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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Learn a new hoop trick. Today I will teach you how to duck into your hoop from your hoop spinning over the top of your back with you chest to the floor.
Michelle Obama was hula hooping at a kids health fair the same time that NY native Betty Hoops, was teaching over 2,000 kids her 4Rhythm kitness ed. program. Since 1998, Betty has been pioneering safely weighted hula hoops into the main stream market as a form of fun fitness for kdis and adults. Hoop Warriors tm. has been endorsed by School District 69 in Canada. Her kids program blends creative movement, dance fitness education and the 4Rhythms. There are now 15 teachers, 12 schools using this program. www.bettyhoops.com
This is a beginners guide to learn how to start playing with the open space of your hoop.
This is a pretty classic hula hooping trick. The vertical step through.
Learn how to do an isolation with your hula hoop.
Learn to step through your hoop in the vertical plane.
Here is a hoop isolation based off a poi move called a cat-eye.