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How To Get The Most Out of Workshops and Events
Going to a great workshop, conference, or learning event?
Here’s 8 of my favorite ways to get the most out of the conference/event/workshops you’ve invested your valuable time, money and energy into.
1.) Take a notebook…take actual notes and make some stick figure illustrations to help you with positioning, movement, direction, things that make sense to you, etc.
2.) Take video of the summaries, if you can. Make sure you do NOT post these anywhere, as that’s the instructor’s livelihood.
3.) If you can, get video of Yourself doing/demonstrating the moves, or even explaining it, that’s really helpful! Part of the reason is that your brain will be spinning with all the new info you will learn in those many learning moments.
Plus, the videos will help you remember that you actually DID get these moves (at least once in the workshops!), and are possible again, with patience, and lots of practice.
4.) Review your favorite parts you want to remember right away…it’ll help you retain the information.
5.) If you can, teach your new information to someone else, that will also help solidify the info even deeper so it stays in your mental toolbox. Make sure you credit your source, and just share some key key points, or cool moves, not the whole workshop, so people are interested in studying with that instructor when they can.
6.) Another note that I’ve kept true to for many, many years…Pick “one golden nugget,” just for you, from each thing you go to. That will serve you well over time, and help you feel better when you can’t remember it all (but paid to be there and participated!).
7.) Meet others, and get their contact info!* You may end up having them as a friend for years to come, as a colleague to share notes and review with, and to expand your community connection. So many wins!
8.) BONUS TIP: Always have fun. You’ll be happy to remember something you really enjoyed.
If you put these 8 tips into play, you will retain new information Sooooo much better, gain fabulous friends, and really get the most value that you can possibly can from all of your experiences!
~Che’ Rippinger, Professional Hoop Dancer, Instructor, Coach, Performer, Hoopsmith, and Founder of Hip The Hoopla www.HipTheHoopla.com
♥ *This is dedicated to Josanne Jackson of the Fab❤Over 40 Hoop Community, who inspired this article!
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~Che’ Rippinger is Hip The Hoopla‘s CHO (Chief Hooping Officer)/Owner/Founder and head humorist, with heart. She’s been hula hooping since 2008 and founded Hip The Hoopla in 2011 – while teaching, performing and making pro custom dance hula hoops. A dancer most of her life (30+years), Che’ has also been a humor writer/columnist, illustrator and cartoonist for The Denver Post and her Touché! Cartoons have been featured in PLAYGIRL Magazine.
Keep up with Hip the Hoopla with news, #Hoopspiration and special offers. Please sign up now for our special e-mails member list: Hip The Hoopla Circle E-mail and get a free gift!
Also, please follow us on Facebook. We’re even on YouTube(with our own channel), Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Yelp,and Instagram. To contact us for group classes, private coaching, premium service packages, VIP days, events, performances or custom professional dance hoops, please call 303-919-9280, visit www.HipTheHoopla.com or e-mail Che@HipTheHoopla.com. (Please do not add us to call/e-mail lists without permission.)
WTF3X Challenge
WTF is the WTF3X Challenge?
Probably a little different then you are thinking!
In a nutshell WTF stands for:
Wednesday-Werk It!
Thursday-Try It!
Friday-Free Flow Fly It!
X3 means it’s a 3 week challenge. (There…now you are all decoded.) All levels are welcome!
One of the unique things about this WTF3X Challenge is that you can participate on whatever level(s) you feel comfortable growing with. You can do any or all of the following and benefit:
• Smile ~ Increase your brain’s integrative neural pathways with positive input and laughter.
• Dance ~ Learn or find your own dance style.
• Hoop ~ Tips and techniques to help your hooping skills.
Wanna sign up? Click Here.
WTF3X Challenge Details:
WHAT: WTF3X Challenge SIGN UP! (Free, $50 or $112) #wtf3xchallenge
WHEN: Wednesday June 12, 2019-Friday June 28, 2019
WHY: To get a little happier, learn to move and groove your dance a little more, to get or advance your hula hooping skills and mix this all together into a blossoming, progress-seeking YOU!
TIME: Exactly what you put in is the personal benefit you will get out–10 minutes to 2 hours a week for 3 short weeks. You can count on watching a short video (1-5 minutes) each of the WTF days (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday), plus time checking in and posting to the Facebook group, and whatever practice time you put in the effort for. And bonus extra credit might even earn you some extra brownie points (and maybe even a little prize or gift?!)
