It was 50 degrees and sunny. I didn’t need my coat, I didn’t need to wrap my scarf around my ears and cover half of my face to block out punishing gusts of icy wind. I leisurely walked outside and breathed in the air instead of running to my car with my head down.



These past months, during what has been the most relentless New England winter anyone can remember, I’ve felt trapped and static. The weather seemed endlessly unbearable and I felt weighed down and held back. When I…  

I started taking ballet classes as a way to learn more about dance and ultimately enhance my hooping. I have never taken ballet before and I'm finding the basic positions and steps feel very unnatural to me. I've had three classes so far and five more to go. I do not want to skip classes or quit even if I feel frustrated. However, I'm developing knee pain and my right knee clicks when I walk up the stairs or plie. I feel like I'm probably not using proper stances and I'm putting a lot of…

 

I'm a grateful member of the Al-Anon program, a place for people whose lives have been affected by another person's disease of alcoholism. As I'm growing and getting recovery in the program I've drawn many parallels to my journey with hooping. The same day I made my first hooping video I qualified at my home Al-Anon meeting and it was my first time sharing my story and speaking at length in front of the group. I read from what I call my recovery journal, which is where I’ve been keeping my…