Circus Saves.

Long before I discovered energy healing, I found the hula hoop- or… the hula hoop found me. Little did I know at the time, but this would be the first energy healing tool I ever picked up. I mean, it just looks like a plastic ring, but that hula hoop is really a magical tool of transformation in disguise! That seemingly empty space inside that ring is actually a magical and miraculous portal connecting you to childlike joy and youthfur healing energy. It was many years later, after I became certified in Reiki, that I came to see clearly extent of what I was up to, but you know, hindsight can be 20/20 if we do the work to heal our “I”s- I mean eyes.

I hear you asking, “So what go you into this anyway?” to which I always answer, “It was just the obvious next step.”

It really began with peer pressure, though, and there was some resistance in me around this, which I now realize was significant. (Resistance is often a sign that there is something there for use to learn, or some form of important soul growth to be had in whatever lies beyond the resistance. Like I said, hindsight is 20/20 when we heal our “I”s. I was quite blind then I was dating a guy at the time who had a wide social network and a group of his lady friends would get together weekly to hula hoop at the park. He nudged me to go. He nudged me some more. And some more. I was in school at the time, spending most of my time in the studio, so eventually, I had to admit that I needed to get out and socialize, so I went. And what I saw was nothing short of mindblowing! I thought, “Wow! I had no idea you could do any of that with a hula hoop. There’s no way. I don’t belong here. I’ll never be as good as that.” But they were a welcoming group, and they got me to hoop around the waist and… I had a really good time. The next Wednesday I went back without any nudges. And that is when it happened: I learned my first hoop trick- the revolving door- and I was HOOKED. I ordered my first hula hoop that day and happily paid $40 for it. That was the best $40 I ever spent because my life has never been the same. I took that hoop home and turned on my favorite tunes and started remembering how to forget myself. And that is when I started finding myself.

Some of the immediate benefits I experienced in my life include increased grace and joy, decreased anxiety, becoming comfortable in my body, my skin and my femineity, improved endurance, better circulation, increased overall strength, and I lost 10 pounds without “trying.” These were just the short-term benefits.

But as I mentioned before, it would be a long time before I would be able to see me and my relationship with my hula hoop more clearly. I really didn’t take it seriously for a long time. I mean, who takes hula hooping seriously? It was just a fun hobby, and nothing more. Or at least that’s what I believed for a really long time. There was one point when I asked my dad to help me build a website to help me sell hoops, and he said,"No I am not going to waste my time on that. That isn’t a legitimate investment. You need to find a real job.” And this was the story I adopted about my hoop, like I said, for a really long time. But God had other plans. Despite how many times I tried to push hooping out of my life, or set it to the side, it just kept coming back in some way or another, so I had to give in, and let it be. After I learned to let it be in my life, I learned how to let it lead me, acting as a portal into self-discovery. How, you ask?

Have you heard about flow state? Or have you ever experienced it? It is a state of being, of moving or being moved, where the brain gets out of the way and magic happens? It is source energy being uniquely expressed though the body without restriction. Flow dance engages the mind in a whole different way. The hula hoop is like a physical mantra, a point of focus that helps you get past whatever barriers are keeping you from moving your body in joyful and celebratory ways. It is this joyful movement that is Qi- I mean, key. It helps with processing information, emotional regulation, and calms the nervous system, bringing the brainwaves back into harmony. It fires up new neural pathways, supports mitochondrial health and keeps the left and right sides of the brain in strong communication. It awakens muscle groups on both left and right sides of the body that have been ignored and fallen asleep. It stimulates the circulation of blood, oxygen AND lymph in the body, boosting the immune system and supporting detoxification, contributing to health on ALL levels of being. The hula hoop and other forms of flow dance supercharge the biofield (aka aura), tap you into your authentic energy and amplify the radiant energy field. Circus STRONG is a whole different kind of strong!

So I found myself diving further into this hula hoop portal, and it took me places I never would have expected to go in order to reclaim lost and forgotten parts of myself and come to know myself more fully, more wholly, you know… like a circle…or a hoop?

So are you ready to dive into the hoop portal? Shoot me a message in the contact form below to get your hands on a hoop, and Stay Tuned to my YouTube channel for hula hoop basics tutorial series coming soon!