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POLE

We offer a variety of pole dancing and pole fitness classes for all levels. Come and join us for a class today!

Wherever you are in your pole journey, we’ve got you covered! From beginner moves, to expert flips, tumbles, and regrips, from conditioning to choreo, we will help you reach new heights.

Pole 101

Never tried pole dance before? This teaser class is a great place to start. Learn about pole dance and try your first couple spins after a warm up. This class goes over the basic holds and prepares you for taking the next step. Bring water, comfortable clothes, and a can do attitude!

You can attend this class as many times as you like before moving to Pole 1, at least once is recommended but not required. Starting with Pole 1 will be a faster paced class, still beginner friendly!

Pole 1

Your pole journey starts here, learn the basics of pole dance techniques and strength training. You will learn how to spin, climb, and move fluidly around and with the pole. Building strength and confidence while preparing for inverting.

Pole 2

For individuals who are able to hold themselves for at least 2-3 seconds on each side and have a solid fan kick. Here since you have comfort with fundamental spins and climbs you will learn the basics of inverting and hanging out upside down. More difficult spins, poses, and climbs accompany building the necessary strength for safe inverting. Floorwork and fundamentals have fun new possibilities with your newfound strength.

Pole 3

Meant for individuals who are comfortable with spin pole, multiple climbs, and able to invert reliably. Aerial inversions, leg hangs, advanced spins, and poses with more challenging grip to the pole come together to make fluid combinations. You will begin to find your own unique style as you explore new heights.

Pole 4

For the souls who are comfortable on the pole and in the air. Clients should be able to invert, shoulder mount and be working towards aeysha/cartwheel mount. Here you will learn moves that require fewer points of contact, drops, tumbles, dynamic flows and transitions as well as more extreme strength and flexibility tricks. For the highest-level athlete who can combine strength, power, and flow. Instructor approval required

POLE FUN-DAMENTALS

This is a conditioning class that caters to all levels from beginner to pro with on the pole conditioning. Grip strength, core, upper body and skin conditioning are trained by practicing climbs and inverts. Moves are modified to suit what level you are working at. (Formerly pole strength)

SPIN POLE

You spin me right round, baby right round! For pole 2 and above this class caters to all with fun moves and combos on spin pole. Grip strength, core, upper body and skin conditioning are trained with new climbs and skills. Moves are modified to suit the level you are working at.

Pole Flow

A class focused on floorwork and transitions, explore the fluidity and grace of your motions. Learn new poses and tricks that explore your relationship with the floor and pole. Get ready to come and learn a new piece of choreography every week. The style and music will change, come prepared with kneepads to absorb potential impact of floorwork. Dancing will be done on and off the pole to explore styles and play with new skills. Heels optional.

Heels & Flow

From beginner to pro this class caters to all levels with on the pole and floor conditioning. Learn and review things like body waves, heel clacks, turns and spins around the pole and smooth floor transitions. Ankle stability, core strength, and fluidity are focused on to improve your skills and comfort in heels. Moves are modified to suit what you are working on in this total body workout.

Kneepads are recommended, heels are encouraged

Open Studio (Pole)

For individuals who are ready to explore their apparatus on their own. An instructor will be present for supervision as students warm up, condition and train whatever they have learned in class. Come prepared with a plan of things you would like to work on to best utilize your time. Practices are 90 minutes.

Baby Brunch

Baby brunch is a pre- and post-natal class designed to gently combine open practice and structured exercises. In this class you will work through exercises that are designed to help those who are expecting, have recently delivered or who have tiny humans with them all day. From kegels to deep squats, learn what is safe for you on and off the apparatus as you journey through parenthood.

We understand that giving birth and raising young kids is a challenge, so babies and toddlers are welcome to join with you. Baby brunch is 3 hours long so that you can attend around an unpredictable nap schedule, you are not obligated to stay the entire duration. This class is not a child care class, a parent must be present and watching their child at all times. This class is open to those of all genders and gender presentations.

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HOOP & AERIALS

We offer hoop (lyra) classes for students of all levels in the Kitchener-Waterloo region. Come join us today!

Come climb, turn, tumble, and flip with us. Acrobatics are way more fun when you are in the air!

Hoop 101

Never tried hoop (lyra) before? This teaser class is a great place to start. Learn about hoop and try your first couple moves after a warm up. This class goes over the basic holds and prepares you for taking the next step. Bring water, comfortable clothes, and a can do attitude!

You can attend this class as many times as you like before moving to Hoop 1, at least once is recommended but not required. Starting with Hoop 1 will be a faster paced class, still beginner friendly!

