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S Factor Poll
See the Breast Poll results below.
G Spot
Let’s talk about sex, baby… Okay, so
sex. Really, what is there left to say? Well, from a female
point of view, A Whole Hell of a Lot. I’ve heard and
seen more than I will ever care to about men and how they
feel about sex. I mean it’s in every magazine, every
movie, even mediocre television shows extol the male point
of view about sex. But my girly friends, what about what we
think? Anyone care to share? Click
here to participate!
S Factor on the Road: When
I think of the San Fernando Valley I think of sexy, hot, dry
heat. Lazy, hazy days with the air full of marine-layered
clouds that hang right above your head as you lay there in
your back yard pulling in the rays. Putting off getting ready
for work tonight. Days filled with delectable daydreaming
and steamy saunters down Ventura Boulevard - that's
the Valley for you. There is no place on Earth more ripe for,
ready for, aching for the S Factor than you, my Valley darlings.
We're opening our Encino S Factor studio, maybe by September….
keep an eye out!
STUDIO HAPPENINGS
Due to tons of demand, we've added some drop-in classes to supplement your current workout at the S Factor Studio in L.A. The class is multi-level and may be taken as a make-up for a class missed this session. It's happening this Saturday, from 6 - 7 p.m. and is open to current students only. The class will consist of a warm-up, a pole trick appropriate to your current level, and a fun & sexy group dance routine. The fee per class is $25.00 and participation is first-come, first-served. It's a great way to boost the flexibility we are all striving for.
San
Francisco ladies - here's your chance to polish up on
your pole tricks! We will be holding a two-hour, basic pole
trick workshop on Tuesday, August 16, and another on Tuesday,
August 23. It will start with a short warm-up geared specifically
to the muscles used during pole work, and move on to brushing
up on the firefly, ballerina, corkscrew, pole slide and pole
bend. The workshop is from 6 to 8 pm and the cost is $75.
Call the San Fran studio at 415.440.6420 to sign up!
THREE-WEEK INTENSIVES
Get your sizzle on during your summer vacation! Experience the S Factor's kick-ass, two-week intensive program - it will transform your body, life and career path (you'll be that much closer to becoming an accredited instructor).
For the first time ever, the S Factor is offering the opportunity for students to complete Levels 1 & 2, the equivalent of 4 months of classes, in just 10 days! Learn the foundations of our advanced movements, including the S Factor Workout, beginning level pole tricks, our basic routine and lap dancing. You will increase strength and flexibility to prepare for more advanced movement, while having fun doing it. Come back from your summer vacation re-charged, in great shape, and more sexy and confident than ever!
This two-week intensive is a prerequisite and will fully prepare
you for the Intensive Teacher Training Phase 1 (to continue
on to Intensive Teacher Training, you must have 100% attendance).
Participants attend 1-2 classes each day, Monday through Friday.
We are offering two sessions: August 8-19, 2005 and August
22 - September 2, 2005. The total cost is $900 per person
and it is open to all. Space is limited so reserve
your spot now!
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Like
I said last month, I love to give stuff AWAY!
Last month's sexy pair of Cinderella Stilettos
goes to lucky Nicole Lingo of Diamond Bar, CA
for signing up a ton of her friends for the
Global S. And now, hold on to your hats, purses,
shirts, whatever, cause this next giveaway is
a two-month long opportunity to win the oh-so-divine,
tall, long and lean and glistening-in-the-August-heat
machine, S Factor pole! Yes, you heard me correctly…
we are giving away an S Factor pole! Just think
of what a dream it will be to have a phenomenal,
provocative piece like that right in your own
home. I couldn't live without it. All you have
to do is be the one member of our on-line girls'
club to get the most new members signed up for
the Global S monthly newsletter. Better get
started. Ready. Set. Go! I have a feeling the
competition will be intense.
So
Click Here to
sign up your friends and try to win!
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S Factor Store
Okay, I often say I’m excited and over the moon about something but this takes the cake - our brand new, elegant, sexy, scintillating, sumptuous Silhouette pole trick shirts!
We’ve got three of them. ‘The Ballerina’ in lavender, with a slogan on the back
that reads “It’s your body, own it.” The ‘Flying
Body Spiral’ in fuschia, with a slogan on the back
that reads "Ignite yourself.” Last but not
so-not-least, the “Descending Angel” in black, with
a slogan that reads, “Tone your body, blow your
mind.” They’re gonna go like hot cakes and won’t
last long. And it’s the last time I’m going to say
that. Click
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Sheila's
Music Picks
In honor of the S Factor Valley studio opening we're bringing to you some inspired songs about that ever-fascinating bastion of pop culture bliss.
