This past month’s workshop with the talented acro-hoop instructors Marria & Zach of Hoop Ninja fame proved to be a super fun (and also an admittedly exhausting!) time. Three straight hours of inversions and one-handed cartwheels and carrying another’s body weight was way more strenuous activity than I’m used to in a given day. And still it was great! I have a ton of new movement ideas to now play with and delve deeper into when the mood strikes me. I did thankfully get exposed to gymnastics as a wee one, but as an adult the closest I’ve come to this type of practice has been the rare acro-yoga class. This fulfilled that extra physical push for me, and was additionally awesome because it integrated my favorite toy of all beyond the bod: the hoop. Pictured above is yours truly steadily ‘basing’ for the magnificent Maddy high hooping, with Soolah & Zach visible in the back. : )