I just got sent this link from the wonderful people who made the HoopGirl piece for Yahoo and Capessa. They made a short video reflecting on what it was like to make my story. They are so cute! I was so grateful for this opportunity.

mycapessa.com/members/storyactions.aspx

:)

Divine Source of All,
Brilliant Beauty in All Things,
Electromagnetic Crystalline Web of One-Ness~

I am so grateful!
I see myself walking a path of joy
Seeking joyful, playful bliss in every moment of every day!
Feeling joy, the body tingling, the efervescence, the zinging fun elation and excitement of the shimmering "YES!" to life!

I see myself having FUN and laughing and smiling and giggling
I see love surrounding me in a vibrating field of rainbow colored lights
I envision total peacefulness, divine perfection and a sense of connection
Thank you!!!

I see my skin clear, healthy, vibrant and radiant
My body is lean, healthy, strong and saturated with life energy
My thoughts are positive and always seek delight
My relationships birth wonder
My words and actions bring light and miracles to everyone
Oh, yes!

I nourish myself with foods which bring out my inner shine and choose wisely
Eating raw, brightly colored vegetables of green, red, orange, purple and more
Blessing my foods with healing images before consuming their wealth of energy
And worshiping water everyday through a personal hydration practice
Saturating the cells and space between my cells with precious liquid
The consciousness of my nutritional nurturing changes me at a cellular level
Uh huh!

I see myself experiencing personal growth through pleasure and ease
I see fantastic surprises of awareness and "aha"s!
12 strands of my DNA are vibrating with activation galore
I sense soothing sensations of Divine connection and guidance
I can clearly hear thousands of angels laughing and advising me in every moment
I easily transcribe uplifting messages from my guides which restore peace
I am so excited about this! Oh Yea!

I see myself starting each day, asking:
"Help me to perform whatever miracles you want of me today"
Moving into meditations of radiant geometric symbols, beings of light and soul quickening,
Emerging with a sense of "Oh! I understand"!
Walking through the day, amplifying my service to humanity
Bringing wellness to people, animals, and the Earth.
Laughing, laughing!

I imagine my Soul Family around me, I feel the strength of their purpose and focus, Absorbing the bounty of connection and high vibration,
I sense the light from the Central Sun, I feel the guidance of the Masters, I resonate with the accelerating diamond-like clarity of Source!
And so it is!

I feel the warm sunlight on my skin, soaking in the nutritious heat of purification
I swim in salty turquoise tropical waters with dolphins and whales
I slumber restfully under swaying palm trees, wiggling sand between my toes
Massaging rose quartz crystal spheres in my hands, feeling the divine pinkness
I climb super green mountains to cherished sacred waterfall grottos
Immersing myself in ultra-activated waters and feeling so good!
Pilgrimidge to spectacular sites which have absorbed millions of prayers
And play in the lightbliss of just sitting, breathing and being
Yes, I invite these experiences into my now!

Divine Wonderessence of the Universe, which runs through me and is me,
I see myself choosing personal growth over personal gain
Trusting the perfect process of emotions and unfolding
Seeking at all times ways of thinking and being which feel more joyful
Letting go and releasing anything which is not brilliant, bountiful and nurturing
Making friends with my ego and choosing a higher path with tender compassion
This is truely the way to live, being light, bringing light, birthing light
Thankfulness is here!

*Today's Art Source is unknown! If you know who created this image, please let me know so I can credit the artist. Thank you!

A lucky accident based on what was in today's fruit bowl!

Green Goddess Smoothie
1 apple
3/4 head of spinach
2 dates
1 3/4 cup of water
knob of fresh ginger

Wow! This is delicious! A nice way to start the day. The ginger is especially warming for a cool, cloudy day. Enjoy!

It certainly has been a while since I have blogged! For a while it was like a lifeline... but acceleration in life has caused pause....

Also, something else interesting has arisen... a question of what is appropriate to put on a "professional" blog... what is "too personal"?

I get so many thank you notes from customers for my brutal honesty and sharing of life experience that I literally screened nothing from my transcriptions. But recently this has come up as an issue when I had a potential client decide not to hire me based on a blog entry! Shocking, but true.

So... there has been a sudden shift in the force of my blogs. Now, suddenly I have this second guessing happening, wondering, "is this not professional enough?", "will I offend people by sharing my personal beliefs?". So I trimmed down entries to nutrition tips, promotional information, media, and mostly hoop practice.

