Forums > Introductions > Always Excited About a New Way to Dance with Fire

So, yeah, hi. I'm a lifelong pyro (not really an exaggeration - my brother convinced me at just under 2 to climb up on the electric stove and then turned it on - apparently when my pajamas started smoking he ran for the 'rents - and I didn't even cry. Seems I liked it even then.) and have for several years been mesmerized by fire-spinning but confined myself to dancing with votives and stuff. Several months ago I decided why not expand my repertoire. Of course, having made that decision, I didn't do much about it. Stumbled upon HoP and have been lurking here for a month or so now. Then two weeks ago I started poi classes at a studio I found through HoP - and when I'm utilizing the HoP services, seemed like the thing to register and throw myself into it. Poi is addictive, so good to get a line on pushers right away..... I'm hoping eventually to understand some of these complicated moves that are discussed here and maybe boost my progress a bit, since in the class I'm taking, we're not allowed to light up for 7 weeks. 7 weeks with no fire?? Had to try to do something about that. (But don't want a repeat of the burnt pajama episode, so want to learn the right way. And since I've already hit myself in the head a few times, I'm thinkin' that their rule is not a bad one, or my hair would be on fire. Jim Morrison's LA Woman, I don't want to be.)

Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself and say thanks to all you who are sharing your knowledge and resources.

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You can't fall off the floor, but sometimes you need a chair to reach the cookie jar.

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You can't fall off the floor, but sometimes you need a chair to reach the cookie jar.

those that know, dont say. those that say, dont know.

You can't fall off the floor, but sometimes you need a chair to reach the cookie jar.

The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."

You can't fall off the floor, but sometimes you need a chair to reach the cookie jar.