When the hoop falls...

I have noticed that a beginner Hooper can become obsessed with hoop revelation count:) It might be fun for the record, but I advise you stay away from doing this often.
There are a few reasons why:

1. Let go! Don't try to think too much. Let your body do the work, and rest your mind. You may close your eyes. Put on some music you love.
When you just learn how to keep the hoop going around your waist, this activity may be really challenging for adults. Hooping will require muscle memory of this swinging and pushing in 4 directions motion. Rather than have your brain focus on revelations count, you should try to create perfectly straight posture - just like a rotation pole - and give all your focus to equal distribution of push in all 4 directions. Hoop should be parallel to the ground. Until the muscle memory of this move is developed, it will take a lot out of you!

When beginner Hooper performs waist hooping and the hoop falls, the common cause of this is the wrong posture, lost balance and insufficient push from one of the sides. Everybody will have a more challenging side to push from. I still notice the lack of back push with me. With some Hoopers it is lack or the belly push - the hoop is sagging on the front and eventually falls. Hoopers, who are heavy on the belly part face the challenge of their belly stroke being too powerful, which calls for a counterbalance from the back stroke. When the back stroke is insufficient, the hoop will ride up on the front, and eventually fall. All these conditions are natural exploration of our bodies in the search for balance. It is a first step to learn about your body strength and weakness and start working on the balance of each.

When the hoop starts to fall, take a notice of what happened. Where you standing straight, with your tail bone and belly tucked in or where you loosing your balance and hunching to the front? We learn when we drop the hoop.
Stop, pick up you hoop, bring it above your head, stand straight and breathe. Then, switch the direction.

2. Observe. When the hoop starts to fall, bring your arms to the back and catch it. Stop the movement, check on your posture, and push the hoop the other way.
If the hoop falls, you might be loosing energy and getting tired. Respect your body and stop to breathe. When the hoop is going counterclockwise, then your right side is giving more push than the left side and vise versa. That is why it is so important to switch directions for a balanced work out. One side is always more challenging, but don't be discouraged. Taking baby steps in pushing in the other directions, make your body more balanced and exploring the other side of your brain as well. Don't be surprised, if this activity unlocks new things within you. Crossing onto the other side can be an amazing journey.

3. Stop the hoop. Show control over that hoop! Catch it with your hands, stop the movement. Do not just go along with the hoop's inertia. Be the Master. Push again. Use your hands often. Count 3 revelations to one direction, stop, reverse, 3 times to the other direction, repeat. This is a good exercise for coordination, rhythm and timing.

Hooper, don't get competitive! Explore the possibilities, move along with caution and patience, LOVE THE PROCESS :D

Happy Hooping!