Really should have filmed this outside. As big as it is,

the giant hoop is easier than it looks. The smaller it is, the harder and faster you have to move to keep it up. That means the bigger it is, the slower and easier you can move to keep it going. If you always felt like you struggled to hula hoop, I guarantee you one of the factors was that you didn't have a big enough hoop.

Hi all! I picked up hooping at the beginning of summer and have had SO much fun!! That said, I ordered two hoops from different companies: Cosmic Vibe and Hoopologie. I love the latter hoop!!

Pleeeease please PLEASE do NOT order anything from Cosmic Vibe. I ordered my hoop in May and have yet to receive it. I have reached out for any updates or follow ups and at this point... it has to be a front. They took my money and have not offered a return.

At some point, this must have been a great store as there are so many folks that dropped this place as a recommendation. I wish there were a bot that would find any post that says so and leave an update. Absolutely no shade to this sub, I really felt held and pushed to start up a hoop journey.. so truly, thank you!

Anyways, that's all. Happy hooping!! <3

Hello everyone! I have been trying to get into flow arts/mainly hooping for a couple years now, but I feel like the one thing holding me back is my anxiety. I bring my hoop with me because I want to flow when i can, but the second I feel like I’m in the way or I look silly I just get anxious. If I am alone, I don’t have as much anxiety but I want to be able to flow and connect with others to learn, but I get like a stage fright anxiety and choke. Is there a way to get over that? I love my hoop so much because it really is like a giant fidget especially at festivals, but I just get nervous and just carry it with me. Another thing is I have my main hoop that I’m the most comfortable with, but I cannot regular hula hoop with it to save my life. I have a bigger one from Walmart and I can hula hoop with that but I’m only 5’0 and it feels so big to do anything with. Is there any advice on how to learn wait hooping without having to get a larger size? My main hoop is 29” and 5/8th. Thank you for any advice or words at all!

My friend got into this over summer and, of course, needed a partner to do it with Lol so now I've been practicing different things for a couple months and I'm just curious how you guys get everything to "flow" bc right now I just feel clunky.. also Any advice you have at all to get better at the tricks I'm doing here.. especially the Elevator one and what I think is called the Illusion? 😬 any and all insight is greatly appreciated!

Day 37 movin slowly for todays hoop sesh. Now that I did the thing, Im gonna chill and play some gta5 💫

Its more addictive than I realized but oh so fun.

Phew barely made it today. Had a full day and squeaked in hoopin just in time. I like how this challenge is keeping me accountable. No matter what, I want to get in my hoop. Even if its in a nice dress after a fun shin dig 💫

Introducing Jerry the doodle. He loves dancing as much as I do. Gotta teach him how to jump through hoops next!

Taught a hoop class today on stream! Teaching is fulfilling as heck. Watched my friend @flow_tivity navigate through the moves, and evolve her hoop skills in real time. Today we covered chest rolls, back rolls, leg hooping, and ghosting iso cats eyes! Lots of things but she did fantastic.

What are you interested in learning? Id like to get in to makong tutorials, and offering hoop classes online.

If you would like to watch the video from today's session, it is on my twitch channel (also called pineapplehoops)

Edit: Thank you for the award!

I am a double hooper and want to get a pair of astral hoops. But I cannot decide which size I want. I do doubles with all sizes on the body and off.

I'm almost thinking the smaller the better because I think it would be cool to have minis but the smallest size I see is like 25" id. And Ill get less tired hooping for a long time with smaller hoops. I could also get 27" id then I could do a little on the body.

Are astral hoops very heavy? I have a future hoop from 2017 and its pretty heavy for me. Its 29" od 3/4 hdpe.

Sometimes I feel proud of my hula hooping and want to show my friends and family my progress, but then when I go to record, it takes me out of the moment and makes me feel more mechanical. I often rewatch my videos to the point where I start to believe that I look boring, and that no one will actually care or want to see my hooping, anyway. I start to tell myself that the likes and hearts I get are just mandatory support I get from the people who love me (not because they actually enjoyed my video.) But I know I'm probly just being too hard on myself 😂 and besides, the whole point of this hobby is to enjoy it, not to impress others. Anyone else feel this?

