Last weekend James and I decided to go to the Pole World Festival in Bristol. It’s a long old way away from us, but luckily we managed to combine the journey with seeing family – it made the 12 hours of driving more worth while!
I love a shoulder mount. I used to hate them, and was a little scared and frustrated by them, but now they are mine, I love them.
There are so many great ways to start training your shoulder mount. This video has beginner, intermediate and advanced options – so hopefully something for everyone!
I just love, love, love pole splits 🙂
Here are some of my favourite pole splits – well, those I can do anyway!
I’ve seen a lot of people asking recently what are good ways to cross train with or for pole – and some asking about CrossFit in particular.
I’ve been going to CrossFit on-and-off for about 5 months now, and have a good idea of how it’s helped or affected my training.
There seem to be so many cool pole splits going around at the moment. Whenever I get used to one, another one comes along, and I couldn’t be happier.
Okay so the picture attached is a massive achievement for me… massive! I know some of you will easily be able to do this without with thinking or even feeling a stretch, but for me it is torture! I have to stretch for ages before I even attempt this, and even when I do, I […]
I’m super happy with my performance from Miss Pole Dance UK in the semi-pro instructor category 😀
As with every performance I can see the bits that I want to change or moves I want to work on, but I love this routine.
Massive thanks to Lorna Walker for helping me with the choreo for this one 😀
A post shared by Oona Kivelä (@oonakofficial) on Jun 27, 2017 at 10:40am PDT I’m totally in awe of this from Oona Kivelä having just seen it posted on her Instagram. I wish I was that strong and bendy!
Learn how to use resistance bands in your pole dance training. Resistance bands will allow you to train advanced pole moves with light assistance.
I find that when I have to pole rather than wanting to pole, that’s when my motivation can start to fade. If I have to train to find new moves to teach, or if I’m training for a competition, performance, photoshoot etc, I feel more pressure. Of course, I really want to do all of these things, but sometimes feeling like I have to pole, can make it harder to want to.
