Do you ever watch a video of yourself and go “what is my hand doing”? This has been something I’ve worked on throughout my hoop journey and will likely always have to put energy towards. Often times it’s easy for us to forget about our other hand, the on that isn’t holding a hoop. What do we do with this hand? What can we do? Below is an inspiration video to get us started on some ideas. Continue reading Hooping Tip: Hand Movements while Hoop Dancing
Sometimes when we have those moments during our hoop dance where you know that a mistake is coming and you lose control of your hoop, instead of letting the hoop fall to the ground, save it and flow it into another move. This will make your hoop dance seem flawless and the mistake doesn’t look like a mistake but an intentional part of the hoop dance. Continue reading Saving the Hula Hoop
Your Flow has a lot to do with how you hoop dance, watch what happens when you allow the music and heart take you away while hooping. It is often then that the inner creative ‘You’ comes out and you find yourself creating your own moves and tricks. Continue reading Feel Flow During your Hoop Dance
Bee Varga is here to teach us an intermediate circus hooping move that she refers to as the “Whine”. She lives in Basingstoke, England, UK. Continue reading Hoop Dance Tutorial: Whine – Intermediate Circus Hooping
Are you feeling a little frustrated with your hooping? Don’t give up – because Erika Espinoza is on a mission to inspire your hooping practice with this sweet and inspirational video! And she not only hoops in this, she edited it as well. Continue reading Hoop Dancing Tip: Practice Makes Perfection
Carol Becker of Fitness Hooping has her town in the US, Montpelier, Vermont, spinning it up hooping style ¨and she’s in her 60’s! Go Carol! WCAX in the US caught Becker’s enthusiasm in a recent television interview. A physical therapist by day and a hooper by night, Carol teaches hooping and uses it as a low impact, full bodyworkout. Continue reading 60 Years Young and Hooping!
Hula hoop dance tutorial on how to perform a basic isolation, isolating the hoop in one spot. Hooping Tutorial and music by Hoopsmiles aka Jon Coyne. Continue reading Beginner Hula Hoop Dance Trick : Isolations How To
Learning to hula hoop is like learning to ride a bike. Sure, someone can explain the mechanics to you, and you can observe how others do it, but ultimately it comes down to you alone. There is a moment when you shift from thinking consciously about your movements, your body wobbly and unsure, to that instant when your mind clicks off, your instincts take over and suddenly you are moving under your own power, your motion is in sync with the bike. In that moment, there is magic. And it’s the closest feeling I can compare to the wonder of making that transition from “I just can’t get it” to squeals of joy when I finally master a new move. Whether you’re working on simply keeping it spinning for the very first time or conquering something much more complicated, I have noticed a personal pattern of learning for most of us and it breaks down into four stages. Continue reading Learning to Hula Hoop Dance Comes in Four Stages
The change of seasons are so refreshing, after a long summer, its nice to feel the brisk fresh air of Autumn. I love the smell of fires being lit as you walk the streets, cold ears and noses, scarves and gloves. As it gets colder outside, if you’re a hooper who loves to hula hoop outdoors, you might be finding yourself wondering, “Where in the hell am I supposed to hoop now?” Continue reading Cold Weather Hula Hooping
Today I’d like to share one thing that has been really helpful in the last few years through out my hoop dancing training to keep my procrastination to a minimum. I’m sure most of us hoop dance lovers face stages where we procrastinate hoop dance practice, training or learning a new trick. Continue reading One Simple Question That Will Help You to Stop Procrastinating
