Why Hoop?!
Master
the Flow of Brilliance
Hoopdance for me has very little to do with perfecting
hoop tricks or enhancing physical conditioning. The
primary reason that I am drawn into the hoop is for the
ways in which it teaches me to reflect the flow of
life.
Much like life, the hoop has a spiraling, elevating
rhythm. This rhythm is one that invites us to merge
with it - neither controlling nor neglecting our place
in it. When we lack trust in this rhythm, we attempt to
strong-arm life...pushing with too much force. At other
times, we fall into the despair of inertia...no longer
giving ourselves to the life all around us.
The experience of flow - of which the hoop is a perfect
mirror - can teach us much about the laws of energy.
While hooping, I must learn to reside in the middle.
The center point, where my axis is grounded with
integrity. I travel around this center, while meeting
my relationship with the hoop in healthy balance. I
push just enough - equally on all sides - to
participate and bring myself to the relationship. When
I attempt to control (or bully) the hoop, it lets me
know by resisting my force. Likewise, when I neglect
its inherent rhythm by refusing to meet it, it lets me
know by weakly fumbling along. On both occasions, the
hoop can be counted on to fall with a
crash! - in that joyful resonance
that announces an opportunity to learn... and return to
the sensation of harmony.
The hoop teaches me how to find and maintain
center.
And it is from the core of me that I find and express
my power.
The
hoop shows me what it is to be in relationship
where
co-dependence immediately reveals its dysfunction...
inviting me to instead differentiate in order to unite
and create harmony.
The
hoop offers me a safe container in which to reach my
brilliance forth, while held in a space that cannot be
penetrated.
And
the hoop reminds me that I am capable of more than I
ever imagined when I surrender to the
flow of life... directing and yielding, smiling and
laughing, spiraling ever higher.
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HoopShine Body - Day 1
Tonight was the first
session in the HoopSHiNE BODY class series. The
intention of this new offering is to integrate the
various facets of my work.
Hoop... an avenue for learning
about the nature of energy in and around us.
SHiNE... my passion for
assisting others in activating their unique genius.
And
BODY... the vehicle that is our
most powerful ally in vesseling our brilliance through
this world in which we live.
In short, we learn to use the Hoop - the master teacher
of energetic flow - to activate the SHiNE BODY.
The SHiNE BODY is a high resonance sensation from which
ultimate joy and creativity can
emerge.
Tonight our focus was Presence.
We established our anchors
to ground us in
Presence as a sensation. Our physical anchors
included breath
and the
sensation of touch.
We used these tools to then harness the mind, tying it
to the present via the now
moment. I consider
the now
moment to be the key to unlocking
the potential in our hoop practice. The nature of the
hoop is that it relies on our connection to
now.
It is through continual presence with the now (via
contact points) that the hoop knows harmony. When we
disconnect - and are no longer Present - the hoop lets
us know. It falls. And we learn to smile down as we
pick up the hoop with a grateful heart.
Thank you
for reminding me to be present,
we say.
Your love
for me is real.
If only this degree of
truth were present in each and every relationship in
our lives. What clarity! The good news is... the hoop
is here to show you the way to doing just that.
That's why they call it practice. 
SHiNE On!