INVESTMENT: This is SOOOOO easy–no matter what your income status, this *no excuse* to not participate! (P.S. These prices will *not* stay this low!)
Citrine:
FREE! This is for participation in the private Facebook Group with WTF Posting Videos, and group camaraderie!
Commit to Citrine
Aquamarine:
$50 This includes the private Facebook Group with WTF Posting Videos, and group camaraderie!
PLUS One Online Training Class a week (which will further dive into the technique to better help you get, solidify and find more ways to add these moves into your own toolbox)
Act NOW on Aquamarine
Amethyst:
$112 This includes the private Facebook Group with WTF Posting Videos, and group camaraderie!
PLUS One Online Training Class a week (which will further dive into the technique to better help you get, solidify and find more ways to add these moves into your own toolbox)
PLUS ***3*** :20 minute Private Personal ONE ON ONE Check In Sessions–by video, phone or messaging with Che’ Rippinger*, Founder of Hip The Hoopla.
All in for Amethyst
What you will need for the WTF3x Challenge…
• A good attitude with a willingness to learn, try, and practice!
• A smartphone or computer
• Water for brain and body hydration and comfortable clothes.
• Clearance/permission from your health care professionals (doctor, naturopath or caretaker).
Disclaimer: The WTF3x Challenge program is not intended to diagnose, nor promises to heal any ailments. By participating you agree to the responsibility of any and all risk, and agree to take care of your own body, using proper safety and precaution in deciding what is and isn’t appropriate to do, based on your own personal needs.
Questions? Comments? Feedback? Please contact Che’ Rippinger*, Founder, Hip The Hoopla 303-919-9280 (call or text) or message on Facebook (www.Facebook.com/HipTheHoopla or private message. Or connect with us through the Facebook private WTF3XChallenge group.
*Che’ Rippinger is the Founder of Hip The Hoopla. With 8 years in the hooping business, 10 years experience hooping, 30+ years dancing/teaching, background in natural healing, happy wellness coaching, +pro humor years cartooning, and writing a major newspaper column–on life and relationships, Che’ likes to keep the educational commentary loving, light and positive.
Join Us for WTF3X
Wednesdays: Werk It!
Thursdays: Try It!
Friday: Free Flow Fly It!
Happy Healthy Leg Hooping Tips, Tricks and Q & A
Happy Healthy Leg Hooping Tips, Tricks and Q & A
With Ché Rippinger of Hip The Hoopla
This Week’s Hoopspirational Hoop Booty Camp check in includes great hoop tricks and tips, floorwork, leg hooping vs. knee hooping (for Ashley Larson), breaks & paddles, question on hoop size, hooping safety tips, healthy cooking tips (including my yum corn & quinoa chowda this weekend (Yum Cooking performance art recipe below), greek yogurt, silent laughter and even an extra doggie hoop trick! Sorry the tech pixilates the video a bit, but this content rocks–and there’s lots of humor! Remember, “leg hooping” took me a YEAR to learn, so be patient with yourself, with floor, leg or dirty pizza toss leg hooping, starts and recovery moves. Hoop Love, Ya’ll! ~Che’ … your happy hooping humorist ♥
Corn & Quinoa Chowda Recipe by Che’ Rippinger
(Disclaimer…my cooking is “Performance Art,” meaning it’s on the fly, with what I have in my fridge/pantry/stock. Go ahead and experiment (as you might with leg hooping) with some changes…no guarantees on how it will turn out, but mine was not only raved about by one of my husbands friends, but also I ate this for the next several meals including breakfast –an entire snowy Sunday with multiple trips back to the crock. I ate 2/3 of a big crock–myself in 1 1/2 days–it was that delish! This is sure to fuel your leg hooping and floorwork practice with love and joy.
