Added June 19, 2013

Since it seems that this is the olny journal that comes up in a search engine site. I thought I'd update this journal with the current basic info.

hula hoop festival name-Hoola Hoopa Fest

where- Colchester, CT.

Colchester Town Green

when-Saturday, July 20th (next month! :D)

11:00a.m. to sometime between 7 & 9p.m

This event is definitely happening but still developing.…

For the last 11 months I have been abused physically, mentally, and emotionally. Today waking up has been difficult and I'm having a hard time picking up my hoop I'm so depressed. My ex is knocking me for being a hula hooper as if there is something wrong with it and he's putting me down on his facebook account. I took care of him when his own family abandoned him and he had nobody..I stayed in a hotel room on christmas day and christmas eve because he had nowhere to go and my family…

Finally got the hoop up to my shoulders this morning!  I think I woke up the neighbors with my hooting and hollering - it sure sent the dog under the couch in a hurry. 

I can't wait to get my invite to SaFire's online class - today's supposed to be the day but the day's more than half over and I keep checking my inbox...nothing!  Oh, well, I'll keep checking.  Plenty of more hours in the day.

I can't believe how fast summer vacations are approaching!? I feel so under prepared! I've been (im)patiently awaiting the arrival of my Citiva Creationz LED festie hoop, and crossing my fingers that some time soon I might hear an update on my Synth I paid for over a month ago. I leave June 20th for my first festie of the season (9 hour drive baby!) and I'm biting my nails about having a shiny new LED hoop to play with before I go. 

Yesterday I finished my online courses. Now all I have to do is 2 final exams and 1 diploma exam.

Allow me to explain. I graduated from high school in June 2012, holy shit that is a whole year now o.O, anyway, and now I want to get into the department of psychology. Hopefully one day I'll have people sitting on my couch and paying me to give them therapy. My grade 12 isn't good enough for the entry requirements and that's why I had to take some additional courses…

Three days shy of my five month mark and I'm sitting on my laptop locked out of my new apartment so I figure now is as good a time as any haha. So here's my hoopurb update!



I am awesome now. Haha always room for improvement but I'm finally good enough to get compliments from random drum circle attendees that I've never met. My isolations actually look isolated finally, even the sliding ones, my chest/shoIulder hooping is sick and I'm getting better at the arm duck ins/outs. I can…

My hoop arrived from moodhoops.com yesterday and i've been so excited to try it out. My mother thinks I am insane because i spent $40 on a hula hoop, but I didn't expect her to understand it in the first place. She just likes to pick at me, so she's harmless.

So, last night at 2 in the morning, I decided to try to hoop. So far i can transfer the hoop from one arm to the other. I have noticed that it is very hard to do any type of shoulder or chest work because i am big busted…

3 years ago today, I was sitting on my bed with my best friend Allea, we were bored, and had some extra money, so she said, lets go to target, it was right down the street from my house so why not? 

We were at target messing around in the toy isl and I saw some hula hoops, so we got one.. 

Ever sense that epic day my life has changed drastically, I went from being a person, so set on ending it, being so depressed everyday, 200 pounds of A destructive human, with no feeling of a real…

I have one general admission pass and a car camping pass up for grabs. I purchased at full price plus service fees, so valued over $230. I am asking $150 for the ticket and $50 for the camp pass, or $180 combined. It's a sweeeet deal! Killer line up, yoga and hoop workshops, live art, camping in the Sierra Nevadas, what more could you want out of a festival? If you haven't heard of The Bounce, get yourself in the know! …

Hi.

I first became aware of hooping a little over a year ago. I would like to go to raves in Winnipeg where I lived, and there were often girls with LED hoops there. I thought of it as more of a performance thing, but soon came to realize people use normal hoops a lot of the time too. When I was at an outdoor music festival one day I bought a hoop for $20 and thought hopefully I would get into it.

