: Recap
Thank you so much for coming to PoleCon 2021 in New Orleans! This is my sixth, live PoleCon as CEO/owner, the tenth overall live event (eleventh total) since its founding, and it was definitely one for the history books! We…
Covid-19 and The Pole Industry – Part 6
It’s been over a year since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and though we may (mostly, hopefully) be out of the woods many still have valid reasons to be concerned with the effects of the covid pandemic. Will there…
Understanding and Categorizing Pain from a Movement Perspective
What is Pain? Pain is a very complicated topic. It has no language of its own and yet, pain is the body communicating with us, telling us that something isn’t quite right. The body has identified a threat and we…
Healthy Eating for Pole Dancers
The days that pole dancing is believed to be just for young women with modelesque physiques are, thankfully, long gone. Today, men and women of all shapes and sizes (and ages) are embarking on fulfilling pole-dancing journeys that provide them with…
Workshops this Year at PoleCon 2021
The PoleCon 2021 workshop schedule is live! You can download our Cheat Sheet here to see all the workshops aligned with the free (included with your Weekend or Day pass) workshops/seminars and showcases here. Sign up for workshops here in…
What is interoception?
Interoception is understanding what our body feels like on the inside. The goal to developing a good sense of interoception from a movement perspective is to identify and categorize sensations in our body accurately so we can learn to understand…
How to understand and improve movement cues
What is a Movement Cue? Movement is challenging as it does not have its own universal language. Even though movement in some ways can be universally experienced, it is taught, internalized, and understood (or not understood) through mimicking visual inputs…
Covid-19 and The Pole Industry – Part 5
One of the many unfortunate aspects that the covid-19 pandemic has brought about is the need for distancing, and with that have been fewer opportunities to communicate. Thankfully the pole industry, in my humble opinion, has done a pretty good…