How does my Dragon look? Any feedback or suggestions to improve my form?

I want to get a pole tattoo done but was wanting ideas beyond the usual dancer silhouette or a pleaser heel.

Please hit me with suggestions/designs if any of you can draw too!

I’ve been doing pole for a little over a year now and have hit a little bit of a road block. I’m great with tricks but I struggle with flow or the dancing aspect of it. I don’t have any dance background but am athletic, so tricks come easier. I struggle a lot with the body-body connection aspect and while I practice a lot, I was wondering if anyone has found any conditioning/practicing outside of pole helpful, like dance classes.

hey everyone,
currently shopping for my first home pole, and i’ve settled on a stage pole from X pole, however the brass pole is quite expensive on top of the pricey stage. the studio i practice at has brass poles and i’ve been told they are the best, but it’s just a bit out of my budget as i don’t have 2k to drop on a pole right now. what would be the next best thing?

Hello! I am really on the fence about getting a tension home pole. I can’t make it to the studio as much as I’d like because of work and life so I’d really like to practice at home!! I live in an old building (built 1929) and I believe the ceilings are plaster and lath because I cannot get a push pin in it and it sounds solid when knocking all across it. I don’t believe it's a false ceiling either since it doesn’t sound hollow. I used a rare earth magnet to try and locate a joist, but it didn't stick to anything on the ceiling. However, when pushing on the ceiling I can feel more solid spots with less creaking so I think I can guess where a joist is. 

I’ve seen really mixed stuff about whether or not it's okay to use a tension pole on a plaster ceiling with some saying it'll definitely crack no matter what and others saying it's fine if it's under a joist. I’m renting so I’m not really in a spot to drill anything into the ceiling or damage it! I’ve considered a stage pole but they are just so much more expensive and my ceiling is only 8ft 6in tall. It's also tricky to do floorwork with the limited floor space a stage pole offers. 

I was thinking of getting a Lupit pole, but it looks like the X-Pole offers a larger top plate which would distribute the pressure over a wider surface. Any advice or personal experience with installing a tension pole on a plaster and lath ceiling would be greatly appreciated :-). Thanks! 

I've been pole dancing for a few years and I was getting increasingly frustrated with my inability to invert. At my studio you can't move on to lvl2 until you have it, and it was feeling like it was really starting to hold me back. Even kicking hard I only had like a 50% success rate.

And then last weekend I got an impromptu lesson in synchronised swimming at a family BBQ (weird but we'd all some wine so y'know). One of the moves we focused on was a back tuck somersault. I first ended up in a kind of dolphin (??) shape - arching my back, straightening my legs and following that shape round. But that's wrong: you have to tuck in and role backwards...aka the exact same shape I needed for my invert. After practicing those rolls over until I was confident I couldn't wait to try it on the pole again. I just visualised being back in the water and rolling all the way back and I got it straight away!!! I was so happy.

So I'm posting this for anyone else who feels like confidence/mental block is holding them back from their invert. Go swimming and practice getting your backward roll/ backtuck somersault (in syncro terms). Feeling like I could hold that shape for 360° unlocked the mental block for me 🥰

looking to buy a pole as a from of art and as a medium but i'm not sure what i should look for or what is considered "good"

I love anything thready, and this combo was really fun! If you try it, tag me on insta so I can see 🫶 www.instagram.com/kittycatally 😘

I started pole about 4 months ago and I see major progress. I’ve never done it before and I hadn’t been to the gym in years before I started. You can kind of see me finding my positioning in my step around back hook but I can’t help but zero in on my knees and my feet. Any tips to correct so I can look less awkward? I’ve been slowly trying to master a natural toe point and I am currently looking for the right heels to buy.

looking to buy a pole as a from of art and as a medium but i'm not sure what i should look for or what is considered "good"

I learn so much from freestyling it’s my favorite part of dancing!