Pole Dancing
Retreats
A Weekend of "Igniting Your Feminine Fire" in San Diego
- Who: S Factor Founder Sheila Kelley
- What: The "Essentially Sexy from the Inside Out" retreat. Daily workshops with titles like "Erotic Creature Intensive" and "Lap Dance Intensive" and daily "chats" with Sheila Kelley with titles like "Igniting Your Feminine Fire & The Male vs. Female Campfire." Worth noting, you have to be at least 18 and a woman to attend the retreat.
- When: October 21 - 24, 2010
- Where: Paradise Point Resort & Spa in Mission Bay, California, twenty minutes from San Diego.
- Why: If you're already a pole dancing devotee, this retreat has your name all over it. If the repeated use of the word "erotic" freaks you out almost as much as the phrase "female campfire" I'd like to remind you that Sheila Kelley's S Factor converted me, and I'm way more cynical and uptight than you could ever dream of being.
Workout
compass
I'm trying to figure out how to sum up this past Sunday. It was like finding true north and facing my own mortality. It kicked off with hula hooping with a bunch of my wonderful neighbors during a baby shower (true story - there were at least 10 hoops going at any given time). The background for this was Drums Along the Hud
Power of the Pole
A Pole Dancing Class Gets Miss USA In Trouble
Last week, Mr. Mohawk wondered how his inner-feminist should feel about Donald Trump's addition of lingerie photo shoots to the Miss USA pageant. This week, it seems, Donald Trump is fine with flesh, flesh, and more flesh, as long as he's in charge of it. Some very tame photos of the new Miss USA, Rima Fakih, participating in a women's only strip-tease class are putting the Pageant into a tizzy.
More...Home Stretch
My First Time
"Tonight was my first time showing and telling in pole! The first Monday of every month is show and tell day, where the girls get to teach something to the rest of the class....Everyone cheered when I took the stage. I felt like my training wheels came off." — MammaPole, today, 5:33 P.M.
Pole Dreams
Guys, There's Finally A Pole Studio for You
Nestled in the back of The Fierce Club yoga studio on Elizabeth Street, Body & Pole features neon Buddha wall art, exposed brick, and glistening 14ft poles. Lian Tal, the founder of Body and Pole and a nationally recognized pole athlete, explains to me what makes her studio different. It's personalized and intimate, with classes limited to twelve people, plus "We offer a flexible schedule with no commitment, to women or men.” Yes gentlemen, now you can pole dance, too!
New York
Snapshot
Roz Wants to Pole Dance with Michelle Obama
Every day, we give you a snapshot of one fellow striver in fitness. We ask personal questions, they boldly answer. Today's snapshot: Roz, aka MammaPole.
- What's your number one workout spot? Crunch, Union Square! I'm usually there 3 or 4 nights a week.
- What's the healthiest thing you eat? Carrots and roasted pine nut hummus. I used to make fun of my friends for eatting "rabbit food" in high school, but then I decided to stop eatting crap all the time and tried it. Now all my co-workers want to steal my snacks.
Newslinks
Pole Dancing London 2012 and Pack Your Holster with your Hiking Boots
Two tidbits of news:
- Olympic hopefuls — start practicing your butterfly extensions! Pole dancers are pushing hard to make their sport a "test" event at the 2012 Olympics in London. Maybe the British aren't ready for that, though, so as a back up the pole dancers are going for full-fledged Olympic status by Rio 2016.
- Thanks to a little amendment tacked on to the recent credit card legislation, as of today, it's now legal to carry guns in National Parks. In the joyful words of one gun advocate, "Now, it's a big sea of gun freedom." Firing said guns is still illegal, but I think I'll nonetheless be including more orange in my summer hiking wardrobe...
Workout
Late-night pole class round 2
Another 9pm pole class, and I barely made it after a long day at work.
D.I.Y. Feat Decision
and the verdict is....take a pole dancing class.
I failed to complete this feat in the last challenge so here's another go at it.
More...Workout
Stretch and Pole classes
I took two classes Sunday after taking three on Saturday. Let's just say I'm a little obsessed with becoming better at pole dancing. I've also bought a package that requires me to go at least 4 times a week, which is good motivation for my New Year's challenge.