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February 21, 2009

Join Christabel at FLOW~ The Bend Northwest Hoop Gathering! April 10-12

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WHAT: A mesmerizing three day hoop gathering with workshops taught by some of the industry’s finest hoopers and hoop instructors from around the country. The goal of this gathering is to continue to bring our beautiful hooping community together and allow us all to learn from and be inspired by each other. The theme FLOW has been selected as the primary topic for the weekend.

WHERE: Bend, Oregon. Location TBA

WHEN: Friday April 10th from 5:30-9, Saturday April 11th from 10-7, Sunday April 12 11-4

COST: $195 (that’s about $10/hour...you can’t beat it!)

HOW DO I SIGN UP?: Go here!

My dear friends... an amazing new hoop gathering is taking place in Bend, Oregon called FLOW. It is coming up fast -- April 10-12. Licensed HoopGirl Workout instructor Molly Hogan, a.k.a. HoopDazzle, is organizing this wonderful event. She is pouring her heart and soul into it so you can have an amazing time! Molly is a sparkling, beautiful, and radiant hoop goddess. With her at the helm, I know this event is going to be epic. Join us!

There will gobs of wonderful presenters there including Baxter and Ann from the Hoop Path, Rich of Isopop, Anah of Hoop Revolution, Spiral, Candice of HoopShine, Khan, myself and many more! Sign Up Here! Space is limited to 90 participants and tickets are already 30% sold.

I am excited to be offering a special 2 hour workshop:

The seminar with has two parts: floorplay and ecstatic dance with micro twins. During the first hour, you will learn how to comfortably floordance while hooping (with a regular sized hoop). Explore how to maneuver expressively on muscle and soft tissue while pivoting, sliding, rolling and whirling. Surrender to the floor as a supportive dance partner. Achieve flow by allowing a rigid surface to relax tension. Part two of this seminar is an ecstatic dance experience with twin micro hoops! The purpose of Zooms is to create sacred geometries and other shapes for contemplation. They are tools for movement meditation as opposed to tools for fancy, athletic or high impact tricks. Zooms invite introspection and prayerful dance. Play with a variety of handholds and shapes. The goal is to use the smallness of the hoops to spark creativity in your dance. Bring: kneepads, your regular hoop and your own pair of 21-25 inch micro hoops or pre-order both to pick up at the retreat by emailing admin-AT-hoopgirl-DOT-com by April 5. There will also be a limited number of pairs on site for sale.

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See you there!

xoxo
Christabel

October 8, 2009

Reflections from Hoop Camp: The Power of Silence and Drishti

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I had the joy of attending Hoop Camp in the mountains of Santa Cruz again this year! This event is organized by Heather Troy of Move Hoops, a licensed HoopGirl Workout teacher committed to creating community and creating fun ways to bring hoopers together. Hoop Camp is a boot-camp type non-stop training experience for hoopdancers, featuring back to back classes and activities from 6am until 1am daily. It is amazing to experience the teaching styles of so many diverse hoop leaders from around the world under the redwood canopies and sunshine. For me it has the added appeal of falling on the birthday weekend~ so there is an instant assembly of all my favorite friends all in one place to celebrate with!

I was honored to be invited back to teach again...

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October 19, 2009

Kauai Workshops in December with Christabel!

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HOOPGIRL WORKOUT SKILLS INTENSIVE WITH CHRISTABEL IN PARADISE!

WHAT:
Join Christabel, the founder of HoopGirl.com, in her first ever Kauai hoopdance classes! This six hour training will take you on a dynamic journey of body, mind and spirit. Each seminar is two hours in length and includes elements of the 12 HoopGirl Workout class series at each level.

Level 1: Feel Good Body:
Get your funky groove on! This class will provide action-packed essentials to get hooping! You will learn how to keep the hoop spinning, how to recover it and much more! Develop poise, body awareness and strength while moving and expressing yourself. Exercises provided to help develop your own signature style. Moves taught include: Booty Bump, Limbo and Barrell Roll. Experienced hoopers will be challenged with more challenging variations.

Level 2: Magical Mind:
Explore emotional expression through hoopdance by integrating vocalization, gestures, facial expressions, and dance. Expand the planes of movement as we move down low to the floor and jump high in the air. You will be challenged to take the skills from level one and apply more speed, precision and range of movement. Moves taught include: Jingle, Fling, Jackrabbit, Sparkle, Tailspin.

Level 3: Radiant Spirit:
Play with spiritual energy and explore how to be a channel while hooping. You will learn different techniques to vessel and radiate energy. Included is a guided journey through musculature, bones, breathe and space. Expand awareness of your body as a temple. Hooping exercises explore using gesture, vocalizations, and visualizations to amplify presence and increase creativity. Advanced material taught in the context of cultivating presence and poise. Moves include: Atomic Twirl, Charm, Stargate, Bullroar, and Poncho.

WHEN:
Dec 6, 3-5pm Feel Good Body
Dec 12, 3-5pm Magical Mind
Dec 13, 3-5pm Radiant Spirit

LOCATION:
All Saints Gym, 1065 kuhio Higway, kapaa, Hi 96746

COST:
1 class/2 hours for $50
2 classes/4 hours for $90
3 classes/6 hours for $120
(Those taking level 3 are especially encouraged to at least also take Level 2 as some of the material is sequential)

HOW DO I SIGN UP?
Space is extremely limited! Students are encouraged to get the best deal and most intensive training by taking all three seminars. Click here to register online.

QUESTIONS?
Contact Skylar at starchildhi@yahoo.com

WHO IS CHRISTABEL ZAMOR?
Christabel is passionate about teaching hoopdance as an empowering, sensual and artistic dance form. She is the founder of HoopGirl.com, the creator of the HoopGirl Workout, and the author of "Hooping: A Revolutionary Fitness Program". She has been teaching sold-out class since 2001 and has performed hoopdance internationally for clients such as Cirque du Solieil and Universal Pictures. She has produced 6 instructional DVDs and has been featured in hundreds of publications and television shows, including Time, O, Prevention, Shape, Spin, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, and many more. Her 72-hour HoopGirl teacher certification program has created over 375 HoopGirl certified teachers in over 13 countries.

WHAT'S NEXT:
Christabel will be returning to Honolulu and on Feb 19-21 will teach a Level 1 HoopGirl Teacher Training, followed on Feb 23-25 by a HoopGirl Performance Training. Space will be extremely limited in these events and deposits are now being accepted to hold space. Click here to secure your spot!

January 4, 2010

Hooping in Paradise 2! Feb 11+12 in Kauai!

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Christabel is thrilled to come back to Kauai and share some mad hoop skills with you! This four hour multi-level skill intensive includes elements of the 12 HoopGirl Workout class series including exercises, drills, dance and moves.... read on for more details...

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