I miss progressing on my pole journey so very much. Giving up the intensity of my past pole lifestyle has been tough, especially at a point where I was finally charting some tangible improvements in my strength and flexibility (which was really quite rare for me after the initial pole years :p ). I wondered when I will ever be able to train/dance with my fellow pole mates again as I knew returning back to pole thereafter meant starting all over again from square one. And that is if there is even time to dance/train as before.
I miss hanging upside down loads – but there is soooo much to learn dancing contemporary right side up!
Any semblance of abs built up over years of training have now been completely replaced by a bump in just a couple of months :p …
A distinct bump now!
Don’t get me wrong. That bump to me, is so beautiful in so many ways and such a very very precious gift. And I will do whatever it takes to protect and cherish it. But neither does it make the huge adjustments required magically disappear.
Taking a tad longer to warm up but yup, front split stretches have been given the aye-ok by the doc!
Thus having to cope with the changes on a personal level now just makes me wanna do a HUGE shout-out to the pole mommies who sacrificed that much-loved pole lifestyle (people outside the pole community will never be able to truly understand what that means. And neither will I at this point) as well as all the other ancillaries like the globetrotting, the caffeine, the alcohol and the-what-nots. … AND still think that being a mommy is the best thing ever! 🙂 … how awesome is that!!!
I know in my head that when the time comes, it will be oh-so-worth-it and I wouldn’t exchange anything in the world for it 🙂 … But till that thought sinks deeper into my heart, it makes such a huge ginormous difference having those amazing pole mommies from the studio to look up to. Thank you, darlings for the assurances, support and encouragement! Just that short conversation, affirmation or hug from you awesome ladies somehow makes me feel that I can do this too and I wanna be like you! Happy Mothers’ Day, hawt pole mommas!
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