It's a year later now and I've learned a lot :) hooping is the funnest thing…

In the Planting Seeds online class there is a video from SaFire on What Hooping Means to Me. It started me thinking, Then i found other hoopers videos of what hooping means to them. This video in particular really touched me, http://www.hoopcity.ca/video/hoop-city-contest-entry-what-3

I'm a complete newbie to hooping, can't even waist hoop for very long before the hoop drops...but hooping to me,…

Ever climb Mount Everest, or swim the ocean shore to shore or hike around the world? Have you ever taken a detour around a corner of a street under construction and felt like you rode two miles to go one block? I feel as though I have done all of those things in the two years I have been sick and recovering. On June 14th marks the two year anniversary of when I came home from the hospital and started this long recovery. My progress has been steady but slow and now I am coming to the…

Just had a great hooping session in my basement, my first after signing up for SaFire's online hoop classes. I've come to the conclusion that i'm a side to side waist hooper and i hoop to the left. My legs feel like jello but i've got a smile on my face!

Also, take an extra 10% off of your order with the code HOOPCITY10!

All kinds of great deals. Red and Green 5/8" OD hoops at 25% off!

Sale of the Month (check it out! its marvelous!)

New items added!

Hoops Galore and More on Etsy

I haven't been the dedicated hooper i used to be. I used to live by the hoop, not leaving my home without it. No one ever had to ask me to hoop for them because i was already in motion. I never thought it would be possible to say no to hooping until this year. I still have the same love, understanding, and worth for hooping that I used to. I still lose myself in a hoop and can kill it. but because of the abilities i know i hold, it's almost like i don't need to be working because i know what…

When two out of three band members of a band you've been waiting months to see tells you they think you are a bad ass hula hoop dancer, it's hard not to be really happy. Yes. The impossible has happened to me a bunch of times this year. Didn't die. Woke up. Started walking. Started Hooping again. Started hoop dancing again. Got my video endorsed by Queens of the Stone Age. Meet the bass player with his other band, Mini Mansions. He wasn't just giving me compliments. I saw him type my phone…

I been hooping along, not posting updates. However, I was recently diagnosed with carpel tunnel in both hands. Which has nothing to do with hooping but everything to do with all my other creative, fiber-based endeavors.

So I've turned my crafts blog into my hooping diary.  I plan to make weekly practice posts and comments about hooping. Stop by and check out the latest post here: …

~ NEW workshop next Saturday, June 1st - WEDGIES & ESCALATORS!  Preview of the moves http://youtu.be/Mgn2nqYohKk

~ Salem Arts Festival performance Sunday, June 9th @ 3:30 p.m.  (FREE!) Come early or stay late and enjoy free live…

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Grab it up before the shipping price doubles!

OMG i'm so full of mixed emotions right now. I just had the best jam of my life, and got to borrow LED hoops and play, i even got a chance to try a futurehoop!! Holy crap is that so awesome. i wonder if it could replace my anti-depressants. And i really like the moodhoops too, they felt more 'sturdy' or heavier or somehow easier for me to work with than the psihoops which felt waaay light to my touch.

but, it is over for the summer :( Teacher is going to do the summer thing…

"There is a fountain of youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring in your life and the lives of people you love."  - Sophia Loren

New items added!!! :)

New 1/2" Polypro hoop for advanced hoopers. Springy, bouncy, light, and fast! Sizes 25-31. Regular friction fit connection.

Also check out our sales for May!

-5.00 Shipping on most items.

-Free shipping on the rest (mystery)(scavenger hunt)

