My writing on the body, the method, and the long way home.
For adults who want to reflect and move better. New article every week.
OPEN YOUR LEGS AND BE A SLUT: AN ACT OF REBELLION AND RECLAIMING MY BODY!
Who decided how a woman should sit, dress, smile, move, or behave? And why are we still expected to make ourselves smaller just to make others comfortable?
Even the Most Confident Woman Needs a Cheerleader Sometimes
Have you ever been there? Despite being the most confident, self-assured woman, you still feel gross and insecure from time to time?
Marketing thrives on insecurities. But I want to see people SHIIINE!!!
Marketing thrives on insecurities, but does it have to? Perrsonal growth should come from curiosity, not the feeling that we’re not good enough.
OPEN YOUR LEGS AND BE A SLUT: AN ACT OF REBELLION AND RECLAIMING MY BODY!
Who decided how a woman should sit, dress, smile, move, or behave? And why are we still expected to make ourselves smaller just to make others comfortable?
Fun isn’t a bonus. I design my classes around it.
I've realised that fun isn't a bonus when I’m in a good mood or when the class happens to have good vibes. It can actually be intentionally integrated.
Fun is Underrated!
Why is fun important for adult learners (like myself)? Writing from the perspective of both a learner and a teacher.
My First Hip Hop Battle - Jumping into Deep Water
One of the bravest things I ever did was joining a dance battle after only 2 months of learning hip hop. I had so much anxiety before the battle that I learned multiple methods to boost my self-confidence and get me out of a frozen state.
The confidence paradox
I signed up for a pole performance after five months of training. I entered a hip-hop battle after four months. Most people call this bravery. I call it not knowing enough to be scared.
Being a 'polydancer': Jack of all trades, master of none?
I've been asked to pick a favourite dance for as long as I can remember. I won't. Here's what each style I practise continues to teach me about myself.
My hands were too sweaty
Hyperhidrosis made climbing a pole feel impossible — and the wrong instructors made everything worse. This is the story of one teacher who changed that, and why it changed how I teach.
From being looked at to serving looks: how pole dance empowered me
Content warning: sexual abuse. This is the story of how the most erotic dance form I could find became the thing that gave me my body back.
What posing naked taught me about dancing
I spent years as a life drawing model — sitting still while artists stared. It turned out to be one of the best educations in how to inhabit a body I ever had.