Learning the Lift
Lara Eastburn knows you have an aching can’t-stop-it-itch to expand the reach of your hoop dance beyond waist hooping. First step? Getting that hoop in the air and spinning up over your head. It's all…
Category Archives: Hooposophy
Hoopy Mothers Day
by Lara Eastburn On Mother’s Day weekend I always find myself marveling at the capacity of the human body to create movement and existence itself. What parallels lay between mothering and hooping! Just as our…
Why I Love Hooping Idol
[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn helps us discover our roots.] by Lara Eastburn Two years ago, Hooping.org launched the first Hooping Idol video competition. Now that we’re digging into Season 3, I’ve been revisiting the predictions…
Spring Break Hula Hoop Games
[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn spins up some hula hoop games for kids.] by Lara Eastburn It’s Spring Break at our house – the week when then kids are home from school and constantly wanting something…
Hula Hoops Hit the Races
[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn gets inspired to hoop and run her way to some super cool events.] by Lara Eastburn It’s not everybody that picks up the hula hoop and then says to themselves, “Ooooh…
Spiraling Out of Nature
[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn opens our eyes.] by Lara Eastburn When you started hooping, did you start seeing circles and spirals everywhere? That’s because they ARE everywhere. After all, your body is not the first…
The Hoop of Self-Esteem
[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn knows that size does matter.] by Lara Eastburn I am 5 foot 3 inches tall. But my first hoop measured 5 foot 6 inches. I’d built it from Jason Unbound’s indispensable…
Hooping For the Very First Time
[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn is feeling like a virgin - hooper that is.] by Lara Eastburn I’ve had Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” in my head all week long. I think it’s because I’m feeling deeply nostalgic…