Broken Valley by Life of Agony- never heard of this band but ituned the Valley and what a brilliant surprise.
Valley by EQ- ditto for EQ, like who are they and where have they been hiding from me?
 In
the Shadow of the Valley of Death by your's and
my favorite wacko, Marilyn Manson.
Central Valley Bad Boyz by Trifelen & Hydro-
Another Itune 'Valley' find … my, we're just
feeling lucky today.
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MOVIE
CORNER
And again from the Valley comes the best of the best in pop culture.
 Boogie
Nights - Such a bizarre romp into a surreal
world dominated by none other than a scantily
clad, delicious looking Marky Mark …(and
Julianne Moore looks pretty damn scrumptious herself).
I just can't get enough of this flick set in the
steamy, inspiring Valley.
 Valley Girl - the kitschiest, doufiest movie of the 80's and oh-how-I-loved it. Nick Cage at his most puppy dog, mournful coolest!
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NEW ADDITION:
S Factor Book Club
Our Bodies, Ourselves (www.ourbodiesour
selves.org ) is an  amazing
resource for the gamut of women's health issues,
from body image to sexual health to aging. The book
was compiled by a group of women of the same name,
Our Bodies, Ourselves (OBOS), also known as the
Boston Women's Health Book Collective, whose mission
is to empower women with information about health,
sexuality and reproduction. Packed with valuable
information integral to keeping ourselves happy
and healthy.
A fabulous tribute to the greatest warrior women
 of
all time is Women Warriors: Myths and Legends
of Heroic Women, by Marianna Mayer. It gives
you a great mini-history lesson on women from
all cultures, eras and religions who fought for
their countries all around the world. You'll love
learning about the sisters who paved the way for
the rest of us!
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The weather is averaging around 85 degrees these days out here in Los Angeles. It's hot. No way around that one. Not much you can do to get away from it, especially when your a/c goes on the fritz. If you can't beat the heat, surrender to it. Turn yourself into a lioness basking in the Serengeti heat. Only don't really go out in the sun. Just pretend. Lay on your screened-in porch in the nude. Of course it's best to do this when no one else is around. God forbid the mailman sashays by and happens to glimpse the naked lioness in you.
The heat of life, the heat of love, the heat of living as a woman in this day and age.
When you say about a guy, "He's hot," what do you mean? When I say it, it's a feeling in my gut that lights my belly on fire. "He's hot." I'm looking at my hubman and the words just come out of my mouth. And he is… the way he smiles and his eyes crinkle at the edges or the way his brow twitches when he feels deeply about something I'm telling him… the way his butt curves out into the world when he walks. He's hot. He warms my mind.
Now turn that feeling in on yourself. What about you warms your mind?
The 'heat' of you
We all have our own "heat."
Whether you're fifteen or fifty, whether you're large or small, black or white, pink or yellow, you have heat and hot and life in your body and soul.
Your job as a member of the S Factor online community is to make this month about finding your "heat." Finding your kind of "hot" is all about what turns you on about you. What makes you feel the 'it' of you. Here are some questions to help lead you there.
Write five things that you're 'hot' about. For me that would be:
- The curve of the back of my knee. What can I say? I like it.
- Thunderstorms,
- Lancome's blackberry lip stain,
- My black La Perla push-up bra,
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Of course, my black, thigh-high, six inch platform boots
(who wouldn't be hot about them?).
Give
it a try for yourself. Find some things that you're personally
passionate about. What makes your taste buds sing? A favorite
spice or flavor that wakens your palette from your tongue
all the way to the sensory receptors in your brain?…..What
colors are you wearing when you look in the mirror with a
prize-winning smile? What is that aroma in the air that triggers
a romantic memory of divineness? Who do you think of and how
does it feel when you remember that "hot" friend?
Is there a certain food? Your favorite piece of clothing? A style of shoe? A scent of a candle? A poem? A friend? The sunset? A Led Zeppelin song? The feel of your hair against your neck? The curve of your bicep into your elbow? What turns you on?
When I throw a spin and fly unearthed around a pole to a song
I love, that spins my mind and I feel hot. When I have on
a splendid pair of jeans that hug just enough of me but not
too squeezed, I feel hot. When I speak on the fly with passion
and vigor about the state of women in the world without losing
my femme, I feel hot. When I hold my girl, (she's four), on
one of my hips with my hair tossed up in a sloppy tail and
my fabulous "blue boy" pants hanging on the other, I
feel "hot." When I feel my body move through the world with
ease and curve and grace, no matter where I am, I'm my kind
of "hot."
