Making Shapes
This isn’t really about learning how to dance the pole. I mean, it is, but it is also so much more than that. We take our bodies for granted sometimes. We grind ourselves into the ground trying to accomplish all the various tasks that we have to get done throughout the day, all of those […]
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Protected: She Got Me in a Chokehold
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The Human Experience
We hold people to certain standards in society, often wrapping our worth into how much we conform and comply with those pillars of perfection. We make decisions based on what other people may think instead of what we really feel is right. We do things because we are supposed to and not because we really […]
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The Honey Pot
They say that the sacral chakra is the place in the body that is the source of our sexuality, our sensuality, and our creativity. Others say that this is the place where trauma resides. Like much of life, I have come to realize that two things can be true at the same time. I held […]
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Reliving Old Lessons
Have you ever been both proud of yourself and disappointed in yourself at the same time? It’s a weird space to be in, but one that I have found myself before. These past couple of classes have tested me in a way that I have yet to come up against before, which isn’t necessarily a […]
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Blindfolded
I have spent a large portion of my life trying to escape my body. I did it through dissociation as a child and then drugs as an adult, only to realize that the answers that I have been seeking are held with that same body I have been so desperately trying to avoid. We all […]
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Levitate
Success is often defined in our society by our ability to make money and reach the top of whatever ladder we are trying to climb. As I’ve gotten older, and dare I say wiser, I have learned to unravel this kind of thinking. The first time I came up against this was in college when […]
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Dancing the Pole: A Re-Introduction to Myself
I began this journey back in December. I signed up for Infusion, the introductory course at Butter & Filth. What I did not know was how much this course was going to test me, not only physically but emotionally as well. And yes, this is absolutely coming from someone who literally sells their naked ass […]
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Finding Myself
I started this collage during the pandemic. It was supposed to be a self-portrait, but I couldn’t finish it. I had fallen so deep, and lost so much of myself, that I didn’t even know who I was anymore. I had come to the dark realization that I had been living my life for other […]
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Protected: I Ground. I Illuminate.
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