A topic I have been marinating on for at least a few years now, the cultural ideation that we put the comfort and needs of others ahead of our own. From managing households to excelling in careers, and nurturing relationships, self-sacrifice has become an expectation. While I naturally gravitate to the role of care giver and find significant joy in caring and showing love to my family, friends, and community, …
In a world that constantly shouts “more, faster, better!” it’s easy to get caught in the relentless cycle of chasing progress. For many of us, this endless race spills over into every sphere, including our beloved aerial journey. Success is too often defined in our heads as that gravity defying lift or insanely flexible splitty move. But what if we redefined what success looks like? What if standing still could …
I’ve been coming out of a deep depression. I’ve experienced depression spells over the years but have been able to adequately handle it and they have been manageable. But this one spell lasted for a year. During the hardest, most challenging, and most isolating year that we all experienced. This post isn’t about depression and how to best deal with it. Only qualified mental health professionals can do that. What …
Every person that tries a class at Phoenix Flight Studio has a reason they did it. Maybe they’re bored with the gym. Or they’re trying to get in shape. Or they want to be sexy for their partner. The one that always sticks out to me is the one where a woman indicates she wants to learn to be sexy for her spouse. That makes me feel all the feels. …
When Phoenix Flight Studio was first opened, the foundation for the studio was female fitness. It opened almost 10 years ago, early in the history of the recreational pole industry and many studios that open during that time were looking for a way to separate the services studios offered from the sex industry that many associate with pole dancing. The idea of sensual movement and the sexy persona was shunned …
So you’ve walked through the door of a pole studio for your first class. Click here for a little short video summarizing a few moves in our intro to pole class What’s it going to be like? It will depend on what studio you go to and what class format you are attending. But very typically you will cover the very basics including how to grip the pole (there is …
Learning to love yourself is hard. At this moment, I am at my heaviest weight and nt working out regularly. I have a full time job, a young child, and I run the studio. Finding time to take care of myself is really hard and I have not been honoring myself and what my body needs to stay healthy. I’ve gone up and down in size my whole life, but …
I am sitting at my computer trying to find videos I took of how to do vagina monsters to put in my group dance, Lady Marmalade, for my second ever student showcase and first at Knock Out Bodies. I am laughing at the other memories such as doing a pole challenge last fall and taking hip hop class and twerk classes in pole. It is not my forte, lol. I …
Rest days – Just a Fancy Word for Quitting I struggle to take rest days. As a mom, a full time employee, and studio owner, my days are filled from the moment I wake up to the moment I finally go to bed. As a pole dancer and long distance runner I have to carve out time to training and rehearse. I make it a priority because I recognize the …
