When Good Mavens Go Bad!
November 11, 09
So what happens when you unleash a Multi-Tasking Maven into the wild streets of New York City?
Her hair comes down and out comes an inner pole-dancing superstar!
Maven at work!
I tried, I loved, and I conquered the pole! I am now officially “Kitty Poledancer,” the pretty pink gloss shade of Huge Lips Skinny Hips that was inspired by Creatrix Karen’s favorite form of exercise (can you believe this was a job requirement?).
S Factor was exactly what I hoped for and nothing that I expected all wrapped up into one invigorating two-hour experience that left a kink in my neck (so worth it!) and some pep in my step saunter.
Make that a new… slow… sultry… sexy walk that I try to do as often as possible, even in the Purple Lab office if need be.
The S-Factor walk, which is a vital part of the class and philosophy of the studio, may be a pedicure-killer (as you take one step forward, you drag your other foot up to meet it), but it’s worth every chip of my dark purple polish.
The saucy workout franchise is the brainchild of actress/author/dancer, Sheila Kelly who created the wonderful world of S when she had to be a stripper in a movie and fell in love with the movements of the pole. A little bit yoga, a little bit sex pot, Kitty Poledancer is so good, I honestly think it should be mandatory for anyone with two X-chromosomes (Karen swears she’ll teach her daughter – if she has one – to get on the pole the minute she can walk!).
The first hour of my intro class was spent warming up. Hair had to come down (it’s part of sensuality). The room was dark. There were no mirrors (hence, no self criticism). We were asked to close our eyes (no fear of others judging us). And We were instructed to feel every ounce of curves as we slithered from one stretch postion to the next. Even the ab session felt hot!
I can’t lie – when we got to the pole, I felt self consicously silly and almost childish, like I was forcing myself to be “sexy.” Isn’t being sexy just something you naturally have or isn’t sexiness supposed to be a quality that someone just naturally exudes? Well, I was feeling anything but “sexy” while tripping over my own feet and rolling my hips like my life depended on it, but as I almost hit my face against the wall, it clicked!
This is a kind of sexy that isn’t based on the perception of another. This isn’t the sexy you get from a magazine of an airbrushed cover girl meant to be ogled. This sexy belonged only to me and was all my own to control – Tiffany’s bubble of sexy where feeling good in my own skin was the only thing that mattered.
The self-conscious feelings dissipated when I soon realized the women around me were tripping up too, some were smiling and some were serious but all were enjoying themselves in their own respective bubbles, complete with “Bittersweet Symphony” oozing from the speakers. (Love that song.)
When it came time for us to learn our trics, I watched in awe as our instructor Ilov (pronounced I-Love, yes, her real name) gave us a preview of the “basic” firefly. (Click here to see Karen’s take on it – around the pole in her apt office.)
I doubted the fact that my body could move that way, but by the end of the class I was whipping and whirling around the pole at ease. (And all of us girls cheered each other on the whole time.)
If you’re in NYC definitely try to get a lesson with the famed Barbara Dial (Karen’s teacher) who won the Pole Superstar competition held in NYC. Watching her, even on camera, is so mesmerizing!
Actually, you can see her – and all of S-Factor here – too!
More trying soon!
Mwah!
Tiffany
Communications Princess
Tags: Hoodia, huge lips skinny hips, Karen Robinovitz, Kitty Poledancer, Lip gloss, Lip Plumper, Purple Lab
