I have been in the countryside of southern Chile for nearly a month now. Here’s a shot of me just before a gay parade in Santiago my second day in South America~ donning an “I Love Myself” sign in Spanish- “Yo Amo A Mi Misma!”~ with my hoola hoops happily overhead. The modern hooping movement is practically unheard of here~ and by ‘here’ I mean in Valdivia, which is about a 10-hour drive south of Santiago. Everyone I’ve met has been super-receptive and excited about the joyful revolution. I’ve made a gang of hoops thus far, which are all a bit softer than what I am used to making and using in North America. More to come on my hooping-making adventures in a post very soon. I am planning to hold a workshop in a couple of weeks to introduce the movement to the beautiful people of Valdivia. Check back frequently for more updates now that we have internet access on the land~ a serene and stunning temperate rainforest in which to hoop and meditate and explore and hoop some more!