Im so happy to have found this forum!  Ive been hooping for almost 3 years now, loving every minute of it!  When i was introduced to it by my hoop mama, really hoop sister, Jessi, I thought to myself "I CAN do this!"  I had several years of colour guard and loved the feeling of flow.  And that experience came in handy!  For years now Ive had problems finding my flow, meditating, just simply clearing my mind.  Hooping, sustained spinning in particular has returned that to me.  I am ever so grateful to have found myself again within the circle.  The hoop is the carrier, the tool I use to bring trance, peace, and blissful CLARITY to my life. 

Dance, dervish dance----
bring the face of god before you.
only love can lift the heart up so high that its true color is restored by the sun!
see him near and clapping, that perfect one who fathers divine rhythm.
o dance, dervish dance,
and know you bring your master happiness whenever you smile.
last night so many tears took flight because of joy that the sky god crowded and complained
when i discovered god hiding again in my heart
and i could not cease to celebrate.
~Hafiz