-UV reactive natural 5/8 Polypro for only $13.99 with $5.00 shipping! :)

~~~Love & Light~~~…

New tubing and deco tapes have been added!!! New UV Magenta HDPE and I am now offering 1/2" OD UV Reactive polypro hoops for advanced hoopers. Sizes 25-31. I have one myself, and it is so amazing!!! and so speedy. Only comes with a friction fit connection!

Make sure to like my facebook page link, favorite my shop, and follow my shop for your chance to win any hoop of your choosing (does not include tape; does include push button or friction fit connection)

Some…

I just spent three days at a wonderful flow festival called Kinetic Fire.  When I first heard about it, I thought it would be cool to go because it is close to my home town and there were a lot of big name spinners teaching at it.  Then, I entered a video contest and ended up winning a free ticket!  I'd probably say that this was the best birthday I've had to date.

A good majority of the people at the festival were poi spinners, but there were people representing all disciplines of…

Hello everybody :)

I am a polish hooper who is working really hard on sharing hoop love in Poland. It's a hard job as hooping is not very popular here yet but I can see a massive potential in warm polish heart to discover the joy of hooping.

A couple of months ago I have created a facebook fanpage

https://www.facebook.com/polska.hulala

and some days ago I decided to slowly transform it into a bilingual site to…

So im just in 2 months of hooping so far! I'm very excited to learn more.

I'm planning on making a 2 month hooping video sometime this week maybe or possibly next week when I get the chance to show how far I've progressed. So I'm looking forward to that :))

I just recently started on chest and shoulder hooping. Chest hooping I could do for a short amount of time but it wouldn't stay up when I first started but I've pretty much gotten that down now. But…

so I recently (more than three months ago) placed an order for a fire hoop via Etsy from the Mercury Hoops site - as most of us know, Christina Brittain runs/made this site. I want everyone to know about this, so they don't have the same unfortunate experience happen to them... Christina STOLE $115 from me via etsy - she had been making up different excuses the few times I managed to get ahold of her, about how she was backed up on orders, or how my hoop was supposedly shipped, or how she…

so I recently (more than three months ago) placed an order for a fire hoop via Etsy from the Mercury Hoops site - as most of us know, Christina Brittain runs/made this site. I want everyone to know about this, so they don't have the same unfortunate experience happen to them... Christina STOLE $115 from me via etsy - she had been making up different excuses the few times I managed to get ahold of her, about how she was backed up on orders, or how my hoop was supposedly shipped, or how she…

today was isolations and corkscrews and stuff. i am seriously having so much fun at class, i'm so sad every time one is cancelled and i think after spinout i'm going to make a count down to fall and when classes begin again. why can't i just quit life and do this all the time?

i posted my 1 month video which felt like a big risk but i'm getting a lot of positive feedback from my friends how it's brave to post at all so early. I'm also on myfitnesspal and i'm forming quite the network…

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$5.00 Shipping for the rest of the month of May! Because all of you are so kind and wonderful customers, I will be offering $5.00 on all hoops. There will also be a few items of my choice that will receive free shipping! You are just going to have to take a look to find them! Think of it like a scavenger hunt// it will be great!





-SALE OF THE MONTH- Natural Polypro hoop for only 15.00…

We had a stand at a festival this weekend and I was away for 3 hours to attend another event.  In that time my boyfriend sold my hoop! MY hoop!! My very first hoop. The only hoop I have really connected with, and the one I have learned every move I know with. I have had many people want to buy it and my reply is always "no way". She's my baby.  He thought he was doing me a favour because she only wanted that hoop (I had just taped it with Neon tape after it was taped with plain black for…

Oh. My. God. Seriously. CHEST HOOPING FEELS AMAZING.

When I first heard hoopers saying that chest hooping is known as the "happy place," I thought they were lying. How could it be fun to have big heavy thing smack you in the face and bump your elbow and not stay up?! There was no way I'd ever enjoy it. BUT NOW I DO!

I watched tutorial after tutorial after tutorial. Practiced daily. Bruised daily. It just WASN'T WORKING. Then today, a fellow hooper on Hoop City…

I've been using hockey grip tape that I purchased for 3 bucks a roll at a local sports place and it ROCKS! It doesn't leave a crappy film on my poly when it needs replacing, it grips like a dream AND its way cheaper than gaffer. It also comes in fun colors and designs, so yay for hockey tape! I will note that it does kind of fray in small strands and I pull them off as needed and have replaced the tape once a month on average. It certainly isn't as pretty as a nice clean gaff, but its just…

***MOTHER'S DAY SALE****



-Take $5.00 off of any purchase of $25.00 or more with the coupon code 5OFF25 at the checkout. This coupon is good on all items in my shop, including jewelry! Offer valid from 5/3/13 until Mother's Day (5/12/13).



