Focus: Just Get Started

“Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

~Martin Luther King Jr.

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: The Power of You

“You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” 

~A.A. Milne

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Positive Thinking

"Clear your mind of can’t." 

~Samuel Johnson

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Cultivate a Strong Mind

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."

 ~Mahatma Gandhi

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Body Acceptance

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Strength

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Be Yourself

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

~Oscar Wilde

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Confidence

“Confidence comes not from always being right, but not fearing to be wrong.”

~Anonymous

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Pole Dancer on National Television Show "So You Think You Can Dance"

This season on the popular dance competition show "So You Think You Can Dance?" there is a new and exciting contestant, Eliana Girard, who is a fabulous representative of the pole fitness community. A contemporary dancer, as well as pole aerialist, Eliana performed as a pole dancer in the popular Cirque du Soleil show. Take a peak at this awesome video depicting her and her fabulous pole moves:

My favorite part was when she explained how wearing minimal clothing is actually necessary because you need the points of contact to perform different pole fitness moves.

What do you guys think about this pole dancer on "So You Think You Can Dance?"

Will you be watching this season?

Focus: Body & Body

"You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body." 

~C.S. Lewis

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Letting Go

"Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go." 

~Hermann Hesse 

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Beginnings

"Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness." 

~Publilius Syrus

In order to accomplish anything, you have to start where you are. Accept yourself and where you are in this moment, and then get to work. Remember that the first step is oftentimes the most difficult.

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Pole Dance for Fitness

Pole Dance For Fitness

Over the past several years pole fitness, or pole dancing for fitness, has gained much attention as well as respect among fitness industry professionals. What was once regarded as a risqué exercise trend is now regarded around the world as both a sport as well as a form of art. Pole dancing requires tremendous amounts of physical strength and technical abilities as well as balance and elegance of movement. What better way to help spread the art of pole fitness than by obtaining a PoleMoves teacher certificate and utilizing that knowledge in your community? PoleMoves offers pole fitness teacher trainings around the United States that provide the information you need in order to teach pole fitness classes in a mainstream fitness setting. Certification through PoleMoves is an integral tool in becoming a pole dance fitness instructor.

What is PoleMoves?

PoleMoves is an avid supporter and advocate for the pole fitness community, and its teacher training courses are recognized by the Pole Fitness Association (PFA) as well as the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). The mission of PoleMoves is to promote the legitimization of pole classes in the arena of mainstream fitness through offering teacher-training workshops around the United States. Our PoleMoves teaching certificate program is approved by the Pole Fitness Association and our curriculum adheres to their standardized terminology. Completing a PoleMoves teacher workshop also counts as continuing education credits for both ACE and AFAA, so they are beneficial to any fitness professional.

PoleMoves Pole Fitness Teacher Training

PoleMoves teacher training is a dynamic pole fitness certification workshop that supplies copious amounts of invaluable information, presented in a fun and manageable manner. These workshops are provided across the United States several times a year. There are many benefits to going through PoleMoves teacher training and certification process. First and foremost, this course will give you the tools you need to create exciting, effective, and safe pole fitness classes. This means that you will learn all about pole fitness, teaching techniques, as well as stimulating choreography. The training course also includes a manual, so you can continue to reinforce what you learned in the certification workshop. After obtaining a PoleMoves teacher certificate, you will also be eligible for discounts on liability insurance and other things that you will need in building your pole fitness classes.

Contact PoleMoves: Sign Up For a Workshop Today

If you would like more information regarding PoleMoves or the various teacher training workshop offerings, please visit our website www.polemoves.org for more detailed information.

PoleMoves Grand Opening

It’s official, PoleMoves Movement now has its own studio and we are very excited to announce the Grand Opening on January 21st, from 7pm- 10pm.

You MUST come celebrate with us! We’ve hired new teachers, Rebekah has fresh moves, and the studio is perfection! Come meet our new instructors, dance, drink, be awestruck and perhaps even get on the pole. You know you want to!!

We’re giving away door prizes all night long with a grand prize of three free studio classes. We’re also offering exclusive one-on one time with an instructor to show you a move or two and inspire you to be sexy. Fun will be had by all whom attend!

Please note that we are extremely committed to having all feel powerful and sexy while creating a safe, supportive, fun space. As such there will be no judging and NO PHOTOGRAPHY of people on the pole. All those that disobey will be made an example of! :-)


Important Info at a Glance:
Who: PoleMoves
What: Grand Opening Party
When: Saturday January 21st, 2012 from 7:00-10:00pm
Where: PoleMoves: Movement Arts Studio
            6220 West 87th St, Los Angeles, CA

Come CELEBRATE with US! And join the Pole Movement 

For more info:

http://www.polemoves.com

http://www.facebook.com/events/209559709136550/

PoleMoves mission is to create a community to legitimize and teach pole classes in the mainstream fitness arena. We provide teacher trainings, standardized curriculum, assistance in finding appropriate equipment for health club settings, and techniques to make pole movement accessible for everyone. We are also committed to promoting the benefits of pole dancing, which include developing strength, power, and fluidity of the body, as well as enhancing the mind-body connection, and increasing body image and self-confidence.