Pole Dancing, AGAIN.....Awwwww Maaaan! (040909)

So I saw this video today of a woman pole dancing and it blew my mind. Yes sisters, I watched the whole freaking video too!! It was amazing! I have heard of pole dancing, (of course of course) but had never really seen it done by a professional. I can understand why a guy would through 20 at a woman performing such amazing feats as the ones I saw on this particular video.I was inspired to look for more just to have a point of reference. What I found was beautiful... phenomenal! I saw black, white, asian, thick and thin women on the pole working it out. No matter the level of accomplishment, I could tell it still required work, and I don't mean a little bit, to get these routines and to master having a different center of gravity! There is actually physics involved in this thing! Anyway, I started thinking about how sometimes (at least for me) when we pursue a spiritual path, the super sexy part of our selves gets put to the side or neglected. Some people get so spiritual that they forget that their partners need stimulation. (not just physical but the intrigue the daring the excitement... of you... male and female) I was always taught that getting up on that pole was wrong and that somehow that made me a bad girl! And bad girls never had good men. But as I'm older, I realize that sometimes a good amount of Bad Girl is called for and necessary! Just like we don't always want our man to come with the same Ta Dah!!! package, we want it mixed up a little, they want some spice too. ( some extra tall heels, a really short skirt, costume, or what have you... cuffs, paddles whips,... oh, sorry,... did I put that in???? ) I don't think brothers are as critical of that little extra pound on the side as we think they are. After all they already like you and they've already seen it. So, that is not gonna be the first thing on their minds...:-) I remember this one time,.. when I was married... I decide I would dance for my husband. I did some belly dance that lead to some strip teasing and then some.... well you can imagine. What I found is that I was my own worst critic. I was so afraid of being judged that to do this was a major boost of confidence for me. I felt beautiful. Not trashy like some people believe. I felt sexy, not stupid. I felt powerful and wanted and feminine. After all who can shake a hip better than a sister? Who makes the phatty wiggle better than a pretty round brown? Watching those videos of women really allowing the athlete in them along with the sexy feminine part to merge I was inspired to take a class!!!

At this point you might be saying "I know yo man gone like that...unm" but ... nope. I don't yet have one. I'm taking the class cause its part of my liberation process (party). For me, this is a side of myself that can be sensual without being sexual. Taking this class will be in the presence of women. An opportunity to affirm each other. To appraise each others bodies and support each other in loving the skin we're in. To challenge ourselves physically and to extend our level of fitness. To be Beautiful while working out! Wow, How Het-Heru, Oshun is that!!! huh? Huh! Come on people. God is the full spectrum and enjoys a good pole dance as much as any one. The one doing it and the one watching. After all, What man would get tired of his wife and say....

Pole dancing..... AGAIN!!!! Awwwww Maaaan! I was hoping for some plain, dry, missionary style activities tonight.. lol.

I know I'm exaggerating, but you get my point. So say it with me ladies:

Poles are our friends. go on... don't be afraid... it won't hurt you... Sure you can touch it. :-P