As hoop dance has evolved over the years new styles and forms are busting out, the foundations stay solid and the WOW factor gains more wowness as hoopers work it, push it and take it to new levels.
I love watching a hooper flowing through their groove and then busting out a “what the freak just happened there” moment. So this week I want to give you an example of a super mini sequences that you could fully amp up for a “holy hoop lover, watch out” moment in between your hoop dance flow.
Oh this is such tricky territory. The labels. The categorizing of moves. Argh it all gets a little muddy.
For the longest time I have used the term “Beginners & Beyond” This gives hoopers of all skill and dedication level an option. If you are a beginner, just starting out then a beginners & beyond class/workshop/series would support the start of your hoop journey. If you are beyond the foundations the “beyond” would support your growth.
I originally titled this week’s Flow Session as “intermediate” but I scrapped that for a more descriptive title.
Yes Mandala is the Sanskrit word for Circle. I know, cool huh? In hooping what I like to call the Mandala moves are circles within circles and brilliant for improving your coordination using both sides of the body as well as moving in the back plane. Mandala moves also open the heart; yep you will … Read more
This week’s free hoop dance video tutorials is “One Handed Helicopter” with Lisa Lottie. Lisa Lottie also taught us another free hooping tutorials in the past “Waist to kneee Hooping“
Flow Sessions: Dancing Through Your Tricks In hoop dance we can all get a little (or a lot) trick-centric. So focussed on getting a new trick, after new trick and forgetting to dance and flow. The brain and body become fixated on mastery and technical execution and loses its ability to allow, to flow, to … Read more
