Five Lessons from My Eagle
Content Advisory: This is (another) pole dance heavy post, centered around my personal journey. I am approaching the final competition in my season (Pole Theatre USA in Atlanta!) , and upon reflection, I was struck by the fact that the delicious lessons I've learned from my eagle are majorly applicable to coaching. Hence, blog post. To clarify, when I say "Eagle," I'm not talking about the feathery one. It's this one, where the Instagram hashtag is #pdeagle. (“pd” is for “pole dancing” for the uninitiated.) This is my very first one, and my teacher (taking this photo in the background) had to sort of shove my foot into my hands. I had unconsciously applied this formula in a few previous competition seasons with great success, and I am inspired to share what I've taken away from that. Finally, someone who would not only agree to teach me #pdeagle, but also said, "Oh, that's easy!" before we had even warmed up, just from hearing that I was be