All
my love and respect,
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BODY
CONSCIOUS |
The Frisk
Such a scorching move - perfect for summer fun and a great mid-day stretch in the bathroom stall at work, unless, you're feeling really bold and want to try it at the water cooler. Think, "Ma'am, put your hands on the car." The inspiration for the name of this movement is the stance of being searched by a police officer. It's a hot image, endlessly played out in sexual fantasies the world over. But this is hardly a submissive movement - as you'll surely see when you give it a try.
This killer hamstring stretch makes your legs look luxuriously long and strong. In addition, stretching the chest in this way engages the muscles that support the vertebral column - excellent for your posture.
- Stand about 2½ feet away from the wall, with your feet a little more than hip-distance apart. Place both hands on the wall in front of you and go up on your tiptoes.
- Slowly circle your hips to the right, keeping your hands against the wall and your back arched.
- Circle your hips to the back, allowing your torso to push down toward the floor. Let your head drop down, relaxing your neck. Imagine that your back is a tabletop; try to keep it flat and parallel to the floor.
- Circle your hips around to the left (your torso will rise a bit here). Maintain the arch in your back and keep your butt pushed out.
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BREAST POLL RESULTS |
Well, well, well….you are all VERY serious about your
breasts out there in ethernet world, I can tell you. We had
an unbelievable response to our poll on breasts and the way
they inhabit or don't inhabit this world. Number one, I'm an
idiot and should be tied to the back of a pickup truck going
three miles an hour through Death Valley in mid-summer. I, who
pride myself on being an aware, on-the-spot advocate of female
power and all that….I totally forgot the world inhabited
by our warrior sisters who have battled and continue to battle
the front lines of breast cancer for us. Damn! You women are
epic. You remind me of the great warriors of past, the Joan
of Arcs and the Boudiccas,
the Samurai warrior woman Tomoe
Gozen, Gaelic warrior queen Scathach,
and the Islamic female warrior Umm
'Umara who fought alongside Mohammad. I express my apologies
for not including you in the 'Breast Poll' last month. But just
wait until the October Global! I will vindicate myself. We're
starting a new section called, ALL ABOUT YOU, where we'll have
bios and stories and photos of S Factor women from all over
the world and from every walk of life. We'd love for you to
send us a student bio, photo and your favorite 'breast story'
yet!
I wear a bra
Every day: 75%
About half the time: 21.36%
Rarely: 2.91%
Only when I work out: 0.24%
Never: 0.49%
Men
speak to my breasts, rather than my face
All the time: 2.18%
Most of the time: 11.17%
About 50/50: 33.25%
Rarely: 41.26%
Never: 12.14%
I rock low-cut tops
Can't get dressed without them: 3.16%
Most of the time: 34.47%
Only at night: 15.78%
On special occasions: 35.19%
Never: 11.41%
I lay out in the sun topless
All the time: 2.18%
Once in a while: 10.92%
When I have a rare minute of privacy: 19.66%
Only in Europe: 6.8%
Never?: 60.44%
I wish my breasts were
A little bit bigger: 31.8%
A lot bigger: 4.85%
A little bit smaller: 15.78%
Much smaller: 3.4%
Exactly how they are: 43.69%
I call my breasts
My rack: 1.94%
My girls: 0%
My boobs: 44.17%
My breasts: 25.49%
Super hot!: 8.01%
I feel self-conscious because of my breasts
Every day: 12.38%
Sometimes - depends on what time of the month
it is: 21.84%
In business situations: 8.25%
At stuffy, white-bread country clubs: 3.4%
Never -I don't care what anyone thinks: 53.16%
I first realized that I had or didn't have breasts
After I was told to put my bikini top back on: 1.94%
After my mother bought me a Gro-bra: 8.25%
When I got them: 58.98%
Once boys started noticing me: 14.81%
When someone told me so!: 13.35%
I fought to overcome feelings that my breasts were
Obscene: 2.18%
Imperfect: 37.38%
A detriment: 4.13%
Something I should hide: 24.03%
Didn't fight the fight - always loved them!: 31.55%
People look at my breasts and wrongly assume They are real: 16.26%
They are fake: 16.5%
That I am not smart: 17.23%
That I am younger than I am: 31.07%
That I am male: 5.1%
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