Honestly, it is not as satisfying. Is it as boreing on your side as it is on mine? There was such a luminescent joy in sharing everything going on in my life. My business is honestly a part of me... and it is interwoven with many other aspects of my awakening, try as I might to keep boundaries in place.

The bottom line is that what moves me about hooping is how it has been a part of my own empowerment, transformation and unfolding as a woman. I value your input, my dear readers, about what feeds you most from my blogs so I can keep delivering what feels good!

Meanwhile I am loving the sunshine nurturing from the beach here. Went for a 2 hour walk this morning in a bikini (an awesome change after the many layers in 40 degree weather and rain in San Francisco!) just absorbing the lightness of being from the super turquoise water and white sands. Something of a lighter, finer vibration happens breathing in the humid, warm air. I feel supported and loved in every cell! I am SO grateful to be here! Thank you!

Tonight was Day Two of the 12 class intermediate HoopGirl Workout Series. After having taken a 6+ month hiatus from teaching actual classes aside from Teacher Trainings, it was an absolute joy and thrill to be there. The class material has continued to progress and clarify over the years and it has finally arrived at a place of duplication which I can share at the next Intermediate teacher training. I am so ridiculously amped by the material...

I start every day with meditation in an outside area, on the earth in a special grove which I have created as a sacred sanctuary. I begin with my laughter practice~ warming up my abdomen with breathing and sounding exercises. I move into gentle sounds, then giggles, then full blown laughter. I ride waves of heart-warming chuckles for about thirty minutes, cresting, falling, surfing, rolling onto my back and kicking my legs with glee! I am feeling quite sparkly.

Although HoopGirl hoops and hoopdancing today is light worlds from the original branded Hula Hoop and the 50's fad, I still feel compelled to give a shout out to Richard Knerr, the co-founder of the Wham-O company who died today. I am so grateful for his work~ which introduced the concept of using a plastic ring for fun ~ to the mainstream world! Thank you for your pioneering work Richard~ blessings to you...

You can read his story here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2242714,00.html

There were squeals of delight, giggles and lots of smiles at Monday night's rehearsal when we learned we won the 2008 Hoopie Award! Thank you so much for your votes! We will be passing the trophy around, on loan between our members each week, handing it off to one another at our weekly meeting. We hope that having the trophy for a week each will inspire us each to take our personal practices to the next level!

Thanks again!

It has been a fascinating ride, these last few weeks. I have been downloading a lot of information, working long hours and sweetly surprised by the brilliance which has emerged. It feels really good, but also exhausting. Drinking gallons of water with lemon to stay clear...

Hmmmm... tonight after Bay Area Hoopers I swung by Borders and picked up "Dance of Kama Sutra" DVD, by Hemalaya. It has been on my mind for a couple weeks... as I have been wanting to stoke the fires of my inner Goddess!

I'm so glad I got it! I just spent the last hour feeling like an empress while undulating on the living room floor to the wonderful images and tantalizing music. Luxurious... full of beauty, presence and wonder...

I played with sultry elements I want to add to my dance... sweet delicious movements of my arms, my thighs, my hips, my eyes! There is so much power that can be moved with the eyes and conscious looking, and looking away... and back!

Slithering and sliding on the floor with the help of this hipnotic, intoxicating teacher Goddess who helped center me into my presence and breathe. The rolling movements felt so feminine and empowering... especially devoting the dance to an opening of the heart! I am so grateful for the virtual teachers available to me in my life, even from the comfort of my living-room. I can't wait to play with some of these exercises while hooping....

Beauty and love! They really all the most wonderful things in the world!

Thank you for the medicine of personal practice... it's funny that I always tell my students to make it feel good and sometimes I get so militant with my own personal practice... forcing myself to go for a full hour which feels soooo long... feeling the impulse to glance at the clock interrupt my flow. So today with a mini revelation I said to myself, "40 always feels like the perfect length, why not just set the timer for only 40 minutes!". The time flew by as I brought my breathe into the movements, counter balances, sighing into floating movements, jumping, whirling, playing, feeling the emotions I have been teaching with moves in Intermediate class... what a sweet way to start the morning. No expectations or intense drills, just cruising along the liquid journey...