Bend Not Break: A Mobility-informed Backbend Workshop (Non-Pole) (All Levels/Beginner Friendly) with

Name: Bend Not Break: A Mobility-informed Backbend Workshop (Non-Pole) (All Levels/Beginner Friendly) with
Start: 2026-01-31T13:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-31T15:00:00-05:00
Location: 814 W Diamond Ave, Suite 100, Gaithersburg, MD, United States, Maryland 20878

Schedule

Sat Jan 31 2026 at 01:30 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

814 W Diamond Ave, Suite 100, Gaithersburg, MD, United States, Maryland 20878 | Gaithersburg, MD

Do backbends scare you? Let’s break them down! We’ll start by regulating our nervous system, then we’ll do different mobility-informed drills to practice pieces separately before
putting it all together with lots of options and entries. Attendees will leave with a greater understanding of what their body needs to work on to achieve this shape. You’ll need two blocks and access to a wall.
Cost of workshop: $65 —Take two of Colleen’s workshops and get $10 in total savings—use promo code JOLLY10 at checkout!
Sign up: https://flyingbuddhastudio.com/#Events
Colleen’s workshops:
💥Use Your Butt: Low-Flow, Pole-Assisted Body Part Balances (Intermediate) // January 17th, 2pm - 3:30pm
💥 Spectacular Spreadies: Flying (Intermediate-Advanced) (Pole) // January 17th, 3:45pm - 5:15pm
💥Roll Out: Intro to Rolls, Slides, and More! (Intermediate) (Lyra) // January 31st, 3:30pm - 5pm
💥Bend Not Break: a Mobility-informed Backbend Workshop (Non-Pole) (All Levels/Beginner Friendly) // January 31st, 1:30pm - 3pm
About your instructor: Colleen Jolly is a certified pole dance enthusiast and entrepreneur. She has been poling for 14+ years, owns and operates the International Pole Convention (PoleCon), is the Executive Director of the pole industry’s first trade association the IPIA, teaches movement in the DC metro area regularly, is a partner and instructor with 123 Poling.com, a Liquid Motion Master Trainer and On Demand Certification Coach, a RAD Mobility Ambassador, and was the Advanced Tricks and Mobility Instructor for the Pole Company. She is the model for the “Pole Anatomy” book by the Pole PT. Previously, she owned and managed a pole studio in Washington, DC. Currently Colleen regularly competes in pole dancing competitions at the professional level. She has performed at the Kennedy Center and with Snoop Dogg, but not at the same time. Her first book “Mobility for Pole” was published in the fall of 2022.