"Hi there! I'm new to CA and looking for some amazing people to travel, practice, craft (costumes!), and play with ^.^  ... interested in fire (goal!) :) Want to jam and tune our skills? <3 <3 <3 much love love love. "

"congratulations and good luck.    for warm ups i recommend any combination of the following: - have them hoop or try to hoop at their own pace for several minutes - lead them through a series of stretches you like to do   - invite…"

"i totally think you can teach flow. i think it requires you give the students enough unconscious competence with their moves and a relaxed way of flowing between them. i have a whole fake it till you fake it learning model and it totally works. :)"

"oh, and my general advice is to "f*ck the hoop" -- thrusting rather than rolling your body with the hoop. how i describe it to my students is that you have a "push point" where you're giving it the necessary "umph"…"

"oh. i see. i view it as a three prong approach all under one umbrella, personally. YMMV. for me prong 1 is: education and i then see sales as a part of that -- materials for those who want to be educated. as a performer, i often do hoop parties…"

"In reading all these posts it occurs to me that one thing that really helped me was considering aging. I mean, it happens if we live each moment of our lives. At some point in time someone will think us "old" and ascribe that to us. At…"

"I'm not sure i see what's different than a regular biz plan -- you still need to outline the mission statement, revenue sources, marketing plan, operations, web site, SEO, sales -- and all that stuff regular companies use -- including bus…"

"if you re-read my message, i make several suggestions of how you can try to make it better. maybe they would help."

"it is a process. love that you also called that to the space. :)    beautiful, self aware post. love it. :) "

"i relate to the struggle of self acceptance. having come from what many would describe as an abusive family situation, slit my wrists at 20, blown up to a whopping 300 pounds by age 22, been raped at 17 and been clinically obese…"

"I had a machine for 4 or 5 years before i got a serger. i never adjusted stitch length on it really --- except for zigzag stitched. but i used what i think is called "french seams" a lot -- fold the two outside edges of the fabric in to…"

"thx. the serger helps. ;)    i have design tips on my blog for upcycled clothing and costumes -- http://upcycleheaven.com -- maybe something there will help.    message me off list if you're looking for specific, "how…"

"the top is a Lululemon top.    the pants are from target, but i upcycled them and added the blue insert because they were too small for me (my mom got them for me for xmas) so they actually fit with the extra panel. :)    and…"

"I had a cool breakthrough two nights ago -- for the first time i felt some agility in jumping into the hoop -- that never happens, or at least, hadn't before the other night!!! wanted to share, so here's the clip.…"

"check the fiber of the bra! i recommend, if you have any concerns about the fire itself, that you cover as much as you can - just because you're safer that way. "

"wordpress.org is a great way to get a free website up.  that said, i know, as a consumer, i'm much less impressed with companies that are not their own domains. it's 2011 and it's way too easy to get something going.  you…"