Who loves to hulahoop?! I DO!!!!
When I first heard that Ali was coming to give a presentation on hulahooping, I was very excited! I've seen her hooping before, and I was always amazed at her ability to walk around and act as though she was just standing around without a hoop rotating around her waist. However, I got even more excited when our class was told that we were going to be making our very own hulahoops!!! I had talked to Ali before about her hoops that she's made, but I couldn't believe how easy it truly is to make!
The only three items that you need to make your own hula hoop are irrigation tubing (3/4 of an inch to an inch), connectors for the tubing, and as much duct tape as you desire for decoration.
Before the class started making our own hula hoops, Ali spoke about her love of hooping and the benefits. Hooping can be a great cardio workout and build your core and back muscles. If you incorporate your hands and arms, it will also tone them too! Ali really focused on the spiritual benefits of hooping and being intuitive to your mind, body, and soul. Although that is not something that I really support, I do believe that hooping can be a relaxing, repetitive action that can calm a person internally and help him or her to clear the mind in order to talk with God.
There are many exercise videos and classes that incorporate or revolve around (no pun intended) hulahooping. Some websites for hooping are Hoopnotica (http://www.hoopnotica.com/), Hooping.org (http://www.hooping.org/) which is a community of and for hooping, Hula Hooping (http://www.hulahooping.com/) has a lot of neat facts, Sports Hula Hoops (http://www.sports-hoop.com/), Body Hoops (http://www.bodyhoops.com/?gclid=CIvisIuovqgCFQbCKgodaFTbrA), and SO many others!
Ali also talked a little bit about HulaDance. I loaded some videos right on the blog that you can look at and see how awesome it really is! AND who said that you can only stand still or walk with a hoop? Check out Betty and what she does! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7oERD0HPPw&NR=1)
Ali said that she had a passion for women and improving self-esteem, so she really would like to work in corrections with women who are coming back from being incarcerated to the community and their children. She also suggested working with veterans and their families. I found a video of a young woman who went to New York City after 9/11 to help children, at-risk-youth, and those with PTSD (also loaded on the page). Hula Hooping can be a very effective therapy and of great use in Therapeutic Recreation. Making the hoops themselves can be a great part of the fun!
~Sarah
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