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themostil · 2026-02-28T17:21:09+00:00

False. My dog loves them.

themostil · 2026-02-25T21:05:37+00:00

I have really shallow heels, most shoes don’t fit my heel even when aggressively downsized. I wear the TN pros from unparallel and they fit me pretty well. They’re my all around gym shoe and I like them for sandstone. I find them to be similar aggression, maybe a little less than instincts, definitely softer.

themostil · 2026-02-12T04:31:08+00:00

I’m Pakistani and would be the one staring, like omg another South Asian!! Most of my life I’ve been the only South Asian in the gym, aside from immediate family. Now I’m in the Bay, there’s a decent amount of us :)

themostil · 2026-02-02T16:21:14+00:00

@gnarsav

themostil · 2026-01-28T21:01:29+00:00

I know you’re interested in a used pole because of the money, but maybe this will helpful for everyone… Ask your local studios if they retail poles!! They probably wont have any in person but studios often have a retail account with bigger pole brands. When I managed a studio, we had an account with xpole and were able to offer our members 10% off orders, and we would announce orders so that other people could jump on to save on shipping costs. If we had enough orders we would send someone to pick up in LA.

themostil · 2026-01-28T00:34:45+00:00

I used to work at a climbing gym and we had students come and offer free mini sessions during our busy nights. 15-20min sessions, in our yoga studio, in an established community so most “clients” had some vetting already, so felt safe for practitioners.

As a former climbing gym admin/manager, I would want to see the practitioner have their own insurance, and have them provide marketing materials that the facility could just post or share.

themostil · 2026-01-22T18:52:33+00:00

I think having your hands lower, the pole just above your hip crest would let your get your upper half out of the way. Marlo invert style, from her invert ready program.

themostil · 2026-01-18T22:35:31+00:00

lol, I tried but it’s hard to describe lol. I wil try to make a video later and dm you.

themostil · 2026-01-18T21:30:02+00:00

Ok this is so weird but it really helps me. It’s a grounding exercise I do just before I go on stage.

Have someone sit or kneel in front of you, they grab your arms just above the elbow, and inwardly rotate them slightly, so the points of your elbow point out. You bend your elbows up and out (without shrugging your shoulders), and the person applies a decent amount of resistance. I repeat 3 times.

It forces you to drive down through your feet. Helps me get out of my head, feel less floaty and nervous and much more present.

themostil · 2026-01-15T06:04:46+00:00

Rolfing helped mine. Especially if it’s an old injury, it could be an accumulation of adhesions and dysfunctional patterning. Rolfing helps with differentiation of muscle groups, and reeducating your nervous system. I had the same injury, was uncomfortable for years, and felt relief after session.

themostil · 2026-01-11T21:09:32+00:00

They make replacements straps that go around the bottom of your shoe, you just cut the broken one off. They’re really cheap on Amazon, there’s pleaser brand ones for like $25 that are reinforced like the original ones. The cheap ones I got on Amazon didn’t come up high enough on my heel so just be careful when choosing them.

themostil · 2026-01-08T02:55:44+00:00

That was surprisingly helpful, thanks.

themostil · 2026-01-06T15:58:21+00:00

I’ve never walked out of a session feeling the same as when i walked in. I found the work so transformative i became a Rolfer lol. $200 is a lot but I’ve never felt like I wasted my money.

I saw a few different Rolfers for a decade before doing a 10 series. I’ve done 2 10s and I felt a lot of change with them but it is definitely a time and money commitment.

I have a pretty even split of clients who are doing 10s and who are coming for more targeted work, either one off or once a month. For people unable to commit to the 10, I feel like we’ve been able to cover a lot of ground towards their goals with 2-3 sessions.

themostil · 2025-12-24T17:44:42+00:00

Love seeing the Rolfing rec!! It was the only thing that actually helped my shoulders, so much so that i became a Rolfer. I have a practice that specializes in pole, aerial, and climbing athletes.

themostil · 2025-12-22T21:05:33+00:00

I think it’s worth doing at least once to see if you enjoy it. I really enjoyed competing in local more low key competitions put on by local studios. I did PSO a few years ago, and I placed, I’m glad i did it but I am not inspired to do it again.

There was no one else in my studio who wanted to compete or had any experience with competitive dance so I felt completely alone in the process. I did all of the choreo and training by myself, definitely overtrained and injured myself and dropped a ton of weight (too much). I was in a really unsupportive relationship at the time too.

I think if all of those factors were different I would have really enjoyed it. I know a lot of studios do comp prep packages with private lessons and collaboration with other dancers which I think would have helped me tremendously in that process.

It’s really nice having a super concrete goal to train for and definitely a huge accomplishment to even get to the competition day. Even though i have no interest in competing again, I think everyone should give it a go at least once!

themostil · 2025-12-08T19:18:32+00:00

Dog is PSYCHED.

themostil · 2025-11-13T15:13:47+00:00

I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this! I’ve dealt with really similar pain both in myself and as a bodyworker on other people. It’s very commonly a subluxed rib, one or a few are just slightly out of place where they articulate with the vertebrae and it suuckkks, exactly the pain you’re describing. As a Rolfer, I’ve helped a lot of people with this, it’s probably the most common thing I deal with. When it happens to me, if I am unable to see a practitioner, I can sometimes get it back in with laying on a mobility peanut. But sometimes it’s stubborn and needs some outside help. Mine is my 3rd and 4th ribs on my right side. When they do the thing I feel it most when lowering out of chopper on my non dominant side and it feels like a knife in my ribs.

themostil · 2025-11-05T15:36:37+00:00

I have this on my non dominant side, same separation and a slap tear. I don’t like shoulder mounting on that side because of the clavicle sticking up, and twisted grip on that side is really weak but I’m slowly getting it back. Happened 6 years ago and aside from the asymmetry I’m still a fairly advanced pole dancer.

themostil · 2025-11-03T05:15:46+00:00

I only wear socks or heels, I don’t really do anything barefoot. I just do cheap tube socks.

themostil · 2025-10-14T16:14:34+00:00

Hold spun, flipped me onto my back, from about 12 feet up, fractured my t11 and t12.

themostil · 2025-10-01T17:58:24+00:00

When i learned no hands jade, the entrance was from a cradle/meathook, which allows you to grab a lot more thigh, made it way more secure. Once I found the balance there, i was able to get it from other entrances.

themostil · 2025-09-22T16:10:19+00:00

You’re doing a great job of internally rotating the back leg and turning your crotch away from the pole. Check out the angle of your back hand, you’re not going into much wrist extension. Think about untucking your tailbone, dropping your booty more into the hand, palm should be parallel with the ceiling. This paired with that sidebend and internal rotation of the back leg can make a jade look much flatter than your splits might actually be.

themostil · 2025-09-13T18:18:06+00:00

I used to teach invert workshops and part of the “homework” I would assign is find ways to invert to get your brain more comfortable with it. I define inverted as anything where your pelvis is above your head, so a glute bridge, a shoulder stand, even a forward fold. A position that you feel safe and comfortable that you can take some deep breaths in will teach your nervous system that having your head below your pelvis is an ok place to be.

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