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a reminder to me
Jun. 25th, 2007 06:28 pmi've been pretty pissed off lately at the whole hooping thing, to the point where i posted a mini-rant on the hooping tribe at tribe.org. i'm just not feeling the joy that i should be feeling when i hoop. i think it's mostly because i'm learning in my living room, instead of with other people... there's no social aspect of it, i don't get to see anyone dance in person to make me feel inspired, and i have no teacher or peer feedback to tell me how/why i'm doing a move wrong, so that i learn faster. (it's taking me a LONG time to learn any more moves, and i'm still a rank beginner.)
so, in response to my post, a number of people wrote really supportive helpful hints, but which all amounted to "it'll take a long time, you just have to practice a ton". one person in particular let me know about a hooping retreat weekend taking place in NC in a few weeks, and i think i'm going to go. it seems a bit new-age-y, the group is all about the spiritual connection with your hoop and the cosmic joy you get from the dance... but darnit, i could use some cosmic joy, and could stand to finally do this live with other people who seem really nice to boot.
in the meantime, i took a step back today and assessed what i've learned so far. and you know what, for only doing this a couple of hours a week, what i've learned in 2 months ain't half bad. from having never hooped before, in 2 months i've learned:
waist hooping in my dominant direction, very well
waist hooping in my secondary direction, not too badly
turning around along with the hoop while waist hooping
floating the hoop around me
"halos"
"swish" (spinning the hoop off-body)
the "booty bump"
lifting the hoop overhead from hooping on the waist - both from a front scoop and a rear pickup
bringing the hoop down to my waist from an overhead spin
so, dammit, i'm not going to beat myself up. sure, i want to learn more, and my frustration comes partly from wanting to explore all i can with this form of dance but knowing i'm physically limited in what i can do right now. but it'll come, with time and practice. it'll come.
so, in response to my post, a number of people wrote really supportive helpful hints, but which all amounted to "it'll take a long time, you just have to practice a ton". one person in particular let me know about a hooping retreat weekend taking place in NC in a few weeks, and i think i'm going to go. it seems a bit new-age-y, the group is all about the spiritual connection with your hoop and the cosmic joy you get from the dance... but darnit, i could use some cosmic joy, and could stand to finally do this live with other people who seem really nice to boot.
in the meantime, i took a step back today and assessed what i've learned so far. and you know what, for only doing this a couple of hours a week, what i've learned in 2 months ain't half bad. from having never hooped before, in 2 months i've learned:
waist hooping in my dominant direction, very well
waist hooping in my secondary direction, not too badly
turning around along with the hoop while waist hooping
floating the hoop around me
"halos"
"swish" (spinning the hoop off-body)
the "booty bump"
lifting the hoop overhead from hooping on the waist - both from a front scoop and a rear pickup
bringing the hoop down to my waist from an overhead spin
so, dammit, i'm not going to beat myself up. sure, i want to learn more, and my frustration comes partly from wanting to explore all i can with this form of dance but knowing i'm physically limited in what i can do right now. but it'll come, with time and practice. it'll come.