Throw in a crock pot on high…
2 packages of frozen corn kernels (splurge for the yummy organic if you can)
1 cup ground corn meal (I used Bob’s Red Mill)
1 cup or so of quinoa (I used a tri-color, which was lovely)
1 chopped up onion (cut up thicker if you like chunky soup)
1 small container of marscapone cheese (you can sub in cream cheese)
At least 3 cups of a Liquid of your choice (can combine): water, stock (veggie works great), unsweetened plain almond milk (or other alternative “milks” like cashew, soy, rice etc, or dairy milk if you like)
Spices to taste (start with a pinch, you can always add more!), including/suggested:
White pepper
Tumeric
Chili Power (just a pinch–it will get spicier the more you heat it!)
Paprika
Onion powder
Garlic powder
Save the salt for the end of cooking or as a garnish–and you’ll be able to taste it better and use much actual salt which equals less sodium (more bang for your salt buck!)
Thoroughly heat on high if you want to eat it faster, or let it simmer all day on low if you want to come home to a “welcome to dinner” fabulous smelling kitchen. You can use an immersion blender for a little bit, or blend about 1/4-1/3 of the soup in a blender (be very careful blending hot liquid–it can explode out the top of your blender and can burn you)
*Serving suggestions* Make it pretty and even more tasty:
Put in a beautiful bowl, drizzle with a good olive oil, and sprinkle with black lava salt, and a bit of yummy nutritional yeast flakes, sun-dried tomatoes, and garnish with a dollop of Greek yogurt and a pinch of paprika or chili powder on top.
Biscuits are a great carb-overloading side to this, or go green with some steamed broccoli, or nice salad. I made this soup to share, and I ended up eating most of it myself! In~Joy! ~Che’
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~Che’ Rippinger is Hip The Hoopla‘s CHO (Chief Hooping Officer)/Owner/Founder and head humorist, with heart. She’s been hula hooping since 2008 and founded Hip The Hoopla in 2011 – while teaching, performing and making pro custom dance hula hoops. A dancer most of her life (30+years), Che’ has also been a humor writer/columnist, illustrator and cartoonist for The Denver Post and her Touché! Cartoons have been featured in PLAYGIRL Magazine.
Keep up with Hip the Hoopla with news, #Hoopspiration and special offers. Please sign up now for our special e-mails member list: Hip The Hoopla Circle E-mail and get a free gift!
Also, please follow us on Facebook. We’re even on YouTube(with our own channel), Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Yelp,and Instagram. To contact us for group classes, private coaching, premium service packages, VIP days, events, performances or custom professional dance hoops, please call 303-980-6295, visit www.HipTheHoopla.com or e-mail Che@HipTheHoopla.com. (Please do not add us to call/e-mail lists without permission.)
New Class Series
Two New Hip The Hoopla Class Series:
Heart Body Circle Series:
Tuesdays Feb. 14, 21 & 28, 6:30-7:30pm
Flexibility Workshop Part 1 & 2:
Thursday Feb. 16 and 23, 6:30-7:30pm
These are offered as limited space group classes at Namaste Studio at 701 Garrison, Lakewood, CO 80215
Grab your spot now at www.HipTheHoopla.com or MindBody app.
Further information:
Heart Body Circle Series
Tuesday February 14th: Getting in touch with your core heart and breath center
Tuesday February 21: Moving in your body–getting in touch with your danceable parts.
Tuesday February 28: Developing your physical and mental expansion with your circle.
In each class you will learn techniques to feel more comfortable bringing your own brand of uniqueness and personal self into your hoop dance. All levels are welcome.
This series is $35 for all 3 classes* with a savings of $25 ♥ Or you can drop in to each class for $20, or $15 if pre-registered at www.HipTheHoopla.com or the MindBody app.
*Click Here to Join the e-mail list for a super special Hip The Hoopla Circle pricing.♥ ♥
Flexibility Workshop Part 1 & 2
Thursday February 16th: Expanding your upper body and core flexibility.
Thursday February 23th: Increasing your lower body strength and dynamic range.
This workshop double header is $30 for both classes* with a savings of $10 ♥ You can drop in to each class individually for $20, or $15 if pre-registered at www.HipTheHoopla.com or the MindBody app.
Classes are taught with love and encouragement, in a positive, safe, no-judgement zone atmosphere. You are welcome to come participate at the level you can, or attend and take notes (pricing is the same). Che’ Rippinger has been teaching a wide variety of dance to dancers of many ages for 30+ years. She has and continues to study with many master teachers. With her experience, she’s developed a unique teaching style of compassion, technique and humor, increasing mental and movement blossoming with each individual, according to their needs.
