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…

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'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…

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…

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…

I've been downsizing recently. It started when I began a new job in January and realized that the new pants I'd just bought a month earlier were too big. I'd been losing weight without knowing it, which was odd since I was not hooping or exercising (foot injury) and not really paying attention to what I was eating. I was mostly schlumping around the house in baggy clothes, job hunting online and haunting a couple of Facebook groups. I had no idea the pounds were dropping…

I seem to be spending quite a bit of time searching for my flow rather than letting it come naturally. I have expected it to be this sort of gift that just "happens" one day in the middle of my hoop sesh. I am a confused hooper, after hooping for two years on and off, I notice little progress, consistency has never been my forte to say the least.

I spend a lot of time convincing myself that I am "confident in my own skin," "artistic, naturally," and "coordinated." The truth…

First off, forgive me for being evasive. Late nights (or should I say early mornings) always heighten my emotions. Being someone who has dealt with anxiety for a great chuck of my life, I find the wee hours to be most substantial for me to clear my noggin', allowing me to honing in on my truest ambitions. I feel that more people than ever are 'waking up.' We are all starting to see the cracks in the structures built by those before us.

I find that the more I hoop for myself, the more…

I woke up in a very awkward sort of mood. I had to let go of a beautiful cat I found just the other day because I realized she was pregnant and I just cannot have kittens... so I've been sort of bummed. It was such a beautiful day and my friend asked if I wanted to go to the park so I naturally jumped on the hooping opportunity :] It was so amazing! We spent 2 hours each at two different parks between water and smoke breaks. I taught my friend how to hoop and do a few tricks and he really…

Always loved this move but occasionally got the rotating and grabbing wrong and ended up looking and feeling like a total newb. Thanks to Safire for the clear tutorial!

Watch my quick video showing the helicopter here:!

http://youtu.be/HgcAJhmVi-M

We southerners finally have an awesome fire festival/retreat! Check out FLAME festival 2013, it's a great time. I'll be teaching this year alongside some incredibly talented flow artists from all over the country. It's…

I made an error on a previous video calling it a barrel roll when it was in-fact an isolated barrel roll! Here is my attempt at the 'traditional' barrel roll- (though honestly I REALLY need to work on my vertical chest hooping)

My vid, yo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO0_CtVGjF8&feature=youtu.be

Hi everyone! I've been a hooping addict and hoop performer for the past 3 years but it's been a bit of a struggle for me because I have an old injury that keeps bothering me. I broke my right foot about 10 years ago and it often gets inflamed and makes even walking a struggle at times. I hold my chin up and take it most of the time...I've traveled and performed all over the world and have dragged my bad foot behind me through the entire journey and ignored the pain. But recently, it's…

Almost skipped past this one because I already did chest hooping but glad I took the time to check out some tutorials and approach it as a beginner. :)

Here's my vid! It's kinda derpy but the sun was setting and I couldn't do a second take XD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze8UuXU3nNM

Because I was having so much fun in teh forest today here's one of my hooping and givin' some tips! Ye-ah! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dCQpnvYMsQ

Amazingly I found it WAY easier to do this move with my HDPE LED hoop as apposed to my lighter polypro that just kept bouncing off my legs and bruising my knees, back of leg, shins, ankles etc. I recommend practicing this with boots on 'cause when it hits your ankles or toes it reeeaaalllly hurts. XD

Here's a link to me managing to get the hoop below the knee and back up again!…

It started out like any other goal.. A goal to lose weight, psht right, I'd been trying to lose weight for so long now, like this time would be any different, but I guess I will try.. Hula hooping seems like it would be fun, and entertaining.. but how much weight could one person really loose right? 

Starting out at A whopping 200 pounds, thats alot of weight... this is the heaviest I've ever been... 

and so my journey begins... 

June 10th 2010... weight 200 pounds... Hopefully…

This is my first journal entry. I've been inspired into action after coming across the link posted by PHoops in their journal last month to the amazing "Randy Pausch - His Last Lecture." It blew me away, so many thanks for posting, PHoops.

The lecture reminded me of my all-time favourite YouTube clip, as despite being a totally different style of video, the similarities in it's message are apparent. Bob just uses a lot fewer words...…

Hey Hoop Family!

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