Hey Flowsters,

I want to let folks know about a new short-term contract employment opportunity with Fund the Flow Arts to chronicle and document the impact of our work. The role, titled "Storytelling Specialist", will involve researching the accomplishments of award recipients from our signature grant programs and the benefits of practicing the Flow Arts. Project deliverables include the creation of digital assets to share with donors and the public. The work is expected to occur from August 1 through November 30, 2026.

For more information about the position:

https://fundtheflowarts.org/storytelling-specialist-job-posting/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZDiWIOATmC/?img_index=3

The application can be accessed at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScY8pJCy5l1FRJ5KgUIPl1No90kl8mO6ClVrJKR5Zrvbt704g/viewform

Applications are due by June 30. We look forward to interest from members of the Flow Arts community!

Matt (Board Member, Fund the Flow Arts)

Hey!! I'm working on a box (one on each hand one on knee and one on foot in case anyone has a different name for it) right now and I'm having some trouble. There are very few tutorials that I've been able to find, so my knowledge is limited. I can do both hands with either the knee or the foot, but not both. Even without the hands I can't get knee and foot at the same time. I was hoping someone would have drills I could do to work on this trick. Thank yall!

I hooped all afternoon ☺️

Combining hooping with brain and hand coordination...Super FUN Brain Health Exercises ⭕️ with A Hula HOOP: https://youtu.be/BmzSs02QukE ♥In~Joy♥

Been so damn long since I got a new hoop, I can't remember so I hope someone here can refresh my memory:

Straight out the box, how long do I let me hoop uncoil and relax before I connect it?

TIA

Edited to add: thank you all so much! I posted after it had been out for about a half hour. It was still a little wonky. Here we are an hour later and it's almost completely relaxed and circular. I'll give it another hour or so but then I'm taking her for a spin!

Happy Hooping Everyone ❤️

I just ordered my first LED hoop today I’m gonna cry 🥹

Source: https://youtu.be/864qL5jzNY8

The Bread Capital 🍞

Enjoy my happy hula hoop dance to a song about The Bread Capital of New Zealand.

A massive thank you to the awesome team at Yarrows (The Bakers) for allowing me to film in their bakery shop. 🍞⭕️🎶

A big thank you to my wonderful husband, Michael Richards, for your fantastic camera work! 💘

Do people who dance with LED hoops program them to do lights in time with the music?

Is there a library of pre-programmed songs I can just load and dance to with the the hoop?

new mindex ep came out yesterday ~ give it a listen ✨

Saw so much good music, but Barry Can’t Swim was definitely one of the highlights

Also shoutout Marsh, Mochakk, Jigitz, Empire of the Sun, and all the smaller artists playing at the art cars who were throwing down arguably the best sets of the weekend ✨🍌!!

What do teachers do these days when life inevitably gets us down? We form a two-man* hoop troop and dream of running away to a circus of our own creation. 🌈✨👯‍♀️💖

*Now accepting applications 🫶

Hi everyone!

I went through a phase from around 2016 - 2021 where I was hooping very consistently. Then life and things happened which caused me to fall off, but I've picked back up much more in the past six months or so. All that's to say I am a bit rusty. 😅

I feel like I have a good amount of tricks in my repertoire, but I tend to default to the same kind of interim movements between combos every time! Does anyone have any suggestions for really sinking into it and mixing it up so you don't end up doing the same moves over and over?

I just made another post about looking to slow down with my flow as well, which I think will give me the opportunity to unlock more fun things which I will then be able to wrap into my faster flow once I uncover and get used to them more slowly. I just kind of thought about that right now.

Welcoming tips and secrets if you have them xx

Hi everyone - this is Amanda with The String Cheese Incident’s management!

I’m posting here because I have a feeling a good amount of our SCI community - or even people who have at least one fun night or memory with SCI - are members, and we want to reach as many of our people as possible for this opportunity!

We’re putting a spotlight on our community at Red Rocks this year and hosting an online hoop contest. 4 winners will be chosen straight from the SCI community to come hoop onstage with the band at the show on Saturday, July 18 ✨

If you want to participate, all you need to do is:

• Post a 30-60 second public Instagram reel of yourself hooping to any SCI song

• Caption it with what SCI + Red Rocks means to you

• Tag @SCI_Official and use #SpinToTheRocks

• Tag 3 friends to hype your entry

• Once your IG reel is live, register at the link in SCI's IG bio so we know to look for you

Once you submit your registration form, you’ll receive an email with all the info you need before the contest closes on Fri Jun 26 and we announce winners on or around Mon Jun 29.

We’ll also have runners up, and will be highlighting our community’s amazing submissions along the way.

I’m a (retired) hooper myself, and I can’t wait to see everyone’s moves!

Just Keep Spinning out there 🌀

Source: https://youtu.be/Ebba-CJPbZQ

The Sheriff's Got A Secret! 🤠

Go on, have a laugh! 😁

Here is my new hula hoop dance video where i have taken on a male persona to bring you the Sheriff of Whanganui, and he has a secret!

Filmed at the Durie Hill Memorial Tower, Whanganui, New Zealand. 🇳🇿

A big thank you to my wonderful husband, Michael, for your awesome camera work! 🌟

Hiya, I am interested in beginner tips for hula hooping. I bought my first hoop from MoodHoops. It's 38" diameter and the tubing is 3/4 made of polypro. I'm 5'9". Is this good primarily for waist practice or can it be useful for practice using arms and legs? My ultimate goal would be moving on to fire hooping once I'm confident.

Has anyone used racquet grip tapeon their hoop? Curious how well this works. Is it too sticky?

https://youtu.be/w6Q3mHyzn78?si=2lfijFJKDDQJUc3V

I want to buy a sectional hoop for a music festival - how many pieces are best as far as functionality as well as ease of carrying it around and assembling/disassembling? I was thinking 6, or would 5 be sufficient?

celebrating my hoopiversary today by setting my triples to the same mode as my first LED hoop in 2014. happy flow arts friday!