SoulFire Pole Dance - Port Macquarie NSW
Discover your Passion and Ignite your SoulFire!
It was 2008, I was feeling bored, lacking motivation and passion in my own personal life.
Unhealthy eating was a habit, I was stressed and life was just plodding along.
At this stage I was running my own business as a massage therapist and I absolutely loved my clients, but still something was missing, I wanted more out of life….. more fun, more excitement!
I remember going to the gym and feeling so bored with the mundane exercises I was doing over and over. Obviously I knew it was good for me, but there was just no joy in it for me.
I had seen Pole Dancing advertised in the local paper (yep it was a while ago!) and I kept trying to coax friends to come and try it with me, but to no avail!
So, after 6 months I decided I was going to have to give it a go on my own!
Wow! I loved it from the start… the music, the other students, my new dancing partner (The pole), the teacher, the dance, the freedom of spinning, the challenge..I loved it all!
I had found something that lit a spark in me that I hadn’t felt for some time.
What Was I thinking? I’m no good at this!
Pole dancing didn’t come naturally to me at all. Yes, I have always loved dance and music, but the strength work was a challenge. I just wanted to do all the cool tricks and be able to flow through moves with ease, but that was not happening!
My strength built up gradually and although I was just doing 1 class per week, I found that I was still achieving goals, some small, some big and that was so inspiring to me.
I was felt a confidence I hadn’t felt before….it was coming from the inside out.
I was feeling sexy, inspired by life and truly comfortable in my own skin!
I started entering Pole dancing Competitions after about 1.5 years of doing Pole. I loved the extra challenge of training and pushing myself to do new tricks and building a character. I wasn’t successful in winning any of these competitions, which if I am to be honest was a little disappointing, I really wanted to strive to do better.
After 2 years of Pole Dancing classes, I was asked if I would like to teach at my studio, Vertica Dance Fitness on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. My passion for pole grew from a personal one, to one of a love of teaching and seeing first hand the impact pole dancing has on peoples lives.
Pole Dancing and a Caravan?
My other passion has always been travel, so a couple of years later my husband Adam and I decided to head off on a road trip around Australia, indefinitely!
I was torn, as I didn’t want to leave my studio, my students, my training, but I knew this was an opportunity I could not pass up!
With my love of pole firmly engrained, I had to take a pole with me. I modified a standard pole so it could screw into the ground anywhere we went.
On this trip, “The Outback Pole Dancer” was born!
Paired with Adam’s epic photography skills, we created some amazing photos in some of the most unique locations around the country.
As the Outback Pole Dancer I also visited Pole Dancing studios and taught workshops around the country.
Luckily I was able to train on the road, as before we left Sydney I had made it into one of Australia’s most iconic Pole dancing Competitions, “PoleCandy”!
It certainly wasn’t easy to train whilst travelling. I had to be disciplined and vulnerable, as I was training outdoors amongst other people which was challenging at times. I was also lucky enough to find a Pole Dancing studio 1hr away which I would go to every few days.
I really had to surrender to just having fun with the routine and not expecting anything out of it as I wasn’t in my usual circumstance.
We flew back to Sydney for the competition and blow me down…..I WON!!
I achieved what I thought to be unachievable!
Only a couple of weeks after PoleCandy, I was teaching a workshop in Adelaide and I got asked to star in the touring Pole Dancing/cabaret show spectacular, “Polecats”!
Of course I said yes! We still had 12 months left on the road, so I had to continue my outdoor Pole training.
I Pole danced in Uluru, beside gorges, on the Gibb river Road, on Cable beach in Broome and on the Coral Coast in WA! I met so many awesome people this way!
Six months later, I was back in Adelaide training with the rest of the Polecats cast, getting ready to open the show at the Sydney Opera House!
After Sydney, we toured Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne. What a blast!
The Big difference
I have now been Pole Dancing for 11 years and teaching for 9 years.
I have represented NSW in Pole Dancing competitions locally and nationally, I have performed and taught at the Western Australian Circus Festival, taught workshops around the country, starred in the touring spectacular Polecats and I perform for corporate and private events.
I have taken a few breaks from Pole Dance over the years, but I keep coming back to it as nothing beats the way it makes me feel.
I feel strong, capable of anything, inspired by life and unapologetically sexy!
I have learnt Pole Dancing from some of the best Pole Dancers in the country and I continue to do workshops to keep up with all the new pole moves!
I absolutely love sharing my passion with others! I love teaching and seeing others achieve, become stronger, more empowered and confident!
The New Big challenge
We are so excited to have created a space for you to enjoy and experience the magical world of Pole Dancing here at SoulFire Pole Dance, Port Macquarie!
We welcome everyBODY to our studio, no matter your age, your fitness level or your gender.
SoulFire Pole dance is a place you feel safe, supported and empowered to be yourself!
Ignite your passion, unleash your inner power, celebrate your uniqueness and discover your SoulFire!
Trust me, If I can do it, you can too!
I am looking forward to guiding you on your Pole journey.
Become the best version of yourself.
Let pole ignite the fire in you.
Allow Pole dancing to inspire, to empower and unlock that fiery goddess within you!
