Category Archives: Hooposophy

How to Recycle Hoola Hoop Tubing

[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn helps us keep our hoops out of landfills.] by Lara Eastburn “There is an end to everything,” wrote Chaucer, “to good things as well.” Alas, even our beloved hoops won’t last forever.…

The Family That Hoops Together

[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn explores family life and hooping.] by Lara Eastburn Running a family hooping business from home means that there’s little-to-no separation between hooping and our family life. And that works for us…

Rumi, Poet Laureate of Hoopers

[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn  shares her love for Rumi.] by Lara Eastburn As hoopers, feelers, movers and thinkers, odds are you’ve heard of the 13th century Persian poet known to the Western world as Rumi.…

Hooping It Outside the Park

[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn hoops it up with the less expected.] by Lara Eastburn Has any hoop workshop ever been quite so incredible as the one I organized yesterday morning? It all happened in an…

From the Mouths of Hooping Babes

[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn gets schooled on hooping.] by Lara Eastburn I hooped the night before labor began with my first daughter. Now Navi is five-years-old (going on 6, as she says!). She is the…

Alfred Cheney Johnston and the Ziegfeld Hula Hoop Nudes Mystery

[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn digs into a hooping mystery.] by Lara Eastburn Photographs of vintage nudes posing with hula hoops have been cropping up on hoopers’ online radars of late. These are striking images of…

Put Yourself On Hooping Restriction

[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn invites us to put ourselves on restriction.] by Lara Eastburn For some time now, I’ve been experimenting with putting varying restrictions on my hooping practice. Though I was inspired by friends…