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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