I Am Posting to Remember This...

Because someday I will want it, but I'm too lazy and care too little at this moment to do anything ...

For dry non-sticky pole legs...

http://www.liveituppolefitness.com/grip-enhancer-solution-dry-skin/

Finally Got My HandSpring!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=oCI8QfKyl8o&ns=1

I am so freaking glad I finally got this! And before the weekend which was my goal! I started trying Monday! :D I am so grateful for my teachers. If Sasha hadn't spotted me and made me go all the way around in my handspring, like if I over-spun which I was afraid of doing, I would have still been too scared. :D

GOT MY AYESHA!

Since I started pole I soon realized that the move I wanted to accomplish was the Ayesha. I felt I didn't have the strength necessary to learn this move, but after I started learning the elbow grip and my caterpillar I decided I was really going to do my best to get it.
I had Logan over and he helped me take pictures and I finally got it!
At first I was having a difficult time letting go of my legs because I wasn't sure where I wanted my weight to be, and once I started realizing I was secure I was letting go with my legs. I was having a difficult time also finding if my legs were too high at first but soon could easily bring them up and down. I'm so proud for this stepping stone.
Don't get me wrong, I clearly need to work on form, ease, and alternative movements in this position, but for me this was huge. :D
And it also came with many well-earned bruises :P

I always feel like I never have enough time for pole but this blog is already making me realize how much I do have which makes me happier :)

Some work I did today after pole when I wasn't feeling too hott... This helped.

1) Basic Butterfly (elbow grip)
2) Inbetween an extended and basic butterfly
3) Extended butterfly with split grip
4) Jade Split

Ab Progress 8-21-13

Working on evenly defined abs. I've completed the second week of the Gauntlet and I feel I can already see changes :) 

First Entry. Where I Am and Where I Want to Go.

During the first part of my teacher training for pole at Boulder Spirals this weekend, Sasha encouraged us to start a journal of our journey.
While I have already begun my pole career, I know that only having done pole for 7+ months there is so much up to achieve.
Teacher training is only the first step to me. After there are classes, more learning, more training, and hopefully, someday, my own studio.
While I see my ultimate goals far off for various reasons (school, lack of money, lots of pole to learn still myself) for this to eventually happen, I dream.

Training is going well. I was not prepared for what I felt was coming but I feel that is almost better, like a life-lesson in itself. I will not always be able to know what's coming up in my next class, or how I even want to warm us up before we begin. I will admit, however, that since I desire and am often good at whatever I try, to have frustration and not be amazing all of the time here can be difficult. Which I know is an annoying lesson itself.

Today I talked to a new guy at work and he told me he knows of a friend in Indiana who is 26 and owns her own studio. He inquired for me about how she approached this fantastic dream I have in her own life and she gave me plenty of useful tips. Small and vague and not something I can put into action now, but it's all stepping stones for me. I'm already thinking about how I want my studio to look, and thus far this woman has inspired me in more ways than one...

This is the woman's studio who gave me advice. (Credit and appreciation to Danielle Violet Carroll and her studio Violet Expressions). It's nice to not only look up to the beautiful international pole stars I want to be, but to see a young woman who I feel is closer to me that makes me believe more in my dreams manifesting.

I am sleepy and feel I am not babbling, but this is entry one of a, hopefully, very long tale.

<3 Lindsay