If you haven’t already, visit, like and share our Hip The Hoopla Facebook page for juicy happiness, health and hooping tidbits, including tutorials, #hoopspiration and other fun joyful goodies.
Quick Video Hula Hoop Tutorial Trick: Inverted Scorpion Pass
Quick Tutorial-Inverted Scorpion Pass Hula Hoop Trick with Che of Hip The Hoopla
Want to know how to make a Scorpion Pass (an already ooh-ahh hula hoop trick) look even more awesome? Try adding a flexibility maneuver to it! If you practice yoga or have trained in dance, you may already know how to get an inverted standing split stretch. If you are not familiar with the safety and technique of those, please do that first! Or take out that extra element, and just practice the scorpion pass.
Having the Scorpion foot pass already accessible in your hooping tricks tool box, is very helpful.
Remember some key points in the Scorpion pass:
1. Keep your hoop hooked on a flexed foot as you drop it on to your foot from a hand pass, circle the extended leg (with flexed foot) around to the back.
2. Be ready to grab the flying hoop as you point the toe with the hoop on it.
3. With that hoop release, the hoop should transfer your hoop from foot to opposite hand.
4. Practice will help your coordination and timing of this move to pass and catch the hoop.
Hope you enjoy this and practice. If you are interested in private or group lessons, custom hula hoops, humor & health info, please connect with us at www.HipTheHoopla.com
Many Blessings to You ♥ Hoop Love, Ya’ll!
~Che’ Rippinger, Founder of Hip The Hoopla
Colorado World Hoop Day is Saturday October 1, 2016 in Fort Collins, CO
www.ColoradoWorldHoopDay.org
https://www.facebook.com/events/1337378749611211/
~Che’ Rippinger is Hip The Hoopla‘s CHO (Chief Hooping Officer)/Owner/Founder and head humorist, with heart. She’s been hula hooping since 2008 and founded Hip The Hoopla in 2011 – while teaching, performing and making pro custom dance hula hoops. A dancer most of her life (30+years), Che’ has also been a humor writer/columnist, illustrator and cartoonist for The Denver Post and her Touché! Cartoons have been featured in PLAYGIRL Magazine.
Keep up with Hip the Hoopla with news, #Hoopspiration and special offers. Please sign up now for our special e-mails member list: Hip The Hoopla Circle E-mail
Also, please follow us on Facebook. We’re even on YouTube (with our own channel), Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Yelp, and Instagram. To contact us for group classes, private coaching, premium service packages, VIP days, events, performances or custom professional dance hoops, please call 303-980-6295, visit www.HipTheHoopla.com or e-mail Che@HipTheHoopla.com. (Please do not add us to call/e-mail lists without permission.)
Olympic Hooping in Rio 2016 Rhythmic Gymnastics
Hoop Dance in the Olympics
You can see Olympic “hula hooping” under the category of “Rhythmic Gymnastics.” Add more dance, flair and a flow prop like the hoop (also ball, ribbon, & clubs) to the tumbling, flexibility and strength of “artistic” gymnastics. Then take away the various apparatus (balance beam, uneven bars, vault) and compiled it all in a floor routine (with one gymnast or other team mates performing all at once)–and well, you’d have this hybrid sport worthy of the 5 famous Olympic rings.
Want to see some extreme flexibility? This is definitely your “pull up a chair and be awe-inspired” time. These gals train on an average 6-8 hours every day (sorry, no boys category just yet).
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Representing the
 United States in Rhythmic gymnastics are Laura Zeng, Kristen Shaldybin, Monica Rokhman, Alisa Kano and Kiana Eide. This is only the 2nd time the U.S. has qualified for the team all around competition–quite an honor when you see how talented the whole field is! |
Here’s a sneak peak at our team in action.
Here’s the Rhythmic Gymnastics schedule so you can set your dvr and absorb every ounce of NBC/Universal/Comcast television coverage. (They may Live-stream more online/or via the app–check your local listings). All competition held at the Rio Olympic Arena in Rio de Jenaro in Brazil. Air times* below are listed in MST (Mountain Standard Time)
*Make SURE you check your own local listings! Event schedules do get shifted around and so do the times they are presented. (I already found some time differences with our local cable provider. Viewer TIP Update: Use your mobile device to Live Stream–I was only able to live-stream with the NBC app, because apparently the two companies are in contract disputes, leaving the computer version “not available due to location restrictions or authorization failures.”)
