Short report before I get to work... had gotten distracted by the TV thing!

Before I started my hooping this morning I watched Baxter's grace video and felt so calmed and centered just from watching it! It was a great reminder that hooping is a practice and life path before it is a business for me. Hearing the slow music and watching his careful movements was a powerful visual reminder of what really matters.

During my hour long morning hooping practice which followed, I used only my left arm since my right tricep is pulled. I put on an ambient CD called "Yogitar". At first, I started in slow motion, using the hoop as a balanced prop to weave my body into and out of with deep breathe. I tried some of Baxter's "warrior" methods with it and found the response time lagging a bit, but just stayed with the process. Then I moved on to my outflow and using my left hand for floats and skips and steps, etc. Also, floats with left hand in outflow from limbo and booty bump were fun adventures.

Wow! I hadn't realized how much my I favor my right hand until I didn't allow myself to use it. As the hoop rotated around, I found all these small ways in which I didn't fully articulate or push as much as I do with my other hand. So in my breathe, in the soothing music, in slow movements and building of strength and balance I was. It was a great journey with the sunshine streaming through the plants and some wonderful sensations in my body.

It's funny how an injury can be a whole new window into what is possible. I intend to specifically do complete a left hand practice at least once a week from now on.

:)