Well Rounded Hoopers throughout the GTA have been invited to share our energy and support at this awesome event! Raising awareness of movement and love – we will be bringing hoops and sharing them with anyone who wants to try! Message me for details or just show up with your hoop! Meet Taydon Robinson, he’s [...]
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13
May
Your Summer Guide for Hoops Jams
Victoria Day Jam! May 21stat 6-9 pm LOCATION: Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt Road, 3rd Floor HOST: Mandy DJs: J-Law (aka Johnny) & Mistaken Ape (aka Jordan) will be on the decks with a mix of House and Drum n’ Bass for our a special holiday edition of the Monday night jam at Dovercourt. Join us [...]
10
May
Veggie Pride Parade wants Hoopers!
Toronto’s 3rd Annual Veggie Pride Parade All are welcome to celebrate with us! Don’t delay, Get Your Veg On! & Your Hoop! Date: Saturday June 2 Time: 12-3:30 pm Location: Yonge & Bloor to Trinity Square ***LINE-UP STARTS AT 11:30am on Asquith Ave. (Yonge/Bloor @ the Toronto Reference Library) 15 city blocks! Vegan Meals and [...]
04
May
The Care and Feeding of Jams
What’s that I see? Sunshine – muddy feet – open-hearted park sitters – jam jam jam time is here!! Time to use public space for play, for relaxation, for GROWING! We have a solid jamming tradition here in the big smoke, and I’m here to give some tips on how to keep it strong! First [...]
14
Apr
Dancing makes you smarter!
A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that daily dancing lowers your risk of dementia. The authors studied leisure activities that were mental (cross words, reading) and physical (golf, biking, dancing) and dancing showed the greatest risk reduction of any leisure activity. Why? It’s the split-second decision making that dancing (especially [...]
11
Apr
The Coolest Thing in Sadie’s House
Want to see what it’s like to live with a hundred hoops? Check out this video where Sadie shows her around her home – it’s the latest episode of Coolest Thing in The House
05
Apr
Outdoor Hooping Gear
While prepping for an early-spring park session I realized all the little tricks I’ve found and things I’ve bought that make going to the park to hoop more comfortable. Now I’m not saying to rush out and buy more stuff (all you need is you and your hoop and some space!) but if you do [...]
29
Mar
In Flow Festival! A weekend retreat for hoopers
The community here in Toronto is buzzing after a fantastic March madness hoopstravaganza with Baxter and Beka. The sun is shining and our bodies are opening up in the warm weather. My thoughts have been drifting to visions of hooping barefoot in the grass… are you with me? If you’re hooked on that hoop high [...]
09
Feb
Hoopers have heart!
Post by Elana Millman I have been hooping for 6 years. I have seen this community grow from a small pocket of former ravers and party kids with an ardent interest in something a little kooky to a tsunami- like force that incorporates all people regardless of age, size, race, gender, class. It is mind-blowing, [...]
08
Jan
The possibility hiding behind “can’t”
On December 31st, 2011 I was watching a spider slide down a long string of web. The spider was so magnificently suspended in space. I said to my friend, “The web is so thin that I CAN’T even see it.”The minute I said “CAN’T”, my eyes focused in and focused in again to see the [...]