-SALE OF THE MONTH- Natural Polypro hoop for only 15.00 (includes your choice of push-button collapsible or standard friction fit connection; your choice of finish: inside gaffer, inside sand, outside sand, full circle sand, or bare;…

I'm bringing in my hoop's 1 month (or shall I say my 1 month hoop-anniversary) the way it should be--with a great friend having an awesome hoop session. Who cares that it is 5 in the a.m.? Not us. haha. Good times, good times :)

As my 1st journal entry, I wanted to point out the beauty of making mistakes while hooping. Although it can be frustrating, it's one of the many things I love about hooping. I usually get frustrated really easy when I can't get…

i always come out of hoop class feeling awesome. especially when someone in the class was genuinely surprised that i was 32, it makes a girl feel good.

BLAH i just wrote a long huge post and i lost it all. boo. what was i talking about. uhm, class is awesome, today was about doing isolations and knee hooping. my poor bruised knee lol. it is still feeling really 'clunky' while i hoop but i'm slowly getting the hang of it. and that smearing move around the body. yeah. this post…

Hello, today I was asked by a coworker of mine if I would be interested in giving lessons to her 7 year old daughter who loves to hula hoop but wants to learn to dance and to do tricks as well. I was rather ecstatic and told her I would LOVE to teach her daughter and we're going to set a time for Tuesday afternoon to get started :] 

I've already thought of a few things I can start her off with, but I'd really love some guidance from someone who has been instructing for a while…

We call Baltimore our home and we would be beyond blissed out to hoop with the Electric Forest Hoop Troupe. 

Steve and Laura are a part of Pyrophilia, a diverse fire performing group with many talented flow artists. Laura has been hooping for over 2 years and she practices yoga daily. Steve is also the founder of the Baltimore Free Hoop School, which provides a space for hoopers to convene, play, share, and learn from each other.…

My 9-year-old cousin saw a video of my attempt to do this trick, bought a kid hoop at wal-mart, and asked me to teach it to her. She didn’t learn that trick, but when I lent her my hoop this morning, she picked up leg hooping…

I am thinking about attending Hoop Camp 2013. I think this will be the only year I can swing it financially, but I am concerned that it won't be worth the expense. I can't drive that far (to Cali from MN) alone and so the plane tickets would add to the camp ticket amount. Anyone who has attended or is thinking about attending or not, would you please help and give me some advice or reasoning as to why you are or are not going? 

Thank you! 

Rather than junk up the forum with 30 of these I figured I'd share my submission for this year's hoop troupe in my journal. Please share it if you like it or give it a thumbs up on youtube (: More views/likes = better! This would be such a monumental moment in my 3 year hoop journey.. Loves <3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfBCRR6QgMo&feature=youtu.be

3 weeks into it and I spent the afternoon out at one of the parks hooping while my Mum & brother played Frisbee and blew bubbles. I've now gained the nickname 'dying octopus' for the motions I make while trying to get the hoop up over my boobs. 



Nonetheless, I've perfected the Elevator trick, and can knee hoop without thought. 

I also tried using two hoops on my waist, what a trippy feeling. …

So the other day my boyfriend wanted to go to a Gothic industrial bar, I was pretty excited, but I just had one question..

Can I bring my hoop? I asked.

I don't know, said Jeff, why does it matter?

Because!! If I cant bring my hoop it wont be fun...

why?

Because..

He just didn't understand why I needed to bring my hoop everywhere we went..

I'm not a huge people person.. so if I have a hoop in one hand, and music in my brian, I can start to hoop and my trobbles…

***MOTHER'S DAY SALE****



-Take $5.00 off of any purchase of $25.00 or more with the coupon code 5OFF25 at the checkout. This coupon is good on all items in my shop, including jewelry! Offer valid from 5/3/13 until Mother's Day (5/12/13).





-Shipping is now priced between 7-9 dollars for 1 item and 3-5 dollars for more than one item! This is better than any other ship price on etsy for hula hoops. Your Hoops wil also ship within 1-3 business days!! :)…

whew, home from hoop class. i did a vortex! and knee hooping. and uh... like jumping out of your hoop in a classy way, and this weird smearing spinning thing that looks cool but i still need to talk myself through. i fucking love hooping. feeling in a better mood now. i forgot to take video of the tricks but this class was a little less content filled and had a few harder things in it.

any busty ladies out there with any tips on chest hooping?

I've decided to start a Tulsa hooping group, since our city has so many other groups and clubs but NO Hooping community. The gyms that used to advertise hoop classes have changed hands and moved.So i've started to put together a group! Zenith Hooping! Here is Zenith's beliefs-ish

Zenith: Point directly above your head in the night sky.



-Share the joy of becoming one with your hoop while learning about yourself…

