Hooping is ever evolving, and my hooping is evolving too. And so is yours, if you hoop. I like to take videos of myself hooping so I can see how I look, what looks good, and what I need to work on. I was just going back and watching some of the ones from last year (I only really started taking videos last summer so the first year of my hooping is mostly undocumented) and it is so cool to see how far I've come. Everytime I make a video, I always think it is going to look awful, but it almost never does. In fact, it always looks better than I think it will, because all the little moments of hesitation don't show up on the video. Moves look cleaner, flow looks more effortless. So often I start a video, feel like I'm messing up, and then stop the camera after only a minute. Then when I watch it I find it looks really cool, and then I get angry at myself for stopping! So I am making an effort to see the song through before turning off the camera, no matter how bad I think it looks. I am also learning to love my mistakes, and smile when I make them instead of getting frustrated. It is all part of the process.
The Hooping Game has been fun for this kind of stuff. I didn't join in for quite awhile, because I was finding that I couldn't commit to the challenges. Finally this week I did a few and I am happy that I did. It really helps me move forward with my hooping having to dance to someone else's music selection. I'm also learning to not try so hard. Don't think about it, don't try to memorize the music, just put on the song, turn on the camera, and dance. Feel the music. Trying too hard is stressful.
I'm slowly starting to feel like a hoop dancer when I see myself inside the hoop. I love it.
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