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Hoop Convergence 2013 Read more »

Hoop Convergence 2013

I’ve been back from Hoop Convergence for a couple of days now, which means of course that I won’t even bother with unpacking for at least another week and I’m still floating a couple of feet off of the ground. Baxter’s been telling me for…


Leaving On A Jet Plane Read more »

Leaving On A Jet Plane

A reminder to all that Flowlab will be closed from May 9 through May 13, as we’re headed off to Carrboro, North Carolina, for 5 days of blow-your-mind inspiration with hoopers from all over the globe at Hoop Convergence! I’m a total hoop workshop junkie,…


SpinMilk 3: Collaboration & Community Read more »

SpinMilk 3: Collaboration & Community

SpinMilkSpinMilkSpinMilk. Does a heart, body AND soul good. Three years ago, Nina Infinity and I teamed up to throw the first SpinMilk, with the vision of creating a weekend packed with a variety of workshops for prop and movement enthusiasts. This year, as I looked…


Flowlab Music Monday: Songs On Repeat Read more »

Flowlab Music Monday: Songs On Repeat

With weekly hoop classes and jams and workshops in between, I’m constantly on the hunt for new music to keep things fresh, and lately there has been an almost overwhelming amount of great music to choose from! Sometimes the trouble with Music Mondays is picking…


Hoop Moms Read more »

Hoop Moms

It’s Monday and I have some music to share with you, but first of all, happiest of birthdays to Babz Robinson, the hoop ninja who got me started on my own journey, my “hoop momma”. Babz has been hooping since 2003, throwing down on the…


The Power of Community Read more »

The Power of Community

There is a great article on Hooping.org this week about the value of the hoop community and I encourage you to give it a read! Community has been a big buzz word for me this year, as I have watched the Edmonton hoop community explode…


SpinMilk 3: Attention Horse Read more »

SpinMilk 3: Attention Horse

Thinking of coming to SpinMilk 3? I’m very excited for the first offering of my new workshop, Attention Horse, and I hope you can join me! This material is very close to my heart and a lot of thought, preparation and personal experience has gone…


Let It Be Read more »

Let It Be

When I was a little girl, I was fascinated with the figure skaters that I saw on tv, but I couldn’t skate to save my life, and my fanciest “trick” was running into the boards at the ice rink when trying to snowplow my way…


Flowlab Music Monday Read more »

Flowlab Music Monday

Thanks again to everybody who came out on Friday night for Shall We Hoop? and a big air-five and a hug to Nina Infinity of Infinity Hoopdance for co-creating another community-building event with me. Hoopers are a pretty rad bunch of people to spend a…


Shall We Hoop? Read more »

Shall We Hoop?

This is what happens when you put a group of hoopers together with a costumes, props, and a video camera. We shot this on Friday night at Shall We Hoop? – thank you to everyone who came out to the Bold Moves workshop (hope I…


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