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"Elements of Holistic Hoopology; An Ancient Practice Comes Full Circle"
In these accelerated times we live in, the tribal soul within us is re-emerging and beginning to recognize the healing and esoteric roots of dance, acknowledging the levels of health, wholeness and spiritual connection one can achieve through it. Reinventing ancient practices- hoopdance can be a way to meditate, pray, evoke an insightful alpha state, change one’s state of consciousness, restructure one’s DNA or simply connect with spirit and nature.
When we make the conscious choice to ecstatically dance our intentions, we begin to open our lives on deeper spiritual levels. As with any spiritual practice, such as meditation and yoga, one can become more fully present and awaken to their higher consciousness. This creates a sense of expansion into understanding the dynamics of interconnectivity. Our human body (DNA-microcosm) reflects the Universe (galaxy-macrocosm). Acknowledging this, we can align with the divine patterns, consciously merging and synchronizing our being on all levels.
The hoop can be a tool for catalyzing this personal evolution. One of the world’s most ancient symbols- the circle was used in many tribal and religious ceremonies to set sacred space. Within the circle, intentions and the power of attraction create infinite possibilities, where true healing can be achieved. Through the spiral vortex energy this circle creates, certain patterns of divine intelligence can be expressed. Just as the Sufi Dervishes whirl to meditate and re-connect with the ONE while mimicking the orbiting of the planets, we, too, can initiate our own shamanic dance journey.
Moving within these sacred geometric mandala patterns, one can amplify and balance their life force energy. Physical movement is a vehicle for setting affirmational intentions in our energy bodies, and the hoop itself can intensify whatever your personal purpose may be. Acting as a funnel (like a whirlpool), the spiral motion may draw kundalini-Shakti energy up from the mother earth, while simultaneously pulling kundalini-Shiva energy down from father sky and through the chakra channel. This energy movement creates the ‘spin’ of these ‘wheels of light’, re-balancing the chakra system as a whole so that it may operate at its’ fullest potential.
You may notice that it will come more naturally to hoop one particular direction, the direction that is healing for you. We have discovered through experience that, which direction you spin contributes to the attributes expressed and the benefits obtained. Those that spin to the left (or counter-clockwise) clear energy and send it outwards, with a tendency to put out a more ‘active’ energy into the world. Those that spin to the right (or clockwise) draw energy inward to harmonize it, with a tendency to process internally, examining honesty and authentic ways of being. Yet, one can balance these energies holistically by consciously hooping both directions. We encourage people to spin both ways to become more ambi-dexterous and to cultivate harmonic resonance (a state of balancing both hemispheres of the brain while integrating the polarities of the body). Synchronizing our hemispheres and poles will allow our auras to expand and completely merge with the earth, the solar system and galaxies beyond.
Through hoopdance we raise our own frequency, in turn, upshifting the vibration of the entire planet. Thus, the hoop is a tool for personal transformation, generating alchemical unity on all levels, manifesting visions for our selves and the whole world.
Written By: Kandice Korves-Kaus B.A.
Founder of Holistic Hooping, Holistic Hoopologist
Written for: Conscious Dancer Magazine, #7 Summer Issue, 2009
