I’m incredibly fortunate to have participated at this years Hoopy Happenings Event at Heathcote over the weekend – A workshop filled hooping event and jam packed, full of fun and good times set in the beautiful tranquil bush at Heathcoate Scout Camp. Continue reading Hoopy Happenings 2014 – Its a Wrap!
Nothing is more important than a healthy sense of self-esteem and loving yourself. Throughout my hooping journey, I have found that I have gained a great deal of confidence in sharing hoop dance with others and complete strangers, the creative movement in hoop dance differs from hooper to hooper and it is vita that we find confidence and acceptance in our own hoop dance style, this in turn will allow us to let go of all inhibitions and just have a great time dancing in the hoop. In addition to this, I’d like to share with you a collection of the most inspiring and uplifting thoughts from the past 2400 years on getting to know yourself, raising your self-esteem and finding a self-love. Continue reading A Collection of Inspiring Self-Esteem and Self-Love Quotes
I love this hoop dance video because in it, tanzendefeder dances with the hoop with such an effortless flow which suits the chilled out atmosphere of this gorgeous sunset during a holiday in Venezia, Italy. Music is “Song For The Crickets” by Parov Stelar. Hope this inspires you as much as it inspires me 🙂 Continue reading Sunset Hooping In Venezia Italy
Elbow hooping and Elbow Twin Hooping can be pretty tricky as the distance between our elbows and shoulders is short which leaves little room for error. With enough patience and practice, This Elbow Twin Hooping move can become a fun way to mix up your hoop dance practice. I’m using 85cm ultra light PolyPro Hoop, which you can buy from my hoop shop
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Throwing in a chest roll hula hooping trick when practicing hoop dance adds some real sparks to your hoop dance practice. This chest roll in hula hooping teaches us balance as well as aligning our body in a central and balanced stance whilst doing the chest roll. Our wrist control here is key and as […]
Lets learn to reverse a coin flip. You can get into a reverse coin flip from vertically hand hooping, its a fun move to learn and add into your hoop dance practice. I break to move into 3 steps to make it easier to understand. Hope it helps 🙂 NEW to hula hooping? Learn all […]
Learn how to bring the hula hoop up from your knees up to your waist. PER-REQUISITE: You will have already learnt how to knee hoop and maintain the hula hoop on your knees. This lesson is one of my lessons picked from my Knee Hooping Module in my Beginners Hula Hooping Course which covers all […]
This lesson is featured in my Beginners Hula Hooping Course which in the vertical chest and shoulder hooping module we cover lessons in earth vertical chest hooping, sky vertical chest hooping as well as alternating arms as we perform these moves. This lesson teaches you in detail how to keep the hoop in orbit in […]
In this hula hoop lesson, I explain how to do a continuous k roll which is also known as the continuous vertical chest roll. I love adding this hoop trick into my hoop dance flow because it adds a funky illusion that the hoop is rolling down my chest from my hands up above down […]
This hula hoop trick makes a great way to create the illusion the hoop is spinning around your hand. It is a great hoop move to transition into on body hooping or off body hooping as you are able to move straight into vertical or horizontal plane. I recommend practicing in balancing the hoop on […]
Elbow hooping and Elbow Twin Hooping can be pretty tricky as the distance between our elbows and shoulders is short which leaves little room for error. With enough patience and practice, This Elbow Twin Hooping move can become a fun way to mix up your hoop dance practice. I’m using 85cm ultra light PolyPro Hoop, […]
Body rolls can be challenging to learn, it took me loads of practice and patience in perfecting. In this hooping tutorial I demonstrate and give you some pointers on how to do the Back Roll from front plane, the Back Roll can also be done from the back plane rolling the hoop with your palms […]
There are all sorts of escalator moves in hooping which all look incredible and magical. The escalator can be done one-legged, with both legs on the floor, escalator up and also in reverse. Once you learn this move, its quite hard not to keep mixing it into your daily practice hooping sessions. Continue reading Escalator with fold and jump through by Fun Tricks
Hey hoopers! After a great weekend filled with leisure and fun, ending with a great little hoop dance session at the Shelly Beach Sunday Social Burn hosted by the wonderful Northern Beaches Fire Twirlers Group – It’s the regular case of the Monday’s today. Back to the routine, not much time for play leaves me counting down for the weekend again. Ok, so enough of my first world problem winge! Continue reading How to break out of negative thinking
OK I must say that I just LOVE this move, it creates such a stunning sense of magic. Gail O’Brien or HoopSpin is an extraordinary hooper who teaches hoop dance in the UK. Gail has taught at many hoop events including Sacred Circularities, HoopCamp, Spin Summit, SWHoop, HoopCamp, European Juggling Convention, Brighton Flow Fest and UK Hoop Gatherings (UK). She also performs and runs the annual Manchester Hoop Congress. Continue reading Chest Body Roll and Turn by Gail O’Brien
Body rolls can be challenging to learn, it took me loads of practice and patience in perfecting. In this hooping tutorial I demonstrate and give you some pointers on how to do the Back Roll from front plane, the Back Roll can also be done from the back plane rolling the hoop with your palms up which I will post a tutorial for soon. Here I’m using my ‘Forest Green’ 95cm diameter dance hoop from my hula hoop shop based in Australia I ship world wide.
