Category Archives: Health and Spirit

Saskatchewan Spins Up Hooping

Before a friend invited her to a hoop jam in May 2011, Karla Dalnoki of HulaHoopster.com had never considered hula hooping. “When a person says hula hooping, you just don’t know. It just doesn’t sound…

Lacy Smith is Hooping Up Fitness

Lacy Smith is keeping busy making hoops and teaching Hoop Dancing Fitness classes. “I fell in love with the hula hoop,” she told the Ellwood City Ledger. “I taught myself by watching videos and practicing,…

8 Surprising Gifts Hooping Has Given Me

[Hooping.org columnist Abby Schwartz has hooped up some unexpected gifts.] by Abby Schwartz I returned home from a weekend at the Jersey shore to find a special gift waiting for me on my front porch.…

Audrina Partridge Hoops It Up For Fitness

So what’s the latest hoopla with Audrina Partridge, former star of MTV’s reality show The Hills?  Well, according to the Daily Mail Online Audrina has found her way into the spin, forgoing all of her previous,…

University of Delaware Praises the Benefits of Hooping

Everyday we hear stories of how the physical and mental health benefits of hooping are spinning their way around the world. Students at the University of Delaware can thank senior Molly Wessel for creating their…

Are You a Hooping Super Hero?

[Hooping.org Assistant Editor Bonnie MacDougall is a Hooping Super Hero. Are you?] by Bonnie MacDougall You’ve probably heard the expression “kid’s say the darndest things”, coined and mainstreamed by hula hoop entrepreneur Art Linkletter and…

Finding My Ohm Inside the Hoop

[Hooping.org columnist Shea Brock shares her breakthrough.] by Shea Brock I know all of the wisest hooping gurus say to just be the hooper you are, and I am, mostly. But there is a part…

Hula Hoop Class with Pinkie Special

Forget the Jane Fonda workout. Forget aerobicizing. The latest fitness craze is hooping and we’re going to check out Pinkie Special‘s super cool hula hoop class. She became obsessed with hooping ten years ago, got…