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Empowerment Through Movement with Hoopnotica & I AM THAT GIRL

Are you THAT GIRL? Women and girls everywhere are choosing to be their best selves...and to offer other girls support along the way! A few years ago Alexis Jones and Emily Greener, two best frie...

54 Reasons to Hoop for Fitness for Just 8 Minutes a Day!

1. Take a deep breath.... As many yoga aficionados know, taking time out of your busy day to just breathe relieves stress, improves mental clarity, and makes life just a little more pleasant in ...

Hula Hooping Makes Summer Better

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="715"] Photo: Lisa Richards' 8 year old daughter giving her hoop a whirl![/caption] “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the tw...

The Benefits of Hula Hooping (AKA Why You Should Start Hooping for Fitness Today)

Hoopnotica lays out some of the benefits of hula hooping that are guaranteed to have you wanting to give hooping a try for at least 8 minutes a day. (Keep reading to find out why.)     Hooping...

Ask A Hooper: How Many Calories Does Hula Hooping Burn?

  Hooping has been proven to burn over 400 calories per hour by the American Council on Exercise although the calorie-burn from hooping may be as high as 600 calories per hour when other parts o...

Homespun Hooper: From Belgrade with Love!

Recently, hooper Dijana Milosevic reached out to Hoopnotica through Facebook and a new homespun hooping story came to light! Dijana lives in Belgrade, Serbia, where hula hoops are hard to come by! ...

Hooping Inspiration: We are the Music-Makers

Recently, Hoopnotica CEO Melissa Palmer created this beautiful graphic based on a poem by Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy. O'Shaughnessy's ode, titled, "We are the Music-Makers" describes the a...

Richmond Gets Hoopnotica Certified with Keith Moore!

Here's to our new small group of Hoopnotica Certified Instructors!  They were so welcoming as Master Trainer Keith Moore swooped in for a semi-private HoopnoticaFlow 1 training with these lovely l...

Must Watch! Beginning Hoop Tutorial On PopSugar Fitness

Get Ready: Four Hoop Moves in under Four Minutes! Hoopnotica Master Trainer Pamela Crawford was recently at PopSugar Fitness teaching Fitness Host Anna Renderer a beginning level tutorial. Perfe...

Hoopnotica Featured Hooper Julie Zetlin, Getting Lost in the Spin

Olympic rhythmic gymnast Julie Zetlin is Hoopnotica's newest featured hooper! Julie is an incredible athlete, actress, and hooperstar. Her incredible skills have taken her to competitions around ...