(click here for time zone conversion).
www.nbcolympics.com/live-stream-schedule
Rhythmic gymnasticsWomen’s individual all-around
Qualification
Rotation One Fri, Aug 19, 7:20 AM (MST)
Rotation Two Fri, Aug 19, 8:50 AM (MST)
Rotation Three Fri, Aug 19, 11:50 AM (MST)
Rotation Four Fri, Aug 19, 1:20 PM (MST)
Final
Rotation One Sat, Aug 20, 12:20 PM (MST)
Rotation Two Sat, Aug 20, 12:53 PM (MST)
Rotation Three Sat, Aug 20, 1:26 PM (MST)
Rotation Four Sat, Aug 20, 1:26 PM (MST)
Women’s Team All-Around
Qualification
All Rotations Sat, Aug 20, 7:00 AM (MST)
Final
Rotation One Sun, Aug 21, 8:00 AM (MST)
Rotation Two Sun, Aug 21, 8:50 AM (MST)
Plus Medal Ceremony following the competition
For more information, please check out this previous article on Olympic hooping.
And for another bit of HOOPING Awesomeness: World respected American hooper, Rachael Lust (of Ohio, USA) in the German commercial promoting the Olympics, of course…but as we all know…hooping in Rio!!! In-Joy! ♥ ☻
~Che’ Rippinger is Hip The Hoopla‘s CHO (Chief Hooping Officer)/Owner/Founder and head humorist, with heart. She’s been hula hooping since 2008 and founded Hip The Hoopla in 2011 – while teaching, performing and making pro custom dance hula hoops. A dancer most of her life (30+years), Che’ has also been a humor writer/columnist, illustrator and cartoonist for The Denver Post and her Touché! Cartoons have been featured in PLAYGIRL Magazine.
Keep up with Hip the Hoopla with news, #Hoopspiration and special offers. Please sign up now for our special e-mails member list: Hip The Hoopla Circle E-mail
Also, please follow us on Facebook. We’re even on YouTube (with our own channel), Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Yelp, and Instagram. To contact us for group classes, private coaching, premium service packages, VIP days, events, performances or custom professional dance hoops, please call 303-980-6295, visit www.HipTheHoopla.com or e-mail Che@HipTheHoopla.com. (Please do not add us to call/e-mail lists without permission.)
Exciting Changes at Hip The Hoopla!
Our First New Hip The Hoopla Newsletter Is Out
Exciting Changes at Hip The Hoopla!
Are you on our Hip The Hoopla Circle List? Wanna Be? Free tutorials, hoop news, articles, events, special goodies and discounts.
Click here to see the first newsletter with our new system…
(new logo, e-mail service, studio, logo, colors, etc!)
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2nd FREE Hip The Hoopla Class Online with Blab
2nd FREE Hip The Hoopla class online with Blab
8am MST, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016
Please join Hip The Hoopla for this Rise and Shine free hoop dance class session. You are very welcome to share and please join us online for this fitness fun 🙂
I am trying to improve the tech stuff ♥ ~with hoop ♥ Che’ Rippinger
Click HERE for class link/Replay—Blab is free, and connected to Twitter, and you can jump in on one of the 3 camera spots if you like or just hang out.
https://blab.im/hip-the-hoopla-hip-the-hoopla-humorous-hula-hoop-dance-fitness-class-rise-shine
♥ Blessings & Happy Health! ♥
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~Che’ Rippinger is Hip The Hoopla‘s CHO (Chief Hooping Officer)/Owner/Founder and head humorist, with heart. She’s been hula hooping since 2008 and running Hip The Hoopla since 2011 – while teaching, performing and making pro custom dance hula hoops. A dancer most of her life, Che’ has also been a humor writer/columnist, illustrator and cartoonist for The Denver Post and her Touché! Cartoons have been featured in PLAYGIRL Magazine.
Keep up with Hip the Hoopla with news, #Hoopspiration and special offers. Please sign up now for our special e-mails member list.
