Tag Archives: Hooposophy

How to Protect and Respect Hooping Images and Video

by Lara Eastburn Every day, hundreds of hooping videos are uploaded to YouTube and Vimeo. Along with hundreds more images of handcrafted hoops and stunning hoop action. It’s how we learn from one another and…

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…

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…

Discover the Unique Roots of Your Love Affair With the Hoop

[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn helps us discover our roots.] by Lara Eastburn The day you met the hoop, you began an intense and personal relationship. The circumstances surrounding that day, and that moment can provide…

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…

All I Really Need to Know I Learned From Hooping

[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn knows the hoop is an excellent teacher.] by Lara Eastburn Robert Fulghum’s All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Kindergarten has had its fair share of off-shoots. Like All…

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…

Bikes and Hula Hoops

The long love-affair between hoopers and their bikes is a rich one. At least since 2004 the hooping community has sought better solutions for transporting their hula hoops on their bicycles. It’s almost our hooper…