What Hooping Means To Me
For me hooping is healing, hope, humor, health and happiness. When I first got into hooping in 2008, my mom was sick with terminal cancer (misdiagnosed for 1 1/2 years). I had to run, and then close, our family business Southwest giftshop, by myself.
There were some days that all I could do was sit inside my hoop cross legged in the floor. It was my safe space, even if just for a few moments, when I said, “For just right now, All the bad stuff has to stay out there (outside of my hoop).”
After a year of library DVDs and just hooping on my own, I started going to hoop workshops by a lot of big name hoopers who came through Colorado to the Boulder Circus Center.
I continued to grow and develop as a hooper, and people kept asking, “Where do you teach?” I started my teaching and hoop making biz Hip The Hoopla in 2011, a year after my mom died. I’ve been trying to help people get happy and healthy with hooping ever since.
For many years I’ve helped out with Colorado World Hoop Day event, and even stepped up to take over creating the official dance.
This is my 4th year creating the original song and choreography. Plus…getting the word out for more hooping in the world to help bring peace, foster friendships, get people up physically active, and get hoops into the hands of kids in need, worldwide.
My mission is to help others. And, even though this is my marriage anniversary month (8 years now!), World Hoop Day is only a month away (Saturday October 3rd)‼
For more info on learning how to hoop or to volunteer to help in any way you can for World Hoop Day, please contact Che’.
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