It's been about 15 years since I first discovered yoga and alongside hooping - it keeps me balanced and reasonably sane! I have discovered from my yoga practice and then becoming a hooper that the flexibility and balance that I had gained from yoga complemented my hoop practice. Yoga develops true body awareness - an awareness of breath, (it's so easy to hold your breath when you are hooping/focused on learning an new move) your connection to your surroundings, rootedness (wh

Just a few more events before the DreamSpin years winds down.. ★Saturday we have our second flashmob - a christmas special with 7 students who have rehearsed with a lot of dedication. Im very proud of them, they are all astonishingly quick learners and highly skilled with their hoops. I'll upload a video after the night...can't wait! ★Tuesday is our last hoop jam of the year at The Hanover Centre. It's been a very productive and challenging year for me, intensive training to

I've been thinking about this, observing how people learn in my classes and in my personal life with friends and family. The further along the life road I travel, I realise that it really is the journey that matters. I've known people who won't begin to learn something because it will take too long and they don't want to fail. I've seen students become annoyed with themselves or frustrated because they are not mastering a hoop move immediately. It feels as if they are racing