[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=428ED45NJKg[/youtube]So here is another clip, and a turn that I have grown to like more and more.  It used to be difficult for me, but now it feels pretty good.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRDta_f7yYc[/youtube]I really like taping myself when I practice, and not because I love looking at myself, but it really helps me see what I like that I am doing, and also what I want to change or make better.  Sometimes our brain tricks us into thinking we are doing something, then we watch it, and it is not what we thought it was.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMWiX7YvmBM[/youtube]This is a fun easy turn that looks harder than it is.  I love this turn.  When I show people this turn, they are always amazed because they can't figure out what the body is doing.  So I hope you have fun with this one, and show me your version of this turn.

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Marguerite

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md3aJiVW6QE[/youtube]Tonight was the first time I really spent time on practicing on the spinning pole.  For some reason I have not been motivated to trying it that much, but decided to go for it.  I definitely feel a little queasy, but I really enjoyed it.  I felt very pretty on spin mode and liked that all angles of a move can be seen while in that pose.  And it feels like it can be more powerful when dancing and spinning that fast. 

So I think I will start practicing more of the spinning, but am still a huge fan of static.

Marguerite

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI4Qvm7C4Do[/youtube]To most people you may not care about this or feel the need to be able to do it.  But I am so proud that I can do this!  and it is still hard as hell, and I still can't do it everytime, but the  fact that I can most of the time makes me feel so good.  And  that is doing a pullup from a dead weight hang.  I am no light as a feather person.  I am pulling up 160 pounds, and damn it is hard. But I am so so happy and feel powerful that I am getting strong to do it! 

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