“It felt like there was this sense of righteousness I’ll call it… where it’s like, because you didn’t strip, or because stripping is ‘dirty’ or it’s an underground industry, these are the thoughts that people have. That somehow I’m now approaching it better because I’m doing it in a studio. And to that I call 100% bullshit because as I said before — the only reason we’re able to do this is because people did strip and continue to strip. And how dare you, we, us in this pole studio industry, want to come in and embody what it is that strippers do every night on stage and then shun them from being the forerunners of what we do and not give some sort of reverence.”

TODAY ON THE GODDESS MOVEMENT:

• Aryn recalls how she met today’s guest, Tammy Morris (Owner Tantra Fitness & Former Naked Athlete) during a private lesson
• Tammy takes us down memory lane to when she invited Aryn to come judge Miss Pole Dance Canada
• how together they helped expose pole dancing as a sport by creating the CPFA (Canadian Pole Fitness Association)
• Tammy’s experience as a pole dancer in the mid-nineties
• How she decided to take a break from studying and took up an agent on their offer to dance overseas, beginning in Japan and ending in New York
• Tammy tells the story of how her parents found out about her career
• All about safety, compensation and mentorship in the strip world
• The downfalls of making a ton of cash without guidance or avenues to invest responsibly
• When Tammy returned from overseas and the struggles that came with opening and marketing her new studio
• Aryn addresses the righteousness of people who were taking pole classes but had never stripped before
• How Tammy’s dancing career ended in national scandal; full of celebrities, paparazzi and harassment
• The ways in which they (as pole studio owners) make sure to pay reverence to strippers in their practice and businesses
• Aryn takes us through the beginning of her interest in pole including some rather undesirable experiences with those who she previously considered role models
• How joining Vancouver circus inspired Aryn’s passion and identity as a performer, before the reality of injuries and running a business came to manifest
• Aryn and Tammy pay tribute to the front runners of pole fitness

CONNECT WITH YOUR HOST ARYN SAVARD

• https://www.instagram.com/aryn_savard?igsh=MWJtcHVzZmZ5dmpibg==

CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST TAMMY MORRIS

• https://www.instagram.com/tammy_the_real_deal_morris/
• https://www.instagram.com/tantrafitness/
• tammy@tantrafitness.com
• www.tantrafitness.com

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