Hoop 1

Your hoop journey starts here, learn the basics of lyra and strength training. You will learn how to pose, spin and move within and under the hoop while building the strength and confidence necessary to invert.

Hoop 2

Individuals should be comfortable inverting both under and within the lyra with a foot tag. You will explore more advanced shapes and poses while adding dynamic movement to your combinations. New possibilities will also be uncovered while working on top of the hoop for the first time.

Hoop 3

Individuals should be able to invert and do a pull over without any momentum or tagging of the feet. Moves in this level will require a higher degree of flexibility and strength while working with fewer contact points. In this level more drops and flips will be introduced.

Hammock 1

Aerial hammock consists of one piece of fabric looped around to provide plenty of support. In this class learn how to use a hammock to build strength, flexibility, and work towards inversions. You will learn how to gracefully enter and exist the hammock and be introduced to foundational skills and movements. If you’ve always wanted to be upside down but want some physical support this class is perfect for you!

Silks 1

Aerial silks (“fabric” or “tissue”) consists of two pieces of fabric suspended from the ceiling. In this class learn the basics of wrapping the silks around yourself to create holds and locks. In this class we build strength and flexibility to accomplish basic climbing, foot locks and work towards inverting. You will gain tons of core and upper body of strength while defying gravity and creating fun and exciting shapes!

Open Studio (Aerial)

For individuals who are ready to explore their apparatus on their own. An instructor will be present for supervision as students warm up, condition and train whatever they have learned in class. Come prepared with a plan of things you would like to work on to best utilize your time. Practices are 90 minutes.

Baby Brunch

Baby brunch is a pre- and post-natal class designed to gently combine open practice and structured exercises. In this class you will work through exercises that are designed to help those who are expecting, have recently delivered or who have tiny humans with them all day. From kegels to deep squats, learn what is safe for you on and off the apparatus as you journey through parenthood.

We understand that giving birth and raising young kids is a challenge, so babies and toddlers are welcome to join with you. Baby brunch is 3 hours long so that you can attend around an unpredictable nap schedule, you are not obligated to stay the entire duration. This class is not a child care class, a parent must be present and watching their child at all times. This class is open to those of all genders and gender presentations.

*Kneepads are sold in studio

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FITNESS & FLEXIBILITY

Looking to get fit while having fun? Trying to gain some flexibility? Strength conditioning? We’ve got you covered at Kindred Spirits Pole and Fitness. Let’s sweat together!

Why choose? It’s beauty AND the beast after all! Come get sweaty with us and flex those muscles or join us for a flowy flexibility class. 

Flexibility

Come be bendy! Flexibility work will allow you to increase your range of motion in static and active positions. Improve your shoulder, leg and back flexibility for both daily life and your dance practice. No pole needed.

Chair Twerk Cardio

Want to get your sweat on? This class is a dance class without choreography, follow the instructor through a series of moves and you learn as you go. Get down and dirty with hip circles, body waves, and moves that challenge your core with the support of a chair. A full body workout, combining cardio, muscle conditioning, and balance. Leave feeling energetic and ready to take on the world.

Stripping not required, but wearing loose comfortable layers is encouraged.

No experience required, beginners welcome!

Heels & Flow

From beginner to pro this class caters to all levels with on the pole and floor conditioning. Learn and review things like body waves, heel clacks, turns and spins around the pole and smooth floor transitions. Ankle stability, core strength, and fluidity are focused on to improve your skills and comfort in heels. Moves are modified to suit what you are working on in this total body workout.

Kneepads are recommended, heels are encouraged 

POLE Fun-damentals

This is a conditioning class that caters to all levels from beginner to pro with on the pole conditioning. Grip strength, core, upper body and skin conditioning are trained by practicing climbs and inverts. Moves are modified to suit what level you are working at. (Formerly pole strength)

Baby Brunch

Baby brunch is a pre- and post-natal class designed to gently combine open practice and structured exercises. In this class you will work through exercises that are designed to help those who are expecting, have recently delivered or who have tiny humans with them all day. From kegels to deep squats, learn what is safe for you on and off the apparatus as you journey through parenthood.

We understand that giving birth and raising young kids is a challenge, so babies and toddlers are welcome to join with you. Baby brunch is 3 hours long so that you can attend around an unpredictable nap schedule, you are not obligated to stay the entire duration. This class is not a child care class, a parent must be present and watching their child at all times. This class is open to those of all genders and gender presentations.

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