We just wrapped up week three of our new & delightful Mindful Hooping class creation. During our class we’ve been incorporating quotations of writers who inspire us how to be more mindful, intentional, and joyful in our practice. What follows are the names and/or books of the people whose words we’ve been celebrating within the […]

Believe your eyes, this is actually a rather fuzzy but sweet shot of a real live praying mantis on a hoola hoop! My friends Paco, Trixie, Monkey and I were hooping it up one recent afternoon in Baltimore’s charming Patterson Park when we came upon this friendly, zen~ly fellow.

I am happy to see that more and more people are dropping the hula from hooping- and that many of those who are not are choosing to use the spelling ‘hoola’ instead of the more culturally appropriating ‘hula’ term. The two presumably white men from California who patented the ‘Hula Hoop’ in 1958 were said […]

As we celebrate the autumnal equinox, what better way to reflect on the coming of fall but to warm up our bodies with some heart-strengthening hooping?! Tonight’s equinox marks a time of year when there are equal amounts of daylight and darkness. This kind of punctuated state of balance is one I frequently experience while hooping. We are the […]

Lately I have been excitedly researching the long and deep history of hooping. It’s no surprise that folks have been using the symbolic circle in everything from religious rites to playtime, & dances to target training throughout time. Some 3000 years ago Egyptians fashioned hoops from dried grapevines and other plant materials to swing around […]

Not only does active hoola hooping get your heart rate going, it is a great workout for your other most important body part: your brain. Hoola hooping in a circle around your core activates both the left and right sides of your body, back and forth, over and over again. Due to this left & […]

This week I plan to meet up with fellow hoopers in the DC metropolitan area- folks I’ve never met before- and relish in our collective love of hooping. I have not done a lot of group-hooping before. I’m looking forward to this new outlet for both energetic merging and learning fun tricks that I have […]

I just finished ordering my first shipment of supplies from Identi-tape online. It’s a very user and hooper-friendly site, as stated by the great collection of folks at hooping.org. What fun I had picking out different colors and types of tape for hoopmaking! As the weather gets springy I am itching to get outside and […]

I am getting excited about spreading the magic of the hoop world to more and more folks. Yesterday I delivered 2 shiny hoops to my Aunt’s home in Burtonsville, MD. I got to watch my young cousin try out her brand new pink, orange, and purple hoop. She’s so skilled! One of the things I […]

Last night I made my first two hoops since I moved back to the DC area. I grabbed one on my way out as I headed off for a night of dancing downtown. Went to the Black Cat where there was a rad group of people shaking tail feathers to the musical offerings of the […]

The other day I made the first trip of my DC life to get hooping gear around here. I brought my momma along with me- we both love ourselves some hardware stores. I was a little worried at first, not finding any polytubing at the local Home Depot mega stores. I would love to find […]

I spent my night happily contra dancing at the historic Glen Echo Park’s beauteous Spanish Ballroom. Here I met several friendly folk, one of whom is an active hooper in the DC community (bringing an armful of hoops to the dance!). She’s even got her own group of hooping women spinning it up together every […]

I have recently landed back in Maryland where I was born and raised, after spending my last six years in the emerald city of Seattle, Washington. Along with this drastic geographic move, I have decided to put my time and energy into creating and growing Hooping Powers. When I stumbled upon the resurging hooping community […]