Teach: To impart knowledge or skill Instruct: To furnish with knowledge It’s been a while since I’ve written something. And quite a bit has happened. Aside from being named Editor-in-Chief of Vertical Art and Fitness magazine (shameless plug to get your subscription HERE), I have also started teaching pole. This has opened up a [...]
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Miley Cyrus – A Pole Lotta Trouble
September 15th, 2011 
ThePoleStory Miley Cyrus is the latest tween-turned-teen to find herself under scrutiny for somehow tarnishing her “good girl” image by, well, growing up. Says Cyrus, “Every 18-year-old explores sexuality and experiments and tries things. For me there’s no reason to change that. You have to be true to yourself.” Cyrus isn’t just growing up – she [...]
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Tags: bad girl, double standards, Miley Cyrus, pole dancing, Taylor Lautner 
No Comments »Girl Next Door: Every Girl Has a Naughty Little Secret
August 20th, 2011 ThePoleStory Kelly Yvonne’s Girl Next Door: A Pole Dance Soiree is a delicious, fun and refreshing collection of pole dance vignettes performed at the King King in Hollywood every Sunday. And the message is this: Everyone has an inner vixen. Now invite her out to play! The show opens with a few “housewives” dressed in peek-a-boo [...]
Posted in Pole Dancing Tags: Girls Next Door: A Pole Dance Soiree, Kelly Yvonne, pole dancing, Sexy No Comments »Bridging The Gap Between Club and Studio: Evolve Performance Night
August 1st, 2011 ThePoleStory Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending Performance Night at Evolve Pole Dance Studio. Performance Night was started by Annmarie Davies, founder of United Pole Artists and it showcases both students and teachers with varying levels of expertise. There three things that set Performance night at Evolve apart from other studio recitals: [...]
Posted in Pole Dancing Tags: AnneMarie Davies, Evolve Dance Studio, female sexuality, mina mortezaie, pole dancing, UPA 1 Comment »Witch Hunt
May 27th, 2011 ThePoleStory Last week, The Daily Mail ran an article called “Disgrace of the six drinking, pole-dancing primary school teachers who published the pictures on Facebook…Outrage after parent printed pictures and posted them through neighbors’ front doors.” The photos show six women at a bachelorette in sexy army gear, drinking, smoking, and yes, pole dancing. The [...]
The Pleasure Principle
May 1st, 2011 ThePoleStory I’m sitting outside at Le Pain Quotidien on Melrose, enjoying a salad and a mimosa. It’s one of those perfect LA days – blue skies, palm trees rustling in a gentle breeze, flowers blooming everywhere. Le Pain Quotidien is one of the few places in LA that has real French bread. And because I have [...]
Poling For Charity: The Flying Vs Dance to Help End Violence Against Women
March 30th, 2011 ThePoleStory So I don’t know how you spent your Saturday night, but I’m going to tell you how I spent mine, because it was positively spectacular. First, I went to see The Vagina Monologues. I know, it came out in the 90’s and where have I BEEN? But for those of you who have never seen [...]
Why Yes, I’m Certified to Teach Pole Dance
March 1st, 2011 ThePoleStory I know you were all wondering what happened! Well I’m officially certified to teach levels 1 – 4 for pole dancing. Our last day was short but sweet. I perfected my caterpillar climb, got into Aisha (with Collette holding my butt up) and learned how to spot perfectly for inversions and climbs. Which, by the [...]
Posted in Pole Dancing Tags: Celeste Ayers, Collette Kakuk, OC Pole Fitness, Pole Teacher Training, The PFA, The Pole Story No Comments »Pole Teacher Certification – Where Should You Go? Part IV
February 20th, 2011 ThePoleStory Day 3 of Training: I mean it’s past the point of me complaining how SORE my body is. I’m presently numbing some of that soreness with a margarita. Today I started my day by assisting Collette in an Intro to Pole Class. I had SO much fun. Collette has a very upbeat style of teaching, [...]
Pole Teacher Certification – Where Should You Go? Part III
February 20th, 2011 ThePoleStory Day 2 of Training: Owie ouch ow, ow, ow, whimper. Did I say I was sore after the first day? I had NO idea what I was talking about. Because today, after covering level 3 AND 4 spins, I am truly sore. But wow do I know a lot! More than I ever have- even [...]