Why can't there just be this super awesome one stop shop for all your smart hoop / regular LED hoop needs? I feel like buying an LED hoop (especially a smart hoop!) is much like purchasing a pair of shoes or a car. I wanna try that shit on first to see if it fits! Give that baby a test spin! Am I going to prefer 36" poly over 34" hdpe? Maybe the synth kicks the phoenix's ass in person as far as visuals or user friendly-ness goes. So many options! Ugh. #overwhelmed #hoophungry…

About three weeks ago I went into Target with the mission to buy a kettle bell weight.  Since I'm easily distracted I looked around at all the other workout toys that were available for purchase.  My eyes landed on a foam padded, weighted hula hoop.  I thought, hey that looks pretty damn cool!  So instead of coming home with a kettle bell, I also bought a hula hoop.  

As soon as I got home I put the hoop together and started spinning it.  Round and round it went!  I was surprised I…

omg how much fun is that? the MOST FUN EVER. it's kinda exciting because i step into each class knowing nothing and learning a ton. I'm on week 2 of hooping and learned how to go from vertical hand hooping to drop into waist hooping. it's not pretty yet but it works! 

i need to buy some light hoops for doing this though, the tops of my hands are already turning green, red and purple. oops. i shall have to go to the dollar store and buy some little kids hoops that weigh nothing…

This is to anyone in the Salt Lake City, Utah area!  I am starting the seconded annual class and hoop jam. Classes start May 12 and are super fun! Check out the link   http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hoop-Dance-Fitness/490038394378047 .

2nd Annual Hooping and Yoga Retreat

My friend Elesha and I are hosting a hooping and yoga retreat on June 8th-9th. Tickets are available online and are only $20.00! Come meet some lovely people and make wonderful summer memories with us! :) Happy Hooping!

Last couple days the weather has been amazing, and do add to, it is staying lighter later to i can hoop well into the night without feeling like I cant see. I hooped from 7:30 till 9:30 last night, my ipod ended up dying so i just hooped to the sound of the grass and leaves under my feet, the crickets... annnddd the cars passing on the freeway near my house lol. it was nice to just hoop. Not worry about doing tricks or looking cool. just on body, keep the hoop up, feel the connection between…

well i'm still practicing the stuff from last weeks class but no matter what i try i still can't walk while hooping in my 37" hoop. i'm only on my second official week of hooping so it's something. I'm finding my 'ironman' hoop is kinda aptly named, it's fast and agile but just a little too fast for me to get the tricks i want down. i'm excited for tomorrow's class and to meet my new big blue hoop. hopefully it will help me learn some of this stuff a little faster.

I was not expecting bruising at all!

on my first day hooping ive notice my left hip bone was getting a ruff beating, but i didn't expect a bruise to appear lol!  O.o at first i was like...  'am i doing something wrong?'', ''am i not hooping right?'' but come to find out, its perfectly normal! and that i should be expecting more to come in the future!  (〃￣ω￣〃ゞ

Well ima be honest! :p 

i haven't been hooping as much as i intended to,due to the fact 2 days later my bf bought me a new video game; an yes im a sucker for em lol! but still i made sure i got my hoop on! XP buuuut annnywaaayz......so far i'm able to walk, turn with my hoop, spin and lift my hoop twirling around my hand, but have a bit of trouble bringing it down. i've also learned when turning the opposite way of my hoop, makes it turn faster falling to the area around my knees,…

I wasn't going to use this hoop journal, as I thought it was cheesy, but after watching today's recordings of myself, I just HAD to.

I've only recorded myself one other time, and it was maybe three weeks after starting hooping. [Significant Other's Name Redacted] filmed it for me, and I felt really awkward having him watch me and I kept thinking how stupid I looked.

Yesterday I had an AWESOME morning hooping before work, so I thought why not try it again today?…

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ive been hooping about every other day, it all depends on the weather and my energy levels. shoulder/chest hooping is still coming along, i can now take my arms out, and take one out at a time then switch and while waist hooping, i can shoot my arms down and get the hoop up my shoulders!! it feels soo good to see myself learning more and being able to do thing i once could not. took out some time to play with my smaller hoop and it was nice! definitely different, but im working on it. as…

Spent an hour and a half out hooping this afternoon, haven't worked so much on knee hooping as the bruises from the other day hurt like a SOB and I don't want to make them worse. (Although I will admit, when the hoop starts finding its way towards my knees I don't entirely stop it. 

Anywho, I spent most of today trying to get it up to my chest & keeping it there. Was successful at both, but not for long. Next task, I think is getting my arms INTO the…

Hi Hoopers. My mom, sister and I are holding a Universal Prayer of Peace at 5pm to celebrate my dad's life tomorrow at the beach by the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego. He died this past Sunday at 11:21pm of cancer. He was just diagnosed 1 month ago. The love and support that has been surrounding my family has been incredible. I created this event nationwide so many others who love my dad will be holding their own ceremony at exactly the same time. I know none of you know him but he was a…

