Yoga and HoopDance

Mimi in India, January 2012

There is a balance point of stillness in my asana practice where each posture opens up energy centers and alignment in my body that increases my movement facility in the hoop. The backward bending poses put me in touch with the power to elevate my sky-angle-hooping, and the inverted postures activate my core in different and complementary ways to what I experience in my hoop practice.

I have been a Hatha Yoga (Sivananda) instructor since 1994. With a background in dance, the teaching and correcting of alignment within a class setting is something I consider absolutely essential. I became serious about my hoopdance practice in 2010 and took it to a daily practice in 2011. Returning from my second (month-long) trip to India in 2012, I am even more committed to exploring and teaching the resonance between the stillness of asana and the movement of hoopdance.