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You can call me that if you like! This Sat. Toby helped me finish up a new little chicken hut that I’d started. It’s a 3′x4′ shed that sits at the edge of the fencing of their run. The back side opens so I can put their food and water in. That way, their food [...]

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Hooping progress

My hooping progress is slow going. I only get to hoop for ~30 minutes once a week. But, I make the most of that time and usually end up getting nauseas from all the spinning So, here’s a little video for you. I was working on angle hooping and trying to get it to flow [...]

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Kaia the Hoop princess

Well, ok, she’s not actually hooping, but I love her dance style!

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Fire Poi

This is Caroleeena. I met her this past weekend at the Hoop Path Workshop. She is an amazing hooper, and as you can see, pretty skilled at poi, too.

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Hoop Path Workshop

I spent this past weekend in Carrboro for a hooping workshop and I have wanted to post about it, but I don’t know how to put it into words. When most people think of hooping, they might imagine just spinning this circle around your waist. But hooping has become so much more, especially after this [...]

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Fun in the sun!

Can you believe the weather today?!? It got up to 80 degrees here! Well, I spent last night frantically cleaning the house getting ready for my hoop class. I invited 19 people and had 10 confirmed “Yes”. I spent this morning setting up the front porch, cleaning the dog poop out of the front yard [...]

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Hoop Class

I took my last of four hooping classes tonight (a nice little break from listening to the poll results). I’m getting more fluid with moving the hoop around and still really enjoying it! After class Julia did a fire hoop demonstration. That’s me in the middle Hooping blindfolded The offer is still open for anyone [...]

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Hooping is a dangerous sport!

Last night I was trying to learn how to keep the hoop going around my knees! Check out my bruises! (Maybe I need to start taking my vitamins )

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Hooping Mama!!

I went to a hoop workshop today put on by Spiral Hoop Dance and had the best time!! It was so much fun to get out there and hoop with everyone. There was an informal question/answer session going on while we all hooped. There was also some drumming going on, which made for great hoooping [...]

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Hooping

OK, I think I may have figured out an exercise I can do. Twice a week, the local co-op has music and food on their front lawn, and every week the Spiral Hoop Dancers bring lots of hoops and dance to the music. They bring extras for everyone else to try. So, remembering how I [...]

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