Hoopaloosa

08/12/2025

Throwback to when I used to be a pretty good hooper. Several people have asked if I still hoop and the short answer is no. I tell myself I don't have time and that's not a lie. The truth is, I'm hibernating. The complicated answer is I'm in school learning physiological psychology with the intention of studying the somatic expression of emotion.

It has always been a quirk of mine to find beauty in brokenness. The woman in this video was severely broken. In fitness we used to say "pain is just weakness leaving the body". I think flow arts* are a beautiful expression of pain (or any emotion) leaving the body. So much of the pain evident (to me) in this clip has been healed and I think I'm almost ready to teach again. Stay tuned!

* Flow arts are movement-based disciplines that combine dance, object manipulation, and creative expression to achieve a state of focused awareness known as flow. Notable is the absence of rehearsed choreography, thus allowing the body to move freely, almost independent of the mind.

03/06/2025

Thank you to Walker Elementary for allowing me to come read and hoop for their kindergarten classes.

08/25/2024

07/04/2024

A HUGE thank you to my friends at Regency Retirement Village for inviting me to their 4th of July party! 🇺🇸⭕⭕💃

05/13/2022

I haven't posted in long time. I have insecurities like everyone else. I let the devil get me down and I listen to, even believe his lies. He says horrible things about me and most of them are true. Even so, GOD LOVES ME. There are a million reasons an over 40 mom could say "I cant" and I said every single one of them this morning.

BUT GOD. Whatever tools He gives you, lay them at the cross and let HIM use them! These hoops may not look like tools to you, but I promise you, He uses them. I fight a spiritual battle every day. These are my weapons and God has already won the war!

Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord, equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 13:20‭-‬21 NASB1995

And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
2 Corinthians 12:9 NASB1995

04/08/2021

https://www.aarp.org/disrupt-aging/stories/info-2020/hula-hoop.html

Hula hooping didn't come naturally to me, but after taking a class, I realized how relaxing it could be to have my body and mind working as one.