im not really sure who i am yet but im okay with that. i think the whole point of life is trying to figure out who you are, its a journey. if i knew who i was by age 17, i might as well be dead not living... although i might not know who i am, at least i know what i am. i know im positive,…

Teaching Hoop Dance has been an amazing privilege and honor to be able to facilitate an environment where others can explore, move, dance and be free! I've often said:

 "When I'm teaching I'm…

I cannot even begin to explain how much these lyrics, and this song mean to me... 

the lyrics... the beat the rhythm.. everything in this song.. is perfect.. for me... and if I slowly pick apart all of the words, and meanings and the way he says it... this song explains my life this year.

I am so thankful for all of the love and support from everyone I know, and even people I don't know who have given words of encouragement, and made this past year worth living.. 

There were A…

        This week(/year) I have been overwhelmed. With sadness and grief and guilt for loved ones who have left this world. With gratitude and love for the hoop and all of the beautiful hoopers and people that have been showing me so much support and kind words. With stress and worry because of my current financial and living situation. All of these factors have been driving me to hoop for hours and hours a day, like the first few months when I had first fallen in…

http://www.newsrecord.org/index.php/article/2012/03/hula_hoopla_hula_hoopers_gather_for_a_night_celebrating_the_hoop_life

News coverage of the event, what an amazing time!

Include in your entry the following information:

• Lindsay "Lamb" Rae Lay
• happyhooper87@gmail.com
• 24yrs
• springfield MO usa
• almost four years
• I have been to hoop convergence 2010 and 2011. I also have been apart of the Electric Forest Hula Hoop troop, attended Brecken's workshop 2011 in KC, MO.
• I do teach classes when applicable, recently taught with revolve Hawaii and stacy bryant at the dirty knees hoop workshop 2011, local…

Include in your entry the following information:

• Lindsay "Lamb" Rae Lay
• happyhooper87@gmail.com
• 24yrs
• springfield MO usa
• almost four years
• I have been to hoop convergence 2010 and 2011. I also have been apart of the Electric Forest Hula Hoop troop, attended Brecken's workshop 2011 in KC, MO.
• I do teach classes when applicable, recently taught with revolve Hawaii and stacy bryant at the dirty knees hoop workshop 2011, local…

So, I picked up my hoops in the darkness of my new backyard last night. There was a pause in the midst of the thunderstorm and the flood light lit up my hoop shadow in such a nice way that I could see my dancing perfectly.

I began to break free of patterns while dancing with my shadow with no music and could feel myself tell a story with my hoop dance. It came from deep within me and it made me move in ways I haven't before with my hoop. 

It felt good.

Then, out of the…

I know I'm not exactly active on here. But, I will hopefully have the summer off, so here's how I'm trying to tackle the off time. I have a loose list of goals.

Work Related: Get into a fall outage

Other work related: Finish editing book, find publisher for educomic

Health Related: Glasses (check), teeth cleaning, annual/adiana+novasure

Life Related:  Buy a car

Hoop Related: Finalize Vortex, learn knee hooping, master LED hoop, hoop extensively on…

About 6 months ago I began hooping.  I was instantly addicted. Over the last 6 months I've had lots of ups and downs.  When I started out hooping was the only thing I felt a passion for.  My dance classes were not giving me the fulfillment that they once did.  But thankfully I found hooping and the void that dance left me was now filled.  I wish I could say that things got instantly better after I found hooping but unfortunately that wasn't the case.  I was still dealing with depression and…

        *sigh*  I'm gonna try and keep this short, I don't wanna spread all the negativity.   Between the weather and work my mood is less than steller.  And off the beaten path...steller is an amazing, fun, and interesting word.  I want to use it more often!  (^_^)  Gah!  That right there is my problem!  No focus!  I sit down to de-stress and what do I do?  Follow the circles in my head.  Someday someone somewhere is going to come out with a devise to read minds, and they will be amazed by…

I set out on a new Assemblage project that seems to be taking on a life of it's one. I was outside working today for five hours straight and feeling awesome as I collected dead branches, planks, cinder blocks, bones, glass jars and tools. What brought this little escapade to an abrupt end was when I stepped on 1/2 an inch worth of shiny silver nail. I can now barely walk. And by that I mean I hop around on one foot and a cane. My life sucks right now. I don't know what's going to happen…

I'm moving to Seattle in 2 weeks. The 17th. I'm taking a backpack, a bag, and a few hoops. Flying Southwest, free baggage check... one of the last airlines to offer that for domestic flights, ridiculous. Preparing to move has been stressful, I find that all I want to do is hoop and spin some fire. It grounds me, it centers me, makes me feel alive and in harmony with all that is. I'm one of those people that devotes the majority of my energy to others, which is why Seattle is the plan.... I…

So, I'm a few weeks away from my first accidental hoop day. I planned to have tea with a friend and she double booked herself by accident. "Why don't you come with me to my class instead?" Little did I know it would change my life so dramatically. Yes, it was a hoop class. I'm always up for a new challenge and I love to dance so i said "Why not?"

I was instantly hooked. The class was already half through it's session but I joined in anyway thinking I could catch up what I had missed.…

i wrote a blog/discussion about a week ago about my self esteem and i thought i'd just post something humorous thats related. there's two men at my bank who come in and make me feel like i'm a goddess or something. not that i actually feel beautiful when they compliment me but the way they act. i hope that makes sense cause i explained the two men to my boyfriend and i didn't want him thinking these men made me feel beautiful and he didn;t. AHH, rambling. anyway, my point is one comes in…