Express The Sensual

This weeks PoDaViAs (pole dancing video assignment) is to dance in a pair of heavy, heavy heels.  Heavy heels force you to ground and center the body while making your movements slower. This will help balance the earth element within you and keep your imagination flowing through your creative center (that’s the hips Baby).  Plus, as I keep saying, Slow is Sexy!

So pick up a pair of tall platforms (with a cone heel if you’re a new pole dancer) or a pair of slick red thigh high boots (Thats HOT!) and strut your stuff.  Remember to practice walking in any new pair of shoes first.

Let the slow, sensual dancing begin!

PS, I’m still in love (hmm or lust ) with A Perfect Circle. So this weeks PoDaViAs is performed to “Hollow” & “Brena.”  You can check out the whole album below!

Do you prefer Heavy Heels, Light Heels, or no heels at all? Do shoes slow down your dancing? Share your ideas in the comment section!

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Do you ever find yourself in a Blue Mood?  You can’t seem to shake that sad feeling and you just want to wallow around in it.

Maybe you’re absolutely green with jealousy that you got passed over for that promotion.

Or perhaps your seething red with anger? Turning purple from withheld passion? Face ashen gray with fear? Walking around under a black cloud?

Sometimes you feel permeated by a color that fills you up and eats at your bones.  (okay maybe that’s a bit harsh, but you get the picture).  When the mood is too hard to fight off, embrace it instead.  By embracing the mood, you stop wasting energy trying to fight it.  You give your body, mind, and soul the chance to accept its current state.  Once accepted, you can easily move past the stuck emotion toward hope and solutions.

But how do you accept it?

Use improvisational dancing to fully express that emotion in a beautiful and productive way.  Give it the stage and your full attention and you’ll soon find it dissolving before your eyes.

3 Easy Steps

1.  Express your emotional color on your body

Find dancing clothes that are the same color of your mood.  I chose a light blue top to represent the cloud following me around, a dark blue booty short to represent the sad & scary river I was crossing, and black leggings to remind me of the smaller fears I was facing.

2.  Pick your music with care

Create a new playlist or randomize an old playlist but try to choose music that both exemplifies your mood and seems counter to it.  I used a mix with “She Said, I Said” by NLT (), “Queen B” by Puscifier, and “Princess” by Karl Wolf.

3.  Dance until your mood changes.

After your warmup, just start moving.  Take three easy breathes and notice exactly how you are feeling.  Pay attention to the emotion, not the reason for the emotion. What does it feel like inside your body? A lump in your throat? A tightness in your belly? A weakness in your legs? Whatever you’re feeling stretch and move through it.

Suddenly, the music will change.  The emotion you feel will become different, morphed from one mood into another. For me, my mood stayed blue until I heard Princess.  Then all of a sudden I became giddy and silly… as the video shows, and I just enjoyed that new expression of joy within me.  It will happen to you too.

Let the music & your feelings take you on a ride until you wake up and realize the bad mood is gone.

You’ve accepted it, expressed it, let it go… and replaced it with clarity and the joy of movement.

What color are your moods & how do you get rid of them? What do you feel like when the mood is gone? Share your ideas in the comment section!

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The PoDaViAs is down below, but first here’s a short review of my inspiration for this week’s assignment.

Last week I got to check out the beautiful AntixFitness studio in Redlands, CA.   The waiting room of AntixFitness is filled with shoes, clothes, and some of my favorite sexy toys.  I was like a kid in a candy store for at least half an hour.  OH MY! The studio itself has a brass pole for every student, a wall length mirror, plenty of yoga mats, exercise balls, and weights.  Beautiful wood floors and overhead lights with blue sky and clouds appliques make this a lively and inviting studio.

Mikey, the owner is super strong, playful, and an awesome instructor.  In a word she ROCKS!  She kicked my ass (meaning worked me out ) in her Simple Pole and Core’n'Sculpt classes.

She also gave me a sneak peak at the Better Than Cheesecake dancetroup performance coming up May 1. Its a Cinco De Mayo event called “Lady Banditas: Busted.” Check out the info site here.

Plus, I got invited to do a solo performance at midnight! So, if you’re in the area, you better come and check it out.  There’s no cover and its sure to be a great show.

Just in case you can’t make it, I’ll be posting a blow by blow after the event.  I can’t wait!

I was totally inspired by Mikey and her studio girls who always dance in shoes.  I rarely wear shoes to dance and found myself feeling a little clumsy as Mikey put me through my paces.  Yikes!  But I love a challenge, and decided to use this experience as the basis for my next PoDaViAs (pole dancing video assignment).

So, if you usually dance without shoes, here’s your chance to don a lovely pair of 5″ or 6″ Heel Platform Shoes.

Remember that you have to take special care to keep your abs nice and tight to protect your lower back.  Also remember to limit your shoe time or keep the heels below two inches.   If you are a beginner, keep the high heels at the 4 or 5 inch level and make sure they have straps.  A flying shoe really can put out your eye.  Ack!

Now, if you usually do dance with shoes, skip the shoes this week.  Get yourself a pair of professional FootUndeez to protect the balls of your feet and make it easier to turn and twirl.

I had alot of fun with this one, so check out the video below!

I found my dancing to be heavier and more grounded.  And I totally loved how easy it was to stretch into inversions and the Aysha with the weighty heels giving me that extra edge against gravity.

The song is Come Here Boy by Imogen Heap .  Its one of my favorites!

Do you wear shoes when you pole dance?  What kind of differences did you notice when you switched? Share your ideas in the comment section!

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