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ORIGINAL: Twicehappy2x

Lol, having some of your issues;
 
" HATE to be the center of attention, have body image issues, not overly graceful."
 
Combined with the ability to keep a beat equal to about that of a monkey on LSD and the grace of a grazing bull.
 
I can tell you still can do it. I know, i was a stripper for about 13 years or so. It put me through school and bought my farm while raising 3 ums.
 
Here are a few tricks, FORGET go go dancing. Find a few songs that you like the words or rhythm of. Try Lady in Red, or Kid Rocks song Only God Knows Why, or Janis Joplin's When a Man Loves a Woman. All of those are slow and easy to follow. Practice!!!!!
 
Next pick something sexy yet easy to get out of. A bra, garter belt, stockings and heels always work, a dress you can get out of easily on top, long gloves are good too. Take a shawl or cape or something you can use to play peek a boo body parts with.  
 
Now a few things to remember, strut by walking heel to toe. Put you foot forward, then place the next toe right behind your heel only a few inches apart. This will produce that classic stripper strut.
 
Keep you head up, chin up, do not focus on any one persons face but smile like you mean it.
 
Take a rug, lay down, roll off one stocking then the other. Remove your gloves with your teeth, one at a time. Unhook your bra lean forward slide your arms out but keep holding it on with one arm, tease them.
 
Use whatever you took like a shawl to drape your body, spin a bit, allow glimpses of parts. Try to avoid just baring it all, men are more intrigued with what they think they see than they will be once you spread it for them.
 
Remember, keep your shoulders back, head up and keep smiling.
 
Worse comes to worse go to this site for ideas.
 
 
http://www.lapdanceunleashed.com

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ORIGINAL: BRNaughtyAngel

My Master is an amazing man and we definitely communicate about everything, including this.  He tells me constantly that I am beautiful and precious to Him.

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ORIGINAL: ownedgirlie

Hey there, sweets,

Fun stuff!!  I'd suggest practicing in front of your Master.  I dance for my Master a lot - you could say I'm his private dancer...heh.  So once when he brought in someone who was a total stranger to me and told me to dance, my heart skipped a beat at first, but I focused on my Master and put myself right there in the privacy I typically have before him.  I danced for Master, not for the stranger.  And I was so accustomed to dancing for him that I didn't feel like I was doing anything different.

Put on a show for the man, and have fun!  You are gorgeous, full of life and passion, and now he wants to show everyone else!!   [sm=dancer.gif]

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ORIGINAL: eyesopened

i would just die.  my body image is so bad that i mitigate Master's compliments with the thoughts of people who show pictures of their butt-ugly babies.  Yes, the baby is beautiful and precious to them but other people are thinking "cover that thing up before someone loses their lunch"

You are lovely and i think your Master has paid you a high compliment.  i have no words of advice other than a trick i learned in public speaking....keep your eyes at the tops of people's heads.  It creates an illusion to the audience that you are looking at their faces without having to make eye contact and get all jittery.

i'd be very interested to hear a follow-up of how it went!  Could be a thread of inspiration to those of us who are shy!  Good luck!

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ORIGINAL: BRNaughtyAngel

Awwww thank you sugar! [sm=flowers.gif]

I thought about practicing in front of Him, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted my "routine" to be a surprise for Him.  I will definitely be dancing for Him, but I may need a few moments beforehand to focus on that, mentally and emotionally. 

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The majority of the people who will be at the club are all people that we know and socialize with regularly at club events, so it won't be a room full of strangers.  I don't know if that's a good thing or not! LOL! [:D]

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ORIGINAL: ownedgirlie

Fun stuff!!  I'd suggest practicing in front of your Master.  I dance for my Master a lot - you could say I'm his private dancer...heh.  So once when he brought in someone who was a total stranger to me and told me to dance, my heart skipped a beat at first, but I focused on my Master

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ORIGINAL: batshalom
(Does your M need another girl, a couple of kids, and eight pets? If so, I am SO there!!!! ~chuckle~)