I’ve been talking a lot about having an active connection to your apparatus, both in my classes and online. One of the big ideas that I share when I talk about this concept is the idea that there are two ways that you can interact with your apparatus. You can hang from it, or you …
So here’s a thing you probably don’t know: If you ask me a question about body stuff, chances are high I’ll answer by filming a YouTube tutorial. Because people usually ask me smart and interesting questions, and/or questions that other people likely have as well. And I love sharing information, so the YouTube tutorial seems …
Flamenco grip can be a tricky position to get comfortable with. And for good reason! It’s putting the shoulder, elbow, and wrist in positions that may be challenging for you because of strength and mobility restrictions, or because of previous injuries. And even if you don’t have any physical limitations, I find that it’s often …
I’ve never been shy or uncomfortable about dancing or moving my body. I always loved to dance as a kid, I took belly dance classes with my sister when I was 13. I was a teen in the 90s and went to raves and danced with glow sticks. Any time I was in a situation …
I think that if you asked most of my contemporaries in the aerial and pole world “What’s the thing that you wished you’d learned when you first started training?” they’d all respond with some variation on the same theme: “I wish I’d been taught more about HOW to use my body instead of just learning …
Low back pain. Have you had it? I have, and it’s a bitch! I was just reading a statistic that said that 60-80% of adults will experience low back pain at some point in their lives. And that 85% of low back pain is classified as non specific, which means there is no structural cause, …
