About Ranging Poler

Hello! My name is Ieva (yeah-va)

Welcome to my little universe!

I started pole dancing in 2017. Despite having no previous dance or gymnastics experience, I fell in love. Since starting, I have been specialising in mindful movement up the pole and down at the base, taking a different perspective to moving like a chameleon between different pole disciplines.

I became an instructor in 2021 as a side hustle to my grad job, as a Forest Ranger (hence the name Ranging Poler). I fell so deeply in love with teaching. Whether that was helping students nail a new trick, a new flow sequence, or gain all-round confidence, I love being a part of that journey.

I’m a passionate human, and always trying to learn new ways to be a better coach. I have certifications in Invert Ready Coach, Stretch certification, and Xpert Trainer. I also take regular continuous professional development opportunities. I have previously been trained in the use of language in coaching, Alternative Coaching Techniques, and Unlocking Student Motivation, along with nerding out about anatomy and pole with Dr Emily Rausch on various courses such as '“How to not F*ck up your shoulders” and “How to not F Up Your Students”.

I’ve also placed and/or won 5 regional and national competitions.

On this platform, you will find online and in-person learning opportunities with me. You can also read my blogs to get to know me or to learn about different resources for Pole Dance and all things green.

I hope to meet you soon!

Examples of my work

So as a kid, my grandparents and my parents would tap birch trees to get the sap as a beverage. I loved this and still do. For obvious reasons, after moving to England we kinda stopped doing it, my mum now sometimes sends over a bottle from Lithuania. However, working in a forest I thought I'd look in to doing in myself ... and it worked!!! I found a slightly less I invasive way of tapping a birch tree, instead of drilling a whole which can lead to infections to the tree and damage if done wrong. Instead we pruned a branch at a place where the tree can heal itself faster and more effectively. This is me getting very excited about being able to drink birch sap straight from the tree. Now before people go chopping branches from trees, i would highly reccomend looking into it and doing your homework first. Correct pruning techniques will ensure that you do with as little harm to the tree as possible. Ensuring that the tree is mature enough to have a branch taken off. And making sure we respect nature when we harvest anything. Responsible foraging it where its at 👊🏻 You can find this info in my linktree 🥰 #birch #tapping #birchtapping #forestranger

A milestone a achieved last Sunday @exoticapoledance can't wait to work on this and get a better shot🙈 Thank you to @vero.nika.chuk for showing us this and the tips for an aerial handspring. And thank you to the incredible team for your cheers and support! Join my handspring and split grip improver session this Sunday 5th March at 12:15pm #pdhandspring #pdaerialhandspring #pdstaticpole #pdtruegrip

I love low flow whether that's in heels or without heels. I'm a believer that it's beneficial to mess around without heels with flow to allow a mind body connection and muscle memory before you take it onto 8inch stilettos. Messing around with both is always fun. Flow around the pole with and without heels is one of the workshops I will be teaching online starting in March. These will be 4 week programmes focusing specific elements such as (but not limited to) body waves which then will be translated into a choreo. Who's joining? 👀 #pdflow #pdheels #pdsensual #pdinstructor #pdflow #pdmovement

We had a vision and made it into reality. Now this is what we call Forest Ranger shit! Learning new skills whilst also using the materials from the forest it was a good day with @the.owlbeard This workbench will now protect our tools when we work whilst also providing a portable bench anywhere we go. I'll keep you updated with how we use it 😉 The music is for extra drama hehehe #forestrangershit #forestranger #creating #workbench #forestrangingpoledancer

Working on some upcoming lesson plans! Also some very exciting news is also coming up. I am hoping to launch my online classes in March 🥳🥳 #spinningpole #pdspinpole #pdairwalk #pdinstructor

From a warmer time. I am a little quiet on posting these days as I'm mostly just planning for lesson and doing comp training. But ti's the good opportunity to share stuff that has been collecting dust on my camera roll 😁 #kip #pdkip #pdheels #heels

Nothing new or special, just some freestyle from the Christmas period 😊 #pdspinning #pdfreestyle

Covered this upper intermediate/advance combo in class over the last couple of Sundays at @exoticapoledance . Challenging for sure, however everyone did super! We'll revisit this combo again in a few months time as a skills check 😁 Also if you haven't heard through my stories, I have signed up for @marlofisken Invert Ready Coach teacher training Certification!!!! A whole 4 months learning from the one and only to be a better instructor!!! I can't wait to share what I learn with all my students!!! Super super excited for this opportunity!! Bring it on!!! #staticcombo #pdstaticpole #pdstaticcombo #pdhurricane #pdbrassmonkey #pdsneakyv #handstand #pdhandstand #pdteachertaining #teachertraining #flowmovement

One of the most fascinating facts about trees is that they can feel when they are damaged and they respond as a result. This is an example of one of the ways that a tree can protect itself from being eaten. This Holly tree is a perfect example of a response mechanism in plants. Lower branches are prickly and scratch if you touch it. This is because grazing animals such as deer would happily eat it. To protect itself it spends energy to grow spikes on its leaves. However, this takes energy, so the plant can sense where the grazing animals will no longer be to reach and will gradually stop growing spikey leaves. At the canopy the leaves are smooth oval as no herbivore can reach that high. How smart is that?! #trees #forestranger #forest #naturaldefense

Taught this lil combo today to my intermediates, all smashed the split! Some exciting news is coming your way! For those interested in online courses, I will be launching my webiste through which you can book online private and group classes 😁 super excited, can't wait to show ya'll 😊 keep your eyes peeled for the up coming info #pdsplit #split #staticcombo #pdstatic #insideleghang #pdinsideleghang #pdmeathook

Testimonials

“Sessions with Ieva are always enjoyable, Intense and very worth while. She created a personal stretch program to help with my back issues and relieved years of pain in a matter of weeks. Not only do you learn what to do but you also learn why. Worth every penny”

- I. Flindall

“I like Ieva’s exo pole dance style, so there were no doubts I wanted to train with her. The atmosphere at her classes is nice and funny and Ieva explains all the tricks and movements very clearly. I also train with her individually and she is very well organised and prepared for each class. I enjoy and also recommend Ieva’s exo pole classes”

- Hanna Titarenko

“Strongly recommend Ieva.
I was visiting London and dying to do some core exercises so I looked up pole dance classes near me. I was so lucky to have Ieva as my instructor because she is so passionate about pole dance and she explained about how your body moves and how to use the momentum to bring yourself from one point to another. Also I learnt to build my attitude to bring confidence in myself. I love it!!! Don't miss out Ieva. She is the best instructor I've ever have.”

- Layla

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