Also, please follow us on Facebook. We’re even on YouTube (with our own channel), Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Yelp, Instagram and the MindBody app. To contact us for group classes, private coaching, premium service packages, VIP days, events, performances or custom professional dance hoops, please call 303-980-6295, visit www.HipTheHoopla.com or e-mail Che@HipTheHoopla.com. (Please do not add us to call/e-mail lists without permission.)
7 Day Hoop Dance Challenge-Day 4 Chest & Core
Ready to get your fancy dance pants on in this great 7 Day Hoop Dance Challenge? Whether you’re just starting or a super pro, there’s always something new to learn from others. So game on– grab your hula hoop and let’s get hooping!
****Here’s our 7 Day Hoop Dance Challenge:****
(DAY 1-Focus on Footwork)
(DAY 2-Luscious Legs)
(DAY 3-Hips and Bootie)
***DAY 4-Chest and Core***
Thank you for joining us for this video series. I am Che’ Rippinger of Hip The Hoopla and this is a 7 day challenge of humorous hoop dance to learn, or to improve, your hula hoop skills with this 7 part focus on dance–from head to toe.
♥All levels welcome to join in! Let’s DO this!♦
Bring your hoop, positive energy and let’s hoop it out with #BroncoBellyDancer #BikiniGirl #BroncoSuperFan hoop/fire/belly dancer, Laughter Yoga leader, cartoonist/humor writer, and professional custom hula hoop maker Che (30++ years of dance experience).
Also, please join us online for classes that will work these moves in more time and depth. We would love to have you sign up for classes, value packages or book your private personal coaching appointment time. A complimentary goal session is available if you qualify to work with us! Also you can get a complimentary hoop consultation with any of our professional hand-crafted custom hula hoops. Contact us to schedule now.
CHEST and CORE HOOPING TIPS:
Core hooping uses a lot of muscles and is a great internal organ massage. There are two methodologies for getting chest hooping. Warming up with and using a chest isolation* (horizontal rotation) will improve your body movement skills greatly as well as coordination (*Make sure you bend the knees and use hands on hips to give you a good press into the stretch movement and more range of motion). A side to side push movement may prove easier–both are valid ways to get there. I find that most people learn “chest hooping” easier with the arms out and up above the head. This lets you concentrate on just the chest hooping movement first. The “Hot Stove” technique is a fun way to get your hand(s) and arm(s) into the hoop, to get “shoulder hooping.” Getting that alternating shoulder shrug action going will help maintain chest hooping and also help keep the hoop up (your hula hoop will “ladder” itself back up with that motion if/when it starts going down). Core hooping uses a big muscle group, so try not to hoop to exhaustion or for really long time periods (break it up with other moves), so you can live to hoop another day!
HOOP DANCE TIPS:
Please warm up and cool down (head to toe!) to keep your body safe and hooping longer, hydrate, and take it sloooow! Make sure you have a nice dance posture: stand tall, shoulders back, chest and head lifted, abdominal wall in, pelvis tucked under and a slight bend in the knees. Dancer/Boxer feet–keep your weight shifted forward on the balls of your feet rather than resting back on your heels–easier for nimble movement. Try everything *without* the hoop first. Next, just hold the hoop and do the moves. Then get your fancier hoop moves in while coordinating with some basic stepping or fancy footwork dance combinations. Bring all you have to the table–your personal style, experience and sass! Stay positive and give yourself lots of credit for any and all progress! Keep a hoop notebook and take a couple of moments to write down tips and tricks that are helpful for you. Then review them right then and there, and a few minutes the next day…etc. You’ll be amazed at your progress! Please post how you are doing. Grab a buddy and stay accountable to another. And Please Share! Thanks So Much for watching! Subscribe to this channel here and our informative hoop circle news via e-mail at www.HipTheHoopla.com
~With Hoop ♥ ~Che’
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Special shout outs to our fabulous hoop groups (come join us!):
Monkey See. Monkey Do., Fab♥ Over 40 Hoop Community, Denver Hula Hoop Group, Colorado Hoopers, Hoopaholics, Hooping.org, The Hooping Community of Hooping.org, Colorado World Hoop Day, The Hoop Loop, Hoop Love, and all of our other great flow groups and communities–locally, statewide, nationally and internationally!!!