WANT SOME BIG EXCITEMENT IN YOUR LIFE???



Here is a ONCE IN A LIFETIME CHANCE OPPORTUNITY!!!



I am looking for 20 dancers to perform with me at the SEMI FINALS ROUND of a dance talent show competition that airs on TV!



You will not be paid, but YOU WILL BE ON TV!!! Millions of people will see you and the talent you got!!!! That will give you a GREAT head start in your dance career. You will be reimbursed for the expenses…

So I guess this space is for blogging about your progress, and even if it wasn't, that's how I'm going to use it because I think it will do me good to see the progress that way. 

So I've been at this just over a week & made my own hoop (which is way better than the ones I had before) today was my first full day of the new hoop, which was awesome!

I managed to figure out the 'Escalator' trick & knee hooping. The backs of my knees hurt like a bitch. :p

The…

today my hoop arrived!!! & Here i will be recording my progress of my hooping journey; i've been very interested in hooping lately, youtube is like my inspiration to start hooping, it seems fun exciting,ana great way to get some carido in, in my spare time for a lil exercise, im so excited i love music and dancing as it is, an soon ill be dancing with my hoop! 

      (^.^)/     ........all i need now is space!  :p!    

I'd be lying if i said i wasn't a bit nervous because i have no tricks, but i am better at keeping the hoop up then i was a week ago. for some reason my hoop runs diagonally across my stomach when i hoop so maybe it's a stance issue? Who knows at this point, but i am super happy to have the opportunity to learn how to do it properly. I'm planning on even going to spinout this year even. Here's to jumping into it with both feet and learning on the fly if i can :)

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Help me get to 40 sales and I will be doing a random giveaway of previous customers for a free pair of 1/2 UV mini hoops!!! :)…

Today was absolutly beautiful outside! so me n the hubby took time to go outside and have some fun :)

Not only did I get 3 new videos up, I'm actually pretty impressed at the videos. I practiced quite a few new tricks to try and get them down. plus after my laptop died I started working on my knee hooping. I only have my right current right now but I DID A ONE LEGGED KNEE HOOP! for the first time! and i was able to figure out knee to hips without watching a video (Just the help of an…

Well Charlotte may not be as bad as originally thought. Like everything it just needs a little time to marinate. I preformed in charlotte for my first time this last friday night, it was exhilarating :) to get to be apart of something again. And finding a weekly hoop jam how could life get any better here, ohhh yeah by getting that new JOB OMG I hope and pray, HOOP and PRAY haha! Any ways everything is gonna be fine! I hoop..

So, I'm walking through the local big box store, arguing with myself about whether or not to get the kettlebell I want. Workout equipment, or gas for the car?  Of course, maintaining my means of transportation to work won.

Anyway, as I'm heading through to the front from the exercise equipment aisle, I hear a familiar "shoop shoop". I grin to myself and comment to no one in particular, "Someone's playing with a hoop."

Just then, I hear a plaintive cry: "I've…

I Am Improving. Slowly. Very Slowly.

The Problem Is That I Can't Do ANY Tricks With My Weighted Hoop. You Guys Were Right- I Did Grow Into My Hoop And The Bruising Has Stopped, For The Most Part.

So, I Would Absolutely Adore It If Someone Could Tell Me Where I Could Get A Nice Performance Hoop(Or Whatever You Want To Call It). I Don't Need Anything Flashy Yet, Just Something I Can Do Tricks With And Practice Them On.

Help? Anybody?

WANT SOME BIG EXCITEMENT IN YOUR LIFE???

Here is a ONCE IN A LIFETIME CHANCE OPPORTUNITY!!!

I am looking for 20 dancers to perform with me at the SEMI FINALS ROUND of a dance talent show competition that airs on TV!

You will not be paid, but YOU WILL BE ON TV!!! Millions of people will see you and the talent you got!!!! That will give you a GREAT head start in your dance career. You will be reimbursed for the expenses you make! Being on TV is a GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE…

So my knee has almost completely given up on me doing any kind of physical activity. My heart is heavy and my hoops are lonely. I pick them up and twirl around as best I can, but in the end, the physical pain is too much to push through. Rest they say, let it heal they say, it will get better if only you let it. Sigh. Summer is right around the corner and my festival tickets are growing complacent. What's a festival without a little hooping and dancing?

I've been making such great…

we are getting some killer sunshine here in spokane WA. shoulder hooping is getting much easier, now im able to pull one arm out and put it back in then do the other arm. ( as long as i take it slow :P ) its a great sense of accomplishment for me!!

love&light

got out for about 45 minutes in the sunshine today. i find it hard for me to concentrate on hooping when i dont have my head phones on. its almost like i lose my groove. i love waist hooping, it feels so great to control the hoop, slow it down, and speed it up all with the flow of my hips/core. i have been finding flow recently and that is such a liberating feeling. hooping has opened me up to a whole new way of life. and i am so much happier now. 

love&light

 So one month later, Ive learned:

