Pole for the Soul™ is oriented toward exploring the hidden and un-embodied aspects within rather than mastering pole tricks. The only prerequisite is an interest in and openness to using pole expression to discover, engage, and inhabit the different voices and energies within.

I created Pole for the Soul™ because my own somatic awareness developed over years dancing naked on stages and in lap dances where I had to sense and feel into my body all the time—noticing my breath, bringing awareness to my movements in space, and finding a way to “be with” all those places in my body, heart, and mind that felt rigid, tense, frozen, afraid, and even full of rage.

In an often-unpredictable environment, my honed instincts had to be my guide. My intuition and visceral connection to my breath became my secret superpowers. They helped me in innumerable moments when I had to choose between consciously widening my container of tolerance to get through a difficult situation or dissociating from my body and inner experience—and not knowing what might happen to me after that.