NEW to hula hooping? Learn hula hooping with my Hula Hooping Beginners Course which you can access all 41 lessons online or download anytime.
Throwing in a chest roll hula hooping trick when practicing hoop dance adds some real sparks to your hoop dance practice. This chest roll in hula hooping teaches us balance as well as aligning our body in a central and balanced stance whilst doing the chest roll. Our wrist control here is key and as […]
Lets learn to reverse a coin flip. You can get into a reverse coin flip from vertically hand hooping, its a fun move to learn and add into your hoop dance practice. I break to move into 3 steps to make it easier to understand. Hope it helps 🙂 NEW to hula hooping? Learn all […]
Learn how to bring the hula hoop up from your knees up to your waist. PER-REQUISITE: You will have already learnt how to knee hoop and maintain the hula hoop on your knees. This lesson is one of my lessons picked from my Knee Hooping Module in my Beginners Hula Hooping Course which covers all […]
This lesson is featured in my Beginners Hula Hooping Course which in the vertical chest and shoulder hooping module we cover lessons in earth vertical chest hooping, sky vertical chest hooping as well as alternating arms as we perform these moves. This lesson teaches you in detail how to keep the hoop in orbit in […]
In this hula hoop lesson, I explain how to do a continuous k roll which is also known as the continuous vertical chest roll. I love adding this hoop trick into my hoop dance flow because it adds a funky illusion that the hoop is rolling down my chest from my hands up above down […]
This hula hoop trick makes a great way to create the illusion the hoop is spinning around your hand. It is a great hoop move to transition into on body hooping or off body hooping as you are able to move straight into vertical or horizontal plane. I recommend practicing in balancing the hoop on […]
Elbow hooping and Elbow Twin Hooping can be pretty tricky as the distance between our elbows and shoulders is short which leaves little room for error. With enough patience and practice, This Elbow Twin Hooping move can become a fun way to mix up your hoop dance practice. I’m using 85cm ultra light PolyPro Hoop, […]
Body rolls can be challenging to learn, it took me loads of practice and patience in perfecting. In this hooping tutorial I demonstrate and give you some pointers on how to do the Back Roll from front plane, the Back Roll can also be done from the back plane rolling the hoop with your palms […]
I remember my first attempt at making a dance hoop and taping hula hoops, not only was the hula hoop wonky and eventually fell apart but the tape decorating was atrocious! I started out thinking ‘Hey this should be easy’ until I soon realised 2 minutes in that I needed more practice – and really that’s what will help you with your hoop tape wrapping skills – practice, patience and lets not forget to mention, lots of hula hoop tape! Today I thought I’d share some valuable tips which helped me master hoop making, hoping that it will help you in your hoop crafting too. Continue reading Taping Hula Hoops – Tips in Hoop Taping
This Vertical Hooping Tutorial focuses on how to pop in to the hoop and roll it across your back as you’ve placed it onto your chest. This move is so effective when moving into from a weave or just vertical hand hooping. In this move we place the hoop onto our chest whilst leaning forward and let the inside of the hula hoop roll over your back quickly in chest hooping vertically with our arms out of the hoop and from there we pull it off all in one motion. You will see how this move can be used as a way to move from vertical hand hooping into vertical chest hooping and back. Vertical Hooping where always a challenge for me to get right. In this Hooping tutorial I’ve added some pointers that helped me get the Vertical Pop In right. I hope it helps you! 🙂
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