If you grew up in a family with a strong ancestry to ancient culture, with all the tastes and flavours of traditional food, you’ll appreciate what it’s like going into a restaurant and tasting fresh, authentic food from that particular culture. My experience at Cafe Mint last night consisted of the most amazing modern middle eastern cuisine, and each dish was delicately prepared and presented like a small gift of appreciation for dining at their restaurant.
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When I first started pole dancing four years ago, I couldn’t do the splits. Over the four years I tried everything in vain to try and force my way into the splits – even buying one of those expensive martial arts machines. Instead of a split I ended up with a chronic sore knee that hurt unbearably at night.
I’ve learned over time that the best way to stretch for the splits is to minimise the amount of pain and discomfort and choose stretches that 1) stretch all parts of the leg, not just the inner thighs and 2) feel relaxing for the body. Below are the set of stretches I came up with which helped me achieve a reasonably good left AND right split within about 2 months. I say “reasonably” because some purists will want to rightly argue that a proper split is one where both hips are square – but let’s face it – even getting down to the ground is a huge achievement in itself and will allow you to incorporate many of the more demanding moves in pole which require a nice line. So if you are curious to read on about what stretches I do, here are my tips for practicing the splits.
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ernest hill wine label
Back in my modeling days around November 2009 I was asked by Ernest Hill Wines if I would kindly attend their end of year Christmas function dressed as the goddess Aphrodite. Well, I’m not sure if I look anything like a Greek goddess, but seeing at though the event was being held at the Art Gallery of NSW, I said sure, I’d be happy to entertain their crowd for the evening.
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As a former life model who has worked extensively in the Sydney art scene, I’ve learned about all the different venues where a person can go to do some life drawing, either as an enrolled student or as a casual drawer who is interested in drawing from life.
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In the month of July I went away to France to chase my dream of being a life model in a foreign country. What was it like to be a daily muse for the 13 students who came from all over the world to study at Studio Escalier? Find out here.
