Hooping Dervish

After my morning yoga (hence still wearing my yoga clothes in the video), one of my favourite songs was playing on my laptop ... and I spontaneously gave my new hoop, Fireheart, a spin.

This is Fireheart's "maiden voyage". I haven't had the opportunity to learn & practise any 'tricks' and 'moves yet ... so this is a simple performance. I'm at that awkward "learning to walk stage", sometimes not quite sure what to do with my hands/arms, trying not to knock over anything (as I'm in a contained space)...

This feels somewhat like letting you see me sing in the shower or dance in front of a mirror. But if I only showed videos of myself doing it when I get really good, that wouldn't be a true visual documentation of my hooping evolution. I want to share with you the journey that takes me from where I am now in the beginning ... to what I end up becoming.

I called the video Hooping Dervish because a friend of mine saw it and said it reminded her of the Sufi whirling dervishes (just in a 'me' style). Interestingly, I had thought the same thing when I first looked back at it ... mainly because I have on all white and I'm spinning. I've always been fascinated by the Dervishes. I find them beautiful and transcendent.

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[Chookooloonks]

What I think is striking is how you make this look like a dance -- not *exercise,* which is how most people make hooping look. It's very fluid and dancelike. It makes me want to pick up a hoop! Beautiful.

K.

[deidamie]

love it!!!!

thanks for sharing!

[saramonster77]

fantastic! great movement with the hoop :)

[kimraymidwife]

Good job...it will be fun to watch your progress:-)