When starting hula hooping, the first step is to find the right size of hoop, and a good beginner’s torso should come up to the middle of the torso. Learn about the importance of a good grip when spinning a hula hoop with help from a hula hoop performer and instructor in this free video on hula hooping.
Expert: Shenandoah
Contact: www.alottahoopla.com
Bio: Shenandoah performs and teaches hula hooping in schools, festivals, parties and fairs.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso
Duration : 0:1:26
Hula hooping can best be improved through simple repetition and practice, which often means traveling with a hula hoop. Learn about the hula hoop as a great dancing tool with help from a hula hoop performer and instructor in this free video on hula hooping.
A hula hoop can be stalled by using both hands to stop the hoop, although this takes some hand strength and timing. Find out how to use stalling to spice up a hula hoop performance with help from a hula hoop performer and instructor in this free video on stalling a hula hoop.
The trick to keeping a hula hoop up is to move with the hula hoop, meaning that the body should go down when the hoop goes down. Find out how speed can help in keeping a hula hoop up with help from a hula hoop performer and instructor in this free video on keeping a hula hoop up.
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Moving a hula hoop to the torso from the waist is all about dipping into the hoop when it is moving away from the body. Find out how to move the chest to keep a hula hoop going on the torso with help from a hula hoop performer and instructor in this free video on hula hoop movement.
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Betty Hoop’s spiritual approach to Hoop Dance has earned her the nickname The Zen Hoop Master. Betty drew upon her years of experience as a yoga teacher, massage therapist and a Reiki practitioner to create a variety of courses. Her belief is that every hoop is a prayer wheel. She uses the hoops vortex as a transformational tool for mind and body healing. In July of 2008, during a seminar in Aspen, CO Betty presented His Holiness the Dalai Lama, with her collapsible Dance Hoop. She wrote the Heart Sutra in Sanskrit gold ink around the outside thus turning her hoop into a prayer in which can spin around the waist.
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