Studio Owner & Instructor
Qualifications: Studio Pilates & IPDFA Certified; Pre & Postnatal Pole Fitness - BumpFitness Physio; Blue Card (working with Children); First Aid & CPR
My name is Nomes and I’m the Owner and Pole Mum here at Queens of Pole Fitness & Dance.
I had been watching a friend’s pole journey and was dying to give it a whirl, but at five months pregnant with baby #2, it felt like a long time to wait before I could take that big step and walk in the front door. Soon after getting clearance to start exercising, I signed up for an eight week course in 2015 and I’ve been addicted ever since!
I have always had a strong dislike for exercising. I had joined the gym, and never went. Bought a machine, and never used it. Went for walks, but never got my heart rate up. I had a fear of sweating. Pole was different, the more I entertained the thought of going, the more curious I got. I was worried about my size, I had concerns about how much my body could actually achieve after having two babies 12 months apart. I was worried about wearing the shortest pair of pants I had ever owned! I always felt uncoordinated and self conscious that people were watching me. When I joined pole, it was like all those worries twirled out the door on their pretty little pointed toes and never came back!
I joined pole for the fitness, and have since fallen in love with all that pole brings – the fitness, the shoes, the challenges, the changes in my body, the friendships, the physical and mental strength, the sexiness, the confidence, the pole clothes and did we mention the shoes?!
I have dabbled in a few different areas of work over the years, I have a Diploma in Wedding and Events Management, I obtained my Cert IV in Beauty Services and Nail Technology, I sampled the administration workforce, and while I enjoyed each little journey, it was when I started instructing that I really felt alive. So when the opportunity arose to open up my own Pole Studio franchise under the studio that I loved so much, I jumped at it! It was my light bulb moment. I had finally, at age 27, found my calling. I knew I wanted to extend, grow on and share my motherly qualities as a Pole Mum. I wanted to inspire women the same way my pole instructors had inspired me – to grow as a person, work on their fitness, learn to love their body, appreciate what it can do and become healthy minded while making some new friends in the process.
Amongst the craziness that was COVID, I learnt that life is short, stories are not prewritten, you can throw a plot twist on your story at any time. And with the support of my husband and the amazing team I had working with me, I ventured out and created my own new brand, Queens of Pole Fitness & Dance, with the vision of taking the Pole Community back to what I knew it to be when I started Pole (and fell in love). A Community, A sisterhood or as we call it, an Empire. A safe space where women are welcome to come and take the time to find their updated selves, while meeting some fellow amazing women on a similar journey. But in true Queens style, I wanted to help more women, have a wider opportunity for them to access our Empire and find their paths, so we expanded as well!
Now all of our Northern Gold Coast Queens have access to two studios, which means twice as many instructors, twice as many styles, twice as many pole sisters - but more importantly, twice as many opportunities to find themselves and make new friends who have at least two things in common: their love for pole and their love for meeting new friends.
Now, It’s Time For You To Find Your Crown ♛