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♥ Blessings & Happy Health! ♥
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~Che’ Rippinger is Hip The Hoopla‘s CHO (Chief Hooping Officer)/Owner/Founder and head humorist, with heart. She’s been hula hooping since 2008 and running Hip The Hoopla since 2011 – while teaching, performing and making pro custom dance hula hoops. A dancer most of her life, Che’ has also been a humor writer/columnist, illustrator and cartoonist for The Denver Post and her Touché! Cartoons have been featured in PLAYGIRL Magazine.
Keep up with Hip the Hoopla with news, #Hoopspiration and special offers. Please sign up now for our special e-mails member list.
Also, please follow us on Facebook. We’re even on YouTube (with our own channel), Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Yelp, Instagram and the MindBody app. To contact us for group classes, private coaching, premium service packages, VIP days, events, performances or custom professional dance hoops, please call 303-980-6295, visit www.HipTheHoopla.com or e-mail Che@HipTheHoopla.com. (Please do not add us to call/e-mail lists without permission.)
7 Day Hoop Dance Challenge-Day 2 Luscious Legs
Ready to get your fancy dance pants on in this great 7 Day Hoop Dance Challenge? Whether you’re just starting or a super pro, there’s always something new to learn from others. So game on– grab your hula hoop and let’s get hooping!
****Here’s our 7 Day Hoop Dance Challenge:****
(DAY 1-Focus on Footwork)
***DAY 2-Luscious Legs***
This video is a little longer, because I have so much to cram in quickly…and I did’t even get to one of my goodies…stay tuned for a future video on that!
Thank you for joining us for this video series. I am Che’ Rippinger of Hip The Hoopla and this is a 7 day challenge of humorous hoop dance to learn, or to improve, your hula hoop skills with this 7 part focus on dance–from head to toe.
All levels welcome to join in! Let’s DO this!
Bring your hoop, positive energy and let’s hoop it out with #BroncoBellyDancer #BikiniGirl #BroncoSuperFan hoop/fire/belly dancer, Laughter Yoga leader, cartoonist/humor writer, and professional custom hula hoop maker Che (30++ years of dance experience).
Also, please join us online for classes that will work these moves in more time and depth. We would love to have you sign up for classes, value packages or book your private personal coaching appointment time. A complimentary goal session is available if you qualify to work with us! Also you can get a complimentary hoop consultation with any of our professional hand-crafted custom hula hoops. Contact us to schedule now.
LEG HOOPING TIPS:
I do distinguish between “leg hooping” and “knee hooping,” which some people use interchangeably. I recommend NOT hooping directly on the knees, but instead slightly above or below to keep your joints and tendons safe, especially if you are using a bigger or heavier hula hoop. You can hoop on the legs horizontally, vertically and we haven’t even covered floor hooping using the legs here…but check out this video for some really helpful tips on leg hooping floor work:
HOOP DANCE TIPS:
Please warm up and cool down (head to toe!) to keep your body safe and hooping longer, hydrate, and take it sloooow! Make sure you have a nice dance posture: stand tall, shoulders back, chest and head lifted, abdominal wall in, pelvis tucked under and a slight bend in the knees. Dancer/Boxer feet–keep your weight shifted forward on the balls of your feet rather than resting back on your heels–easier for nimble movement. Try everything *without* the hoop first. Next, just hold the hoop and do the moves. Then get your fancier hoop moves in while coordinating with some basic stepping or fancy footwork dance combinations. Bring all you have to the table–your personal style, experience and sass! Stay positive and give yourself lots of credit for any and all progress! Keep a hoop notebook and take a couple of moments to write down tips and tricks that are helpful for you. Then review them right then and there, and a few minutes the next day…etc. You’ll be amazed at your progress! Please post how you are doing. Grab a buddy and stay accountable to another. And Please Share! Thanks So Much for watching! Subscribe to this channel here and our informative hoop circle news via e-mail at www.HipTheHoopla.com
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~Che’ Rippinger is Hip The Hoopla‘s CHO (Chief Hooping Officer)/Owner/Founder and head humorist, with heart. She’s been hula hooping since 2008 and running Hip The Hoopla since 2011 – while teaching, performing and making pro custom dance hula hoops. A dancer most of her life, Che’ has also been a humor writer/columnist, illustrator and cartoonist for The Denver Post and her Touché! Cartoons have been featured in PLAYGIRL Magazine.
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