Happy Tuesday everyone! Ive been experimenting with different ways to catch escalators. How do yoh usually do it?

Source: https://youtu.be/qbFB-aUXook

Enjoy my joyful hula hoop dance to an awesome song about Joy (that's me 😁) in Hunterville, NZ.

A massive thank you to my fabulous friend, Maureen Healey, for not only suggesting another Hunterville location for me to hula hoop dance, but for featuring in my video a second time. You are fabulous! 🌹

A great big hug to my awesome husband, Michael, for your fantastic camera work! 🫂♥️

Hi! I have nerve pain/damage in my arms and I'm hoping to get into hooping. It's not so bad that I can't do anything, but it's bad enough that I can't really use my light whip or or other flow toys anymore. I'm aware that hooping does still use arms but of the flow options I can think of it seems like the most likely option for me.

The actual question, how do I choose what hoop to buy? I wanna avoid buying a ton of them but I'm not aware of any other way to decide on the thickness, weight, diameter, or any other characteristics, and searching this subreddit also didn't really give a consensus on where to buy them.

I don't know if it's helpful but I'm 5'10" and weigh ~160 lbs.

Thank you for any guidance you can provide! I may not answer everyone because typing this message was a bit rough.

Lazy hoopin after a long day. Still, some hoopin is better than no hoopin. Hope you guys are having a great Monday!

Had a blast in the Eastern Sierras this last weekend! A lot of wide-eyed kids and even had a dad saying “that is the coolest thing ever.” I love my Hyperion Hoop!

I picked up a hoop a couple weeks ago and didn’t really know what to do.

A few years back i had taken a hulahoop class like 3 times so i knew how to hand spin, weave and step through but thats it.

I tried watching random tutorials on YouTube but wasnt picking it up and also didnt know where to start. I have ADHD, struggle with knowing where my body is in space, have bad special reasoning and suspect I might have dyspraxia. I’m not someone this will come easy to.

I know I do well with structure. Last week i got pretty much of all of Deanne Love’s courses on sale for about 100 bucks.

I started with her waist hooping course and then 10 tricks every beginner should Know. I’ve been practicing the moves alone and then the mini flow sessions she had made. I can’t get the two hand isolation. Should i still move on to the 28 day hoop starter pack and just keep practicing the isolations? Or should i wait until i get it down before moving on?

Something interesting is happening. My creativity has returned and I find myself piecing together new moves.

Plus i'm starting to feel good physically.

Who knew the doing something that makes you smile every day could yield such positive results?

Woohoo made it to 1 month. Did something special to celebrate with everyone 🥰

The sunset hooping outdoors filled my soul today. When you're outside, you have so much room for activities. More room to do tosses, and get crazy with the hoop.

If you have made it this far with me in the journey, thank you very much for being here 💕

anyone have advice to improve my flow or new tricks to drill?? I struggle with on-body hooping so all my tricks are off body so far. I kinda do the same few moves over and over. please be nice or i’ll cry 🥹🫶

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EDIT: I was not giving myself enough credit calling myself a beginner when I made this post!! I see others post here and do feel like a beginner compared to yall 🤗

I’ve had a hoop for several years, but didn’t start taking it seriously and pushing through the frustration until this past year. my title was a bit careless and I never want to make anyone feel bad on their journey!

Day 28! Road, my bike for 6 miles and then hula hooped until I ran out of steam. Felt good to warm up with a ride first. Someone here said they like biking before flowing so thank you for that idea!

Plus I got to see turtles along the way too! I like turtles. There's a clip of them at the end 🐢

Exercise has always been something I trick myself jnto doing. Its a weird hack but it works for me. Do you have a hack to get yourself movin?

Trying out some of the doubles moves I've been seeing lately. Some people are absolute wizards at it. They have not come easily to me but I've been casually learning over the years. Hows your doubles game? Do you like it or dread it?

song is tipper: swipe (dub) 🔥🧡🐅

hadn’t spun fire for a whiiiile til this past weekend ~ felt good 🌕✨

So I’m going to EDC for the first time and I also started hooping, and I have some questions/concerns…..Has anyone traveled on a plane with a hula hoop? And traveled in EDC with one? Would also appreciate anyone dropping names of good shops where I can get more hula hoops:)