When I was in London in October, I choreographed and starred in a hooping instructional DVD called, "Hulaerobics".

Last week I got back from London where I was hired by Heart to do some more work. The same afternoon I got off the 12.5 hour plane ride there, I went over to a place called, The Studio, for a 2 hour photoshoot. Somehow the company which took the promotional pictures of me during the commercial shoot in South Africa lost the images, so Heart needed to come up with new ones.

In the same fashion as many recent Nike ads they produced, a British advertising company shot images of me crossing a 10 foot space doing as many hoop moves as I could. The effect created is of blurred movement with occassional clear shots in between the blurs, ending in a final posed shot. After crossing the space dozens of times, with variations with both one and two hoops, they had a computer full of images. They will draw the best parts from all the images and put them all together in a continuous image long enough to go all along the side of British double decker buses in 2007! They will also be putting the image on massive billboards on the side of a few buildings!

I never in my life imagined I would be on a billboard, or on the side of buses. It was a bummer the South African ad company lost the orginal pictures, but I am quite thrilled about this opportunity!

The next day I went to Virgin Active, now the largest fitness chain in the UK. Virgin Active has created an alliance with Heart and will be providing classes in Hulaerobics in 2007. They hired me to train the master trainers at Virgin Active so they can train all the chain's fitness teachers how to teach hooping. Again, quite a thrill. I never considered myself a master fitness expert... a pro hooper yes, but fitness guru? Somehow I am lucky enough to have been able to take dance art and translate it to the languaging and consciousness of fitness. I am so glad I took the American Aerobics and Fitness Assocation group fitness certification as it is helping me spread the word of the hoop so much further.

I once had a lot of resistance to the world of fitness. What was I so scared of? That I would be less of an artist by using the languaging of health and wellness? That the art would be reduced by being understood and respected by those it the exercise realm? The reality is that when I am rockin the hoop at the most blissful moments, it is the most incredible rush of cardiovascular wellness and muscular responsiveness that I have ever experienced! The essence of the hoop is meditative bliss and creative expression, but also at the same time it can be a sexy workout that makes wellbeing accessible to many people. Why resist something with so much potential for goodness?

Also, as someone who has chosen to exist soley from income raised by hula hooping, I must remain open minded and flexible about the various opportunities that organically arise. I am so glad I have! My mind has been opened and my awareness has grown as a result. It sure keeps life exciting.

During the Virgin Active training day, I broke for a Japanese sushi lunch with a reporter form one of the largest newspapers in the UK. After the whole day was over, I was shipped over to a sound studio to record some spoken phrases which they will be using on the radio to promote the Hulaerobics DVD and classes.

The third and final day in London I taught a master class for the media. It was a bit of a frenzy, with reporters all there from a variety of UK magazines and newspapers, including Elle, Weight Watchers, Health and Fitness and many others. I did a demo class and then went to Thai lunch with another reporter for a very long interview. I have to say that this interview was the most in-depth and profound I have experienced yet.

I have done a LOT of interviews. Most reporters ask the same questions over and over again. "What are the benefits of hooping?" "How much weight did you loose?" "Why is it a good workout?". This reporter went so far beyond these superficial questions. She wanted to know all about how hooping has changed me on other, more profound energetic levels. She asked about my 2 surguries for endometriosis and how having the sacral chakra dierctly operated on effected my hooping. She asked about the feelings of hooping, how it was empowering as a woman. She wanted to know my story, and as much about my own personal transformation as I would share. This is one article in particular I can't wait to see! I'll put a note in my newsletter when it comes out.

I am so overwhelmed by how responsive the Universe is to my wishes! I asked to become a media spokesperson for the hoopdance movement, and as a result so many opportunities have come to me. Thank you! I am ready to bump it up another notch to the next level! I am so grateful for the ability to clearly articulate the joy of hooping so that tens of thousands more people are inspired to try it out. I am also grateful that my own path of personal transformation is continuing to unfold while I do this work.... Yahoo for the Universe!