This past weekend I had the honor of training 10 phenomenal hoop teachers in the first Level Three HoopGirl Teacher Training. I am overflowing with inspiration. It was a hit!

Beautiful women who were here: Natasha, Jenna Luna, Julie, Mollie, Allison, Diana, Cassandra, Heather, Lisa, and Krissana... and of course my fellow master trainer Candice, along with assistants Jenny and Susan. What a brilliant assembly.

The material in the Level three revolves around spirit and hoopdance. We teach over 60 new moves in a holistic format which evolves the level 1 and 2 material to the next level. It is the next frontier in establishing hoopdance as an authentic movement meditation practice... so many new exercises, elements and explorations. It was a place to re-ignite the passion for what is possible! Within myself as a trainer and in students seeking new material to teach their students.

Words that came to mind while witnessing teachers doing their practical exams: Stunning, spiritual, authentic, awe-inspiring, generous, bliss, precise, insightful, professional, surrendering, uplifting, creative, connected, original, soulful, supportive, enchanting, gifted ...

It was a powerful experience to hand out the 100 page manuals and share the culmination of almost a decade of spiritual hoopdance insights with the women in attendance.The Zoom moves, especially, were a cherished addition to the program. A wonderful philosophical exploration of Yin energy, receptivity and the power of allowing and intrinsic muscular activation. I feel like I could write volumes upon volumes about the revelations I have received in these tiny portals in such a short time... but this needs to wait.

The spirit of HoopGirl -- beyond my personality -- as a body of ever expanding material and a global community of leading edge hoopdance educators -- was present and surging through all of us in waves of insight, personal growth, joy and creativity.

For now, I will leave it at that. Off to an amazing night of well deserved sleep.... I am so grateful for this amazing life I live!

I am thrilled to present guest blogger, Candice Schutter, HoopGirl Master Trainer. Candice and JennaLuna are superstars on the HoopGirl educational team! Together, they facilitated the recent Level 1 HoopGirl Dance Teacher Training in Baltimore. This was a hallmark event. Here are her reflections...

I am settling in at home in Portland, Oregon relaxing after three glorious days in Baltimore, Maryland! I was there co-facilitating a HoopGirl Level One Teacher Training. Although I had taught the course material alongside Christabel on numerous occasions over the past 3 years (and even helped co-author many of the concepts), it was a new dawn for me and for HoopGirl. This was the first training in which the material would be presented without Christabel as a facilitator. My intention going into the weekend: to trust that I would be able to channel her wisdom - along with my own - and deliver 100% on the promise. And I am so pleased to announce that we did just that...

I am thrilled to have JennaLuna, a teacher and trainer on staff here at HoopGirl, as today's guest blogger! Read on for her experience using the 21 Day Detox Program...

I am excited to be guest blogging here on HoopGirl about my 21-Day Detox experience. I first must say that I have some definite issues with food. I am a classic emotional eater, stuffing my face when I am feeling sad, stressed, anxious, and even happy. I also just love heavy foods like breads and cheeses, salty/crunchy foods, lots of soda and of course some sweets here and there.

I have been aware for a very long time that my eating habits needed to evolve…in the past few doctor’s visits I have had high cholesterol. Not through the roof high, but enough that a woman in her early 30’s should be a little concerned about. I also hit my heaviest weight last year and that was difficult for me. But still, my food addictions have always gotten the best of me and I didn’t do much about it. Luckily in moving to the Bay Area 6 months ago, I have lost some weight. This is due to the fact that I have been able to take more hoop classes here in the area and am also now teaching hoop classes here at HoopGirl. I also started school at UC Berkeley and if you have ever been there you know the hills are a killer…so walking around campus has helped as well....