Confessions of a Pole-oholic

Okay, I'm going to get a little bit serious with this post, but I felt that telling this story was important.

In June 2010, while practising a chair routine with a friend, I dislocated my left knee. It was one of those moments, that as it was happening, I knew exactly what was happening, and I knew that there was nothing I could do to stop it. It was like a living in slow motion. Even writing this now and I can remember it and the feeling as clear as day.

After my knee cap popped out I fell to the floor in a heap and screamed, no one really new what was happening at first, an ambulance was called, and we waited for it to arrive (for over 45 mins). For most of those 45 mins I screamed and cried and tried not to throw up, while my friends stood around helpless watching me.

Before then I'd never dislocated anything before, and let me tell you, this was a pain I would not wish upon my worst enemy. I'm pretty sure I begged the girls to shoot me at some stage.

So after the Ambul…

So you may be wondering why? Why choose a stage/pole name? What's wrong with the name my parents gave me?

Well there's nothing wrong with my name, it's okay i guess, obviously not what I would have chosen for myself but hey, who out there is really happy with the name they were given by their parents?
A lot of the girls in the pole world use a stage name, and some for different reasons. For me it was mainly because I thought my name was boring, but the more I think about it the more i realise how much it makes sense for me to separate the everyday me from the pole me, and probably not for the reasons your thinking.
Everyone I know is well aware that I pole dance, I might as well have "I'm a pole dancer and proud of it" tattooed across my forehead. So my reason is not to keep those lives separate. For me, when I'm on stage I feel like I become a completely different person. I'm more confident, I feel sexier and feel more comfortable in my own skin then…

Hi I'm Billie.. and yes I'm a self confessed Poleaholic (and for the record, no Billie is not my real name)



I've never blogged before so please bear with me... I will also warn you now, my spelling's not the best so apologies in advance for that.

I guess I should start with a bit about me and how I became so Pole Dance obsessed.

In July 2007 one of my best friends decided to have her birthday at Bobbis Pole Studio, something fun and different. Having a back ground in dance I was all for it and couldn't wait, and needless to say after the 1.5 hour class we were all tipsy and I was hooked!! We ran straight up to my friends work (late on a Saturday night) to get on the website and choose a beginners class to enrol in. The rest, as they say is history.

I started my first beginners class on my 26th Birthday, a some what shy and completly insecure girl. Today 4.5 years on, I'm the most confident person I've ever been, I'm more comforable with my body and with…