There is no "one perfect hoop"

You will be bruised

Arnica cream works!

Hooping helps with my lack of flexibility

It really does help to move in a circle while doing ANY hooping.....

I have very little Ab power

My chest is square and the hoop is round

My hips are uneven

It's actually easier for me to hoop in heals!

Hooping is FUN!

NEVER compare yourself to  hoopers with YEARS of…

I just wanted to say hello to all of you, I hope you're doing well as the moon sways :]



Tonight I feel rather exhausted but overwhelmed at all the goals I have achieved. Sometimes it's really good for us to take a moment and really look at what we have done and give some appreciation to ourselves- I thought I'd note some things I accomplished recently [hooping and non-hooping related]

-I have been working a steady (and pretty well-paying) job for almost a…

played in the sunshine and wind for about 45 minutes. i found a flow today! trying to incorporate some more off body stuff. lots of tossing. i love big hoops!! i cant seem to get knee/leg hooping down, some times it works, some times it doesnt work. haha. i thought id have that down before shoulder/chest hooping.

love&light

I am going on 5 years in the hoop.  I have had two babies and totally enjoyed my time.  Last year I taught some impromptu hooping in the park.   It took off  big for me...  People who came out told me they were comfortable learning from me. They told me that if I can do it they know they can to... So on and so forth.  It made me feel good about myself and made me feel great as these wonderful people found love and joy in the hula hoop and begin to progress doing vortex's and step…

Hoop Dancing Workshop!!

Connect to your inner child!  Come out & have fun.  Learn some new moves.  Mingle.  Enjoy company of other hoopers!  Introduce new hoopers to the joy of hooping!

April 14, 2013

1:30 - 3:30 pm

Virginia Beach, Virginia @ Pleasure House Point

Park @ pump station @ Chesterfield Ave & E. Stratford, zip is 23455

Call 757-289-5677 or e-mail jenbici@msn.com for more details

I sent this Hoola Hoopa Fest Update e-mail out on Easter night. I tried putting this out as a message to all my 'friends' on here but it went way past the character limit for messages. So I'm putting it as a journal on here. 

Hi, Everybody!

 

   I attached the flyer that I made last week. I made some revisions to it. I also attached the 2nd draft of details of the festival. These  details are slightly revised from the post on my hoopcity profile.…

So, it's been a while since I posted anything here!

Things have been moving along- school is ending for this year, and my four giant final projects have kept me busy! We just started the new season of LARPing, too, so I get to go and be beat up (and beat people up!) every week. Soon, I shall go to Iceland for a fantastic vacation of fun and amazingness! And then I'll be back, and hopefully working full-time.

And also looking for a new job.

Anyways, hooping! I've been a…

Jeez, where to begin. I'm back at it again. After a several month hiatus, I have returned to my practice. In a way it feels like its been years. 

Its been a long winter in central NY and I haven't really had a place to practice on a regular basis. I've had some short hoop sessions in the storage room at work and some cold nights of spinning fire in the snow.

Right now I find myself reflecting on why and how I started this journey. What hoop dance was to me when I started is so…

the last two days have been entirely too windy too hoop out doors, and sadly i dont have the room inside to hoop. but i got out today and worked more on my shoulder hooping and i think im getting it! i was able to take my arms out today and chest hoop. knee/leg hooping is still kinda iffy. im noticing that i care less when people watch me, it pushes me to do better :) 

I've have always been longing for a second passion and I've finally found it! :) 

I have just recently started out hooping and I'm very excited to progress and get really good at it.

I'm just shy of one month of hooping. I'm really trying to challenge myself so I can learn a lot.

Music has always been one of my biggest things. I just love the inspiration and motivations it draws to me. I just love getting lost in it and shutting everything else out. I've always wanted to…

I have finally (kind of) made up my mind regarding the controversial smart hoop purchase! Unfortunately my decision is going to require a LOT of patience, and giving up the hope to own one by festival season. I just really cannot settle for one that I like "almost" as much. SO, whoever decides to unleash their product to the public first wins my purchase! Secretly I am hoping the Phoenix kicks in to gear first (sooo much customization!) BUT I would be equally as enthralled to get my hands on…

Because I can't read and write to well after a few hours of being awake, I best hurry and type up my thoughts to save for the long novel I've been working on.

The story was all in my head when the main character rocked out with her favorite band, Kings of the Stone Age. Writing and scripting a made up life about a girl who broke her back and lost the life she knew is hard when I can't read or write too well. After a week or so of doing math homework, my brain hurts yet I…

There are only 11 days left for my wonderful 2nd Hoopiversary sale!!! After April 20th, shipping will be going up to 7.99.

I just added some new items so go check it out if you would like.

www.hoopsgaloreandmore.etsy.com!

