Hoop Vinyāsa grew from my life as a yogini and my love of hoopdance. While warming up for hoop practice, needing a break from intense dancing, or to cool down, I’d naturally find myself using the hoop to stretch, strengthen, and stabilize the body.

As a tool, the hoop invites the spirit of play, curiosity, and discovery into embodied practice. As a prop, integration of the hoop supports energetic alignment of the physical forms, balanced flow of transitions between asanas and other movement, and heightened awareness from including a novel prop.

Movement sequences cultivate patience, sensitivity, and awaken an energetic experience of deep connection in the spine, our axis. The hoop becomes a teacher for moving in curves, spirals, multiple axes, and in the non-linear world we inhabit. Hoop Vinyasa pathways are inspired by yoga asana-vinyasa, hoopdance as its own art form, and current research into non-linear functional anatomy.

An important element of Hoop Vinyasa is pulsation-based creative kriyas, or Rhythmic Vinyasas, which help create a state of rhythmic entrainment- synchronization of body, mind, and breath through rhythmic repetition.

Step into the Circle! May the hoop bless your practice with discovery, depth, and joy!