Circus Party

So, I went to a Cirque du Solstice party (http://picasaweb.google.com/garth.highland/CirqueDuSolstice)
tonight, and brought my hoops along. There were a lot of crazy characters there - a full grown gorilla, a bearded lady, a rodeo clown, tattooed ladies (real and made-up), etc. It was a pretty fun scene, but nobody here really hoops yet.

For a while I was just hooping with this little girl who was probably 6 or 7. Kids are such naturals at hula hooping, and totally unselfconscious about trying news things. It took the others a little time, and a few drinks before they picked up the hoops, but a few adventurous souls finally did. I had brought along my 1" hoop with water in it that makes it easier to hoop, and I guided them through the motions with that one first. One woman was so excited about being able to hoop, she told me that she was never able to do it, even as a kid, and this was the very first time she's ever sucessfully hooped! That was pretty cool.

I've been telling everyone that I'm going to teach the HoopGirl Workout in the fall, as I am a licensed teacher now, and I think I could fill up my classes three times over from all the women who have told me they are excited about taking it. I hope I can really lead a great class for them. It's kind of weird being an "expert" hooper here in Alaska, when if I went anywhere else I would really be still considered a beginner. I've seen great hoopers, and I know where you can take this too, and I have barely begun. But, still I am quite excited, and humbled by the opportunity to turn people on to the great joy of hooping here in Alaska. And who knows where it will lead.

So thank you universe, for providing me with this opportunity. Thank you for all the twists and turns in the road that have led to this. Thank you for the great magic dance has played in my life, and the lessons that I have learned from my injuries. Please help me to give others the opportunity to find joy through hooping - a joy that can radiate into all parts of their life. Thank you to Christabel for helping me to see that hooping can be a lifestyle, a business, a passion, and a way to help others. Thank you, thank you, thank you!