what you'll never hear me say



Many pole dancers train flexibility because they want more than just range of motion...


They’re hoping stretching will change how they move.


They see people whose pole work looks
limber and precise, and say,

I want that. I really should stretch more".

But I'll be real with you @Reader-

I have never, ever met someone who moves with incredible continuity who says the #1 thing that made them great was…

stretching.


Isolated flexibility drills are about range of motion.

They’re about training your nervous system to allow you more overall movement with (hopefully) more control.


But you can lunge, split, and stretch for years and still feel stiff and stuck the second you try to dance.

To move with awareness—to skillfully weave your range into the way you pole—you have to train your body-mind differently than you do in a stretch class.

There is a gap — a
big one —between “doing exercises” and “damn, that flow is unreal.”

That gap fascinates me—the space between exercise and embodied art.

I lovelovelove guiding people into practices that shift them into a dancer’s way of thinking, no matter where they start.

That’s precisely what we’ll do inside Radiant Range.

⚪ sat sep 20 — 12 pm est

⚪ lifetime recording access included

Radiant Range

🌀 Radiant Range is a 2-hour pole-based mobility immersion.

Everything we do will utilize the pole, so you leave RIPE with creative ideas for strategic body prep that shows up in your flow.

You’ve stretched before. You’ve done mobility drills.

But you probably haven’t used the pole like this.

Come build range that’s radiant.

Click right here to reserve your spot and get the recording.

More online pole workshops happening in September:


Jade Splits Decoded:

Learn what’s making your jade feel sketchy and your split look stuck—and how to improve it right away.

You’ll also learn some of my signature jade variations:

💫 Super Arched Jade

💫 Downward Diagonal Jade

💫 Bird of Paradise Entry Jade


Lifetime recording access so you can nerd out on jade things for years.

I have three spots available for high-support private coaching.

Learn more about coaching
here.
Book a connection call here


If you're excited about these offerings or have Qs or comments for me, just hit reply.

Thanks for looking down here, Reader.

Marlo Fisken | Movement Educator
◒ Creator of Flow Movement, Invert Ready, and the Floor Flow Teacher Training

🌎 International pole dance champion

🃏 Part jester, part technician

🔥 Teaching bodies to do incredible things since 1999 | Over 10k Students online

Website | Instagram | Flow Movement YouTube | Pole Dance YouTube


Marlo Fisken

I'm a movement educator with over 26 years of teaching experience who writes about bodies, Flow states, fluidity, being naughty for your own good, and how to stop your THINKY head from ruining all your movement fun.

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