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Permalink Reply by Tangled Macrame on January 22, 2009 at 9:37am

Good for you, Tina! I'm still a new hooper, but hauling the hoop to campus and my kid's play group is great practice. It gives me a chance to hoop in large spaces with high ceilings...and to get use to an audience. Of course the first time I heard someone say, "She's good!" I dropped the hoop! My big hope is to get some other folks into hooping, so it's a choice between being brave and being lonely.

Oh! And when when I start hooping at the waist I also move my hands into the mudra (Yogic hand-gesture) associated with increased energy & self confidence, prithvi.

http://www.eclecticenergies.com/mudras/mudra.php

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Permalink Reply by Izzie on January 22, 2009 at 11:15am

Yeah I felt a bit like that too. The first time I did hooping in public was in Spain. A lot happens when I'm out there. You know those 'Infinity' Travel Hoops? I had one of those and these people got totally freaked out by the way it just folded smaller. :D

They were like 'Oh my Gosh! Are you a witch or something? How did you get the hoop to go so small and then big again?'

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Permalink Reply by GroovinMeGzz on January 22, 2009 at 12:17pm

Tina,
I think the hoop is being a very good learning tool for you. No matter what anyways says or thinks, your life if your reality your preception. SO if you desire them NOT to have any impact on you they won't. and the truth to it...even if they are poking "fun" at you or your hoop dancing...they are intrigued and I bet some what JEALOUS of your ability to let go and feel free. Thats the problem with our culture is so many people are caught up in this false ideals and have forgotten how important it is to JUST BE and to feel FREE and to be HAPPY. we all deserve to feel those things and YOU deserve to hoop in public.

I just feel sorry for people who make fun or just "don't get it" i bet you and I are having more fun than they are... !!

I hoop in public to INSPIRE people. I really like to inspire younger girls b/c I believe in those awkward teenage years the hoop can be your savior. Its YOUR dance partner, your tool to achieve bliss..its so amazing.

Keep on hooping!!!!! we are slowly changing the world with our dance in so many ways.

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Permalink Reply by Sara on January 22, 2009 at 12:42pm

I have still yet to hoop in public. I am going to get over my shyness and do it this summer. I am so nervous!

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Permalink Reply by GroovinMeGzz on January 22, 2009 at 12:52pm

man! I can't even imagine feeling so nervous! Why!? People LOVE hula hoops! and most folks can't even keep it up! so you WOW most normal people daily?!

Sometimes I feel more awkward when I am carrying my hoops around! they are all in the way and hit people...
..but once I am dancing with them, people go..oh WOW! thats why she had those!

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Permalink Reply by Sara on January 22, 2009 at 12:58pm

the nice thing about hooping at festies is that it is more common so people are a little more respectful of you and the area that you are in. Its funny when I practice outside and people look at me like I'm some crazy person playing with a children's toy. lol.
the only crappy part is trying to transport my hoop from place to place with out it getting broken, heard of making a collapsible hoop but I'm not really sure if I like that idea

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Permalink Reply by Tina Fernandez on January 23, 2009 at 8:00am

Yeah, people love hooping. I guess it's female nature to come up with excuses to not do something they are shy about.

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Permalink Reply by hoopmeisterbrit on January 22, 2009 at 1:17pm

I live in a podunk little town in arkansas, where the majority of the youth here are very judgemental.
A lot of people still glare at me when i'm hooping it up at the parks or wherever, but it doesn't bother me at all.
I know why i hoop, and maybe if they would just take a minute to appreciate things as much as we do, they would pick up a hoop =]


If i ever meet any of you people, just remember I'll always be your number one fan cheering you on =]

peace out cub scouts

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Permalink Reply by GroovinMeGzz on January 22, 2009 at 1:19pm

YEA GIRL! preach it!!!!! thats the TRUTH! I'm telling you ladies!!! GO OUT THERE AND HOOP! who the F*** cares about those other folks. I promise you STICK out to them! you are unique! you are divine! you have found a way to HEAL YOUR HEART! do they have a hobby that does that?!? embrace your dance, embrace your desire to do it outside you deserve it!!!

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Permalink Reply by Nicky Plum on January 22, 2009 at 1:28pm

I'm never that concerned about people watching me beacuase they judge me, but I have managed to attract the attention of some creepy guys. In the summer I hoop in a park by my work and I have had people walk by and clap for me (even when I didn't know that much stuff) and make lots of friendly comments but I have also had an old guy in a perv van sit and watch me and have had looks from lots of younger creepers too. I sometimes wish I was invisible because I know it does attract a lot of attention, but I just want to hoop!

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Permalink Reply by InnerSpin SharnaRose on January 22, 2009 at 3:27pm

I still feel almost as nervous now when I hoop in public as I did when I first started. I've always been shy and self deprecating. I'm still shy but I'm much kinder to myself these days. The only problem is that as soon as I get in the hoop I dont leave and some of my friends get a little frustrated about this :-)

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Permalink Reply by CelestialSphere on January 24, 2009 at 12:37pm

Yeah SharnaRose I know what you mean. My friend Nicky Plum and I always get into the hooping conversations and actual hooping, our other friends are supportive but I know they wish we would just hang out. That’s why I'm so glad I have my Nicky Plum! <3

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