NOW i get it!

last night i had possibly my best "flight time" (term i've learned for hooping) ever. after all the frustration i've felt lately, something clicked last night and it was a blast! i'd just come home from running errands, and it was the time of night where i usually wind down and get ready for bed, but something inside said "pick up the hoop and just play around for a bit". i put in a CD that i had never hooped to before: "baduizm" by erika badu... that CD got me out-of-the-universe inspired when johnny lloyd used it in a hip-hop lindy workshop years ago. and i think it did the trick this time too, i guess erika is my dance muse!

i had no expectations for the dance time other than to play around with the music and see what happened. it didn't matter if i dropped the thing (which i did a million times), i just picked it up and worked it into how i was moving. and the amazing thing is, as i danced, i was suddenly able to do several things that had been driving me crazy for weeks -- lift my hoop from the waist in a "push" motion... step through the hoop vertically... walk around in all directions... and even HIP hoop for a bit! i have no idea how i was able to finally do all of these things, after NEVER getting them down even ONCE, but somehow they happened and it was just amazing.

so, yay! i'm so excited! can't wait to dance again tonight when i get home...