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Rachel Lust teaches us how to do one of my favorites, the Escalator and Reverse. This move appears almost magic like. The escalator and reverse is a fun trick to throw into your hoop dance routines. Be patient with this one, it took me a while to get it, and boy when i did, it felt great! Enjoy 🙂 Continue reading Escalator and Reverse Hoop Tutorial by Rachael Lust
This tutorial is from Anah “Hoopalicious” Reichenbach of Hoop Revolution, who was recently here in Australia for some hoop dance workshops in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Coffs Harbor. Here Anah shares some quick tips for smoother body rolls that have helped her in perfecting this move. She explains that you can use these techniques to almost any body rolls. Thanks Anah! Continue reading Hoop Dance Tutorial: Body Rolls with Anah from Hoopalicious
Shakti Sunfire talks about spanda, the tantric principle of living the throbbing energy of life from the viewpoint of expansion and contraction and relates this pulsing reality to the hoop dance trick she calls, the body roll. Continue reading Tantra and Body Rolls with Shakti Sunfire
Are you ready for something a little more advanced? Babz Robinson of Wild Girl Hoops shows us in this tutorial how to do leg reversals while waist hooping. Continue reading Leg Reversal from Waist Hooping Tutorial by Babz Robinson
Deanne Love from Hooplovers Melbourne Australia shares this brilliant tutorial on how to vertical break and reverse the direction of the hoop as it spins on the chest and shoulders. Deanne specifically goes through every single move along with valuable tips on how to maneuver each step. Continue reading Vertical Break & Reverse | Shoulder Chest Hooping by Deanne Love
Join world renowned hoopstars for an exploration of your hoop dance practice in Coffs Harbor and Brisbane Australia! Relish in a special one day offering with Deanne Love, Bunny Hoopstar and Hoopalicious for the teaching of a lifetime! Continue reading Hoopalicious, Deanne Love and Bunny Hoopstar Hoop Dance Intensive Brisbane & Coffs Harbor
Learning to hoop on your knees ( knee hooping ) and lower body will open up a vast amount of movement, tricks and dance within your hoop dance. Babz Robinson gives us a fantastic knee hooping tutorial on how to spin with the hoop in your knee while spinning and hopping one foot! looks way better than it sounds! Continue reading Knee Hooping Tutorial
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
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
