Hoop Dance is ...

Wiki sez "FLOW is the mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity." 

Also known as being in the zone or in the groove. Hopefully you've experienced FLOW at some point in your life because it feels very, very good. In fact, FLOW often accompanied by a feeling of bliss.

For me, there can be some awareness that I'm in FLOW. But thinking about it while it's happening can actually interrupt the feeling. Often it is when I "come out" of that state that I'm aware I "was in."

A certain amount of mastery of Hoop Dance is essential for FLOW otherwise the conscious attention required to move between tricks keeps you aware of time and space. So during your practice, do repeated drills of 2 or 3 moves in combination. This will help shift your thoughts on how to move from your conscious to your sub-conscious mind. Start by using the moves you know well, even if it's as basic as keeping the hoop rotating around your waist. Even that movmeent in the right setting can facilitate FLOW.

FLOW is one of those things that you can't decide you're going to feel. Instead, you can increase the chances of it happening by assembling things in your life that support and encourage FLOW to occur. Often, I only need my hoop and some great music to get in the groove. But adding other fun things always helps. Here are some suggestions:
 your favorite hoopa new hoop that you're dying to trya fun new move you've practiced a bunchmusic you lovelive musica beautiful outdoor settingcentering your energy before beginning Hoop Danceenvisioning each CHAKRA glowing with balanced energyvisualizing your CHAKRA column as flowing with energy while you hoopcreating a sacred space for indoor hooping (mood lighting, enough room to hoop, candles, incense, altar items)wearing something cute, beautiful and/or funkyreally great friendsrejuvenating solitudea dab of glitter on your 6th CHAKRAa light late afternoon buzz

CHAKRA 1 is anchored in space and time as is everything in the physical world, the environment of CHAKRA 1. Losing track of space and time during a FLOW experience is at the OPPOSITE end of the CHAKRA Column, CHAKRA 7. When you reach a state of FLOW, you have successfully drawn your energy all the way up your CHAKRA Column and your energy now flows freely up and down your CHAKRA Column, connecting physical and spiritual. From mother earth to the cosmos and from the cosmos down to mother earth! In FLOW, you are plugged in to Source Energy!

"Life is the dancer and you are the dance."

Eckhart Tolle

In FLOW, you allow life to dance through you. How wonderful!

Energy flowing down the CHAKRA Column from CHAKRA 7 to CHAKRA 1 (from heaven to earth, from spiritual being to physical matter, from formless to form) takes on progressively denser forms. Mapping your life from CHAKRA 7 to CHAKRA 1 leads to manifestation.

C7: Manifestation starts with an inspired idea. C6: That idea starts to take shape through visualized images as you picture your idea in its finished form. C5: The manifestation process progresses as you begin to talk about it. C4: We develop relationships with other people that have skills to help create our vision. C3: We direct our energy towards activities that promote our creation. C2: Passion provides the motivation to complete the manifestation process. C1: Our original idea is manifested on the physical plane.

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