hula hoop Archives - Caroleeena's Circles Of Joy

Register for the Winter Hoopdance series by Dec 31 for a Special Surprise!

By Caroleeena December 28, 2012Hooping, Uncategorizedcaroleeena, cirque de vol, hoop, hoop class, hoopdance classes, hula hoop, hula hoop class, raleigh

The winter semester of my Beginning and Intermediate hoopdance series begins next Thursday. Register for the entire semester by December 31st and get a free hula hoop (in addition to a big discount)! - Beginner series: Thursdays 6-7:30 - Intermediate series: Thursdays 7:30-9! For more information or to register, please go…

The Value of a Hooper’s Training Journal … (and how to keep one)

By Caroleeena August 27, 2012hoopdance, Hooping, Uncategorizedcaroleeena, hoop journal, hoopdance, hooper's journal, hooping, how to make a hoop journal, hula hoop, journal, training3 Comments

Training Journals are great for learning, fun to peruse and full of insight. I love mine and I recommend keeping one. Bring it to classes, workshops, jams, and playdates. A Training Journal helps us cultivate and direct our growth. It serves as inspiration and aspiration, a collection of our epiphanies,…

The Beauty of Stillness in Hoopdance

By Caroleeena December 21, 2011hoopdance, Uncategorizeddance, hoop dance, hoopdance, hula hoop, stillness1 Comment

Sustained spinning is beautiful. It is a hoop-related art all its own. And art, heck, Life, is filled with duality. There is black and there is white, there is earth and there is sky, there is up and there is down. So what is the opposite of constant movement? Stillness. I…

Winter – The Time of Roots Growing beneath the Soil

By Caroleeena December 7, 2011hoopdance, Hooping, Poi, Uncategorizedcaroleeena, growing, growth, hoop, hoopdance. hoop dance, hooping, hula hoop, movement arts, poi, roots, time, winter3 Comments

When we look at trees in winter, we think of them as dormant. But they are not dormant. Even if, to the naked eye, they do not appear to be growing, they are growing. After bursting forth with new growth in springtime, trees bud and blossom, burgeon and bloom, branch out…

Alina Kabaena Rhythmic Gymnastics Tutorial

By Caroleeena November 25, 2011Hooping, Uncategorizedhoop, hooping, hula hoop, rhythmic gymnastics, tricks

It is hard to find a rhythmic gymnastics hoop tutorial online, let alone one by a gold medalist, but Alina Kabaeva, Russian olympic gold medalist in rhythmic gymnastics (and, weirdly, Vladimir Putin's mistress) has a hoop tutorial on YouTube. It's in Russian and is translated into Japanese but you can pick…

Vaudevillian Hoop Rolling

By Caroleeena November 24, 2011Hoopingboomerang roll, hoop rolling, hula hoop, rhythmic gymnastics, vaudeville, vaudevillian hoop rolling4 Comments

When I was in Japan, I got to briefly study Hoop Rolling with Naomi, director of Japan's Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation and a rhythmic gymnast since she was nine. Naomi could make a hoop roll and return to her in many unusual and inventive ways. Most of us are familiar with rolling…