~~~Love & Light~~~

i hooped out in the sunshine today in WA. today i listened to more slow, emotional music today. VNV nation, Gotye and Assemblage 23 were some of my most frequents. working on my shoulder hooping the most and im almost there, playing around with some off body spins and tosses. for some reason i cant quite get knee/thigh hooping down to save my life. im having a hard time adjusting with sizing down as well, i have 2 hoops, a 40'' 3/4 PE and a 37'' 1/2 PE. maybe i am just a big heavy hooper…

"We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?" Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won’t feel insecure around you. When we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."- Marianne Williamson

Hula hooping! Who knew?

About a month ago (March  2013) I clicked on a random You Tube video on the side bar,  "LED hula hoop girl" , of course one video led to the next (and the next and ....)where I found Safire, Anah (Hoopalicious) and Baxter from Hooppath and that's all she wrote! I was hooked. I started to figure out how to buy my first hoop. Waist height, no belly button height, Someone else says sternum height , 3/4" or 1" tubing? 100 psi 125 psi 160…

Technically my three month isn't for like three days, but, since I usually forget the day-of I might as well be early this time. :)



It's FINALLY starting to act like spring outside, and with the nice weather my whole hoopitude has been revitalized. I picked up a handful of new moves (Babz's Christmas wrap, the energy ball, this behind-the-back/over-the-shoulder toss I have no name for) and I'm working on hooping with my elbows and bringing one leg in/out when knee hooping. Also,…

Flowers are in full bloom here, despite the chaotic weather. I have been working full time for three weeks now and I'm halfway towards getting my vehicle back. As soon as that happens I'll be saving money for a place to live :] as far as my hooping has been going I feel like I have made some major improvements. My shoulder hooping has gone from non-existent to existent and both sustainable/pretty for short periods of time. My waist hooping is beyond what I could have ever hoped, I am able to…

So as you all probably know by now, I have an etsy >> www.hoopsgaloreandmore.etsy.com . OH yeah and right now, until April 20th, 2013, I am offering $5.00 shipping on all hoops.

I am 21 years old. I am at 20 sales at the moment and have decided that whoever chooses to be hoop  sale number 21 receives a free pair of 1/2" polypro minis in their size of choice between 18" OD and 24" OD!

All you have to do…

Hello Whoever Is Reading This,

I'm A Newbie On This Site, And In Fact, I'm A Newbie To Hooping In General. In Fact, I Just Started. Literally About Two Weeks Ago. 

The Original Reason For Weighted Hula Hooping: Losing Weight. About A Year Ago, I Was About 160 Pounds. I'm 5'6"-5'7" And Considered Myself Very Pudgy. Since Then, I Have Lost Approximately 15-20 Pounds. I Know, It Doesn't Really Sound Like A Lot, But Working At A Dessert Shop, Keeping Up With School And Living Life…