Combating Anxiety with Dance
"I have always been somewhat of a high-strung person. I get bored very easily and therefore need lots of things happening in my life to keep me from getting anxious. I am a Gemini, and can move very easily and…
Pole Kinematics: The Physics of Pole Dancing
The complexity of pole dance is absolutely incredible! Combinations of movements from lifts to flips to aerial body waves leaves audiences stunned saying: “Whoa….that last performance defied the laws of gravity!!!”. It’s important to understand fundamental physics as it relates…
BECOMING A BEAST: 20 WAYS TO FIX YOUR INJURED, ACHY, OVERUSED POLE BODY
As a pole athlete, I spend most of my time either contorting myself into crazy shapes, throwing my body weight around in the air, teaching other people how to do these things, or thinking up new, even crazier ways that…
Body Diversity, Positivity, and Acceptance in Pole (OR “Skinny Bitch’s Guide To Not Being An Accidental Jerk To People Larger Than You”)
I want to talk about the F word in pole. No, not one that you have to pay a sound editor to bleep out for your competition routine. I’d like to talk about fatness. I will be at PoleCon this…
Hardcore Bodies need Hardcore Treatment: How Rolfing took away my chronic back pain
At the age of 10, I was checked for scoliosis in a routine public-school screening for 5th graders. It was determined that I had begun developing a fairly balanced backward S curve in my spine. The upper part of my…
An Interview with Ashley Fox
Studio owner, competitor and all around adorable, pint-sized pole-pixie, we sat down to talk with the phenom that is Ashley Fox. Mica: How did your pole journey start? How old were you? How many times a week do you…
Why It’s Important to Have a Pole Inspiration Wall
Photo Credit: Stef Lim A Pole Inspiration Wall is a collage of different photographs and inspirational messages to help you hone in your pole dance potential and focus on your dance goals. These images can be torn from your favorite…
Eating Clean on a Budget
The biggest hurdle most people have to clean eating isn’t the food. Fresh, homemade, organic food is delicious! It isn’t giving up those ‘unclean’ foods either. There may be that one food you just can’t let go of, but that…
Conceptualizing a Performance
My creativity is inherent to my being, and I can’t recall it not being a present energy in my life. My first drawing ever (I kid you not) was a diptych; on one side of the paper was an observation…
Pro Tips: What is a noncompete agreement?
A noncompete agreement is a contract under law in which an employee agrees not to enter into a similar profession which is in direct competition with their employer. Noncompete agreements exist in order to protect the employer from losing clients…