Monthly Archives: September 2012

Getting into the swim of things

Went for a swim the other night, for the first time in years. A proper swim, too. Most of the time in recent years, the word ‘swim’ has meant ‘posing-around-some-fancy-resort-pool-with-full-make-up on and holding a cocktail’. I’d actually planned to go … Continue reading

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Unlearning through dance fundamentals

I’m so glad that I decided to attend this term’s new Perfect Lines class regularly. It’s been  awesome! A big focus of the class is on proper dance alignment and body mechanics, which I’ve always been pretty fascinated with. (Because … Continue reading

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Destination: Candy-land

Last term, I made a short list of pole goals to work towards. One of them was to start seriously working on the Candy, aka my Ultimate Nemesis move. Right. Well, that didn’t happen. My excuse is that because I’d … Continue reading

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“Pole fitness” video by Body & Pole

  Check out this intriguing short documentary about Pole Fitness that was shot at Body & Pole studio in NYC: While I understand their stance, I still feel just ever-so-slightly sad about how clearly the line is drawn between sensuality … Continue reading

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Sometimes you just win

Been a tiring week with trying to fit yoga and running back into my weekly schedule, and waking up almost every day feeling like I somehow got run over by an ice cream truck in my sleep. I also went … Continue reading

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Bringing some Bobbi’s to the beach

On Saturday, I spent the afternoon pole dancing with some friends on the beach.  Me and 3 of my pole pals who did Amateur Night had been picked to promote Bobbi’s Pole Studio on Siloso beach at Sentosa, as part … Continue reading

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