Well Hulaerobics is finally for sale in the online store at www.hoopgirl.com! I was contracted to do this as a buyout for Universal Pictures UK. I had no idea I would actually be able to sell them myself until recently, when they made the offer. It is an ENTIRELY different animal from my other DVD, HoopDance For Beginners. Basically, I was hired to act and perform in this vision which was the vision of Heart and UP, as opposed to carrying out my own vision as in HoopDance for Beginners. At the time, I had SO many reservations! Now I have come to peace with the fact that it was a wonderful gig and I feel honored to have had the experience. I feel so blessed to have been part of a hoop event that was such high production value AND that they let me squeeze some of my own essence in with my performances. And I do know that this DVD will appeal to an entire audience which my other DVD could never reach.
It is amazing that this was filmed all in ONE day. I flew over to London in December, rehearsed for a week with a director every day and then on Saturday they shot the entire thing, chapter by chapter. Having to speak all from memory was quite a challenge! And having to do the interviews and two performances at the end of a 12 hour shoot day was even more challenging! But it happened. They had tons of lights and camerapeople and production value happening and it was quite a honor to be invited to be part of this vision. While I personally have a very different approach to hoopdance, it is a nice feather in my cap. I hope that viewers don't think I have changed from my essential nature, however! I had to act like an authoritative fitness guru and speak in a tone of voice foreign to my own classes. Watching it does make me giggle, honestly. As I said in the ads, my absolute favorite part are the two performances in the bonus chapters.
However, I can say from personal experience that if you really do the entire DVD start to finish, your butt will be kicked!!! After rehearsing it for 5 days in a row doing it start to finish each day, my whole body ached and felt worked! Life is such an interesting adventure.
Thank you Universe for the wonderful opportunities which have been given to me! I see a flood of commercial, DVD and film opportunities continuing to come my way from good people who share the love of hoopdance! I see these many experiences widening my perspective and stretching my boundaries. I see millions of people learning about and loving hooping! I also see all the DVD projects I have already done reaching more and more people everyday. I see people getting fit, feeling sexy and having fun with gyrational movement which heals and transforms their bodies on many levels. I see my own health, wellbeing and radiance growing so I have authentic positive energy and enthusiasm to share. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!