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I’m starting teaching pole dancing at Kinesis Pilates Studio in a couple of weeks.

I covered some lessons for a fellow instructor a few years ago, and it was wonderful to see what a personal interest the owner, Mel, took in pole dancing – she’s invested in four fabulously high poles for her studio in Ladbroke Grove, London.

I really enjoyed working with my clients and the team at Kinesis and was sad to stop. Read more →

We’re really grateful for all of the support you were able to give us through DVDs for Haiti.

Through your generosity we raised £530.18 (about $855) during our appeal week, and we want to say thank you to everyone who helped. Read more →

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I’m sure you’ve all seen the shocking pictures from Haiti over the past few days. Haiti was hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Tuesday, 12 January, destroying much of the capital, Port-au-Prince.

The Red Cross estimates 100-200,000 people have died and up to three million have been affected. Haiti is a poor country anyway, but what little infrastructure they had is now virtually gone. Read more →

A regular series showcasing moves from Pole Exercise DVD 1.

Difficulty: Intermediate

< ?php PeTheme::post_popup("jen-basic-invert-thumb.jpg", "jen-basic-invert.jpg", "Jen doing the Basic Invert", "", "Border Left"); ?>There’s no doubt about it: inverting on a pole for the first time can be scary.

Perhaps you’ve been pole dancing for a few weeks, building up your move repertoire and now you really want to try some of < ?php PeTheme::move("those", "no-handed-bow-and-arrow.jpg", 1, "The No Handed Bow and Arrow"); ?> < ?php PeTheme::move("amazing", "gold-rush.jpg", 1, "The Gold Rush"); ?> < ?php PeTheme::move("inverted", "iguana.jpg", 2, "The Iguana"); ?> < ?php PeTheme::move("poses", "aysha.jpg", 2, "The Aysha"); ?>.

But there’s just one problem…

I’m scared of falling on my head!

First, let’s talk about why inverting is not actually that difficult. I’m sure you’re already comfortable holding yourself on the pole with your legs in the < ?php PeTheme::move("Icon Pose", "icon.jpg"); ?> or when sitting on the pole, and once you’ve inverted you’ll be gripping the pole in much the same way. Read more →

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Vertical Leisure, the company behind the X-Pole, have announced their new range of poles.

The original X-Pole was quite revolutionary when it was launched, with its adjustable height, spinning and static modes and solid construction, and quickly became one of the most popular poles on the market.

But by Christmas it will be gone. Instead we have two new poles, the X-Pole XPert and the X-Pole Sport. Read more →

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I was invited by pop legend Jarvis Cocker to take part in his conceptual gallery project, joining together music, art and motion. He “wanted to look at another way of presenting music rather than just putting on a show. Can it work in an art gallery? Will people come along?”

Apparently they will. He’d already tried out the idea in Paris, where he now lives, running a similar event at Galerie Chappe in May. By the end of the week, they were playing to a street full of people. Read more →

The second Pole Exercise DVD is finally here!

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What’s on the DVD?

Pole Exercise 2 teaches you 16 advanced and 11 training spins, climbs, poses and inverts to take your pole dancing to the next level. Each move is taught in the same clear, step-by-step manner as our first DVD, with close up and slow motion shots to help you perfect those graceful pole moves. Read more →

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A regular series showcasing moves from the Pole Exercise DVD.

Difficulty: Intermediate

About the eye opener

The eye opener takes your pole workout to a more intermediate level of difficulty. Lucy and her fellow instructors are big fans of this trick! Balance and technique are very important to perfecting the move and achieving a strong pose. Read more →

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< ?php PeTheme::post_img("pole-exercise-dvd-2-front-cover-200.jpg", "Pole Exercise DVD 2 cover", "", "Left Border"); ?>The second Pole Exercise DVD will be arriving from the duplicators any day now, and I wanted to give you a quick preview of what’s coming – from the outside at least.

I spent a long time (rather too long!) working on the DVD cover. The picture comes from a nice photoshoot of Lucy taken by AJ. We wanted to project an image of pole dancing as sporty, athletic and sexy, but also welcoming and friendly. And we wanted a striking image too of course. And we feel that this photo gets pretty close to meeting these (perhaps contradictory :) requirements. Read more →

So how are you? It’s been a while.

I know we haven’t written anything here for a long time. Lucy wasn’t very well for a few months, then it was my turn, and then we kinda got out of the habit of posting here. And of course since then we’ve had other life stuff to do too: Lucy finished her acting degree and I’ve been working towards my PhD.

And over the past few months, we’ve also been busy with a new Pole Exercise DVD.

Pole Exercise DVD 2

< ?php PeTheme::post_popup("jenny-brass-monkey-175.jpg", "jenny-brass-monkey-800.jpg", "Jenny does the brass monkey", "", "Border Left"); ?>Pole Exercise DVD 2 is coming out soon! Filmed earlier this year with a professional crew, we’ve since spent a long time on the editing and other post production jobs, but it’s finally almost ready to launch.

The new DVD focuses on more advanced moves, with 16 advanced and 11 training spins, climbs, poses and inverts to take your pole dancing to the next level. Read more →