Warm Up with Michelle Stanek. Join Michelle Stanek for a level 1 warm-up, exercises to get your students ready for your level 1 class! If you are a member please login below, or become a member here. Username Password Remember Me Forgot Password
No Pole No Problem! with Marlo Fisken. Join Marlo for a workshop on functional & dance based essentials to stay pole-ready even when you don’t have one! If you are a member please login below, or become a member here.
Get Comfortable with Leg Hangs from the Floor First! Join us with Marlo Fisken for some leg hang progressions from the floor. Get comfortable with switching and the contact points as you prepare for leg hangs higher up the pole! If you are a member please login below, or become a member here.
Hands Free Spotting for the Pole!Join us with Body & Pole for some hands free spotting techniques! No touching! No Problem! Hands-Free Spotting For COVID-Safe Teaching
These COVID-safe spotting techniques were developed internally for Body & Pole by owner Kyra Johannesen, Assistant Programming Director Brenna Bradbury and Programming Director Phillip Evans, and were shared with their trainers weeks prior to the studio’s reopening, after a nearly 6 month shut-down. Kyra, Brenna and Phillip spent hours coming up with creative ways to manipulate mats in order to make touchless spotting possible and effective. They based the techniques around the notion that anything vertical can be done horizontal by using push and pull contacts on the ground, though they wanted to get people elevated (no pun intended!) Utilizing pole and aerial mats, they perfected 14 different techniques to assist students into shapes so they can actually be a few feet off the floor, or in an inversion. The keys are verbal cuing and using mats as touch points.
The best part is that these cues will carry over post-COVID, and you’ll have even more tools in your toolbox!
Hands Free Spotting for the Pole!Join us with Body & Pole for some hands free spotting techniques! No touching! No Problem! Hands-Free Spotting For COVID-Safe Teaching These COVID-safe spotting techniques were developed internally for Body & Pole by owner Kyra Johannesen, Assistant Programming Director Brenna Bradbury and Programming Director Phillip Evans, and were shared with […]
Connecting with Plus Size Students with Roz Mays “Pole dancing is really, REALLY hard when you’re in a large body. Period. Far too often, studios are quick to preach the benefits of pole for every body, but very few instructors understand how to coach every body. Let’s fix that. Anyone who is, OR who interacts […]
Warming up the Shoulders and Upper Back! Join us with Allison Wardwell for some warm-up exercises for the shoulders and upper back. Modifications and progressions included! If you are a member please login below, or become a member here.
Warm up with the Pole! Join us with Marlo Fisken for some warm-up exercises using the pole. Change up your warm-up routine and keep it fresh! If you are a member please login below, or become a member here.
Flip It! Join us with Kyra Johannesen and learn some basic techniques, modifications and progression for flips – spotting tips included. Get your students familiar and comfortable with flipping around the pole! If you are a member please login below, or become a member here.
Get Spinny! Join us with Michelle Stanek and learn some teacher tips and basic techniques for an Intro to Spin Pole class. Get your students familiar and comfortable with the physics of spinny vs. static! If you are a member please login below, or become a member here.