One of the most valuable lessons that one can learn in life is to always try and to keep on trying. Hooping is a journey, it will take time, it will take effort and there will be many mistakes and bruises along the way. SaFire has best shared this and her struggles, trials and tribulations with the hoop. If you continue to learn from your mistakes eventually you will become a master at hooping. Continue reading Hooping Tip: Stay Positive While Hooping
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
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
Hulapea Guadalajara shows us a very cool and very easy to follow Butterfly Variation tutorial, so why not spin up a butterfly or two? The tutorial is in Spanish, but if your Spanish is a little rusty, or if like me your Spanish is almost non-existent, don’t worry and watch anyway. The move has been broken down step by step visually so it is understandable by everyone. Hoggus and Ban both live in Mexico. Continue reading Hula Hooping Tutorial: Butterfly Variation
Keep in mind what your feet are doing during your hoop dance practice. Point those toes for purpose and lengthen your line. It’s a lot of the finishing touches that change the way you hoop dance!
Shakti Sunfire teaches how to do “One-Handed Floats” in this tutorial recorded at Hoopcamp 2012. This is a handy tutorial for those who are struggling with ‘floating’. Shakti gives handy advise and also gives out some trouble shooting tips at the end. I have to add, Shakti’s outfit is just gorgeous in this video! Continue reading Hula Hoop Dance Tutorial: One Handed Floats with Shakti Sunfire
