Today I've been thinking a lot about the concept of freedom. I am talking about personal, inner freedom, that each one of us could claim, more than freedom that is given to you by other people.

I've been bothered by restrictions in my physical self, like clothing that restricts my movement, shoes that prevent my feet from feeling the ground and my toes from moving, and I have been bothered by my own physique which is in desperate need for a good stretching regime. (Please, do tell if…

For about a month now, I have been hooping like crazy, partially due to my friend who invited me and two other girls from our hoop group to try performing, and because of nice weather and snow-free ground. Finland saw some very beautiful days and we have used to gather to some park after work a couple of times a week and just spin away for the fun of it. Since I never had friends to hoop with during the long and dark northern winter (first hooping winter too), I have been thrilled to hoop…

I have been hoop dancing since fall 2010, but strangely enough, the decision to start up a hooping journal didn't arise from the need to be more of a hooper, but from the need to write more. I feel the need to write hooping out of my system sometimes, in order to write about other things as well.

So... I never was a dancer. I always wanted to become one, but never quite made it to any lessons. Maybe I have an issue with people telling me how to do things, maybe I have issue…