The Hoop Experiment: multi hoop

tiistai 31. maaliskuuta 2015

Pregnancy week 21 - it's a boy!

It's been a really busy week... Fire shows, glow shows, Parsifal-production rehearsals, music video shootings, hooping at the energy expo, my best friends baby shower etc. Normally I love action and busy schedule, but now I feel like the pregnancy is sucking all energy out of me. I feel a lot more tired than usually. But the best thing during this week was the ultra sound. We got to see our little one and it's a little boy!

After the glow show on last Friday

Hooping at the energy expo on Wednesday & Thursday

Our precious boy!

www.parsifal.fi. Run troughs for Parsifal on Sunday

Before the Fire show on last Saturday

The mental roller coaster ride is getting a little bit easier. I have finally found my inner zen, peace or what ever. Well, I feel fine most of the time! But when I put on my show costumes and look in the mirror, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

I think it should look like this:

When it actually looks like this...

Gotta love these mama-pants

Oh, they say that pregnancy increases your flexibility. I have had trouble with my back flexibility after I quit gymnastics. The injuries and scoliosis made my back really stiff, but now I finally found my toes again! Yippii!

I am really amazed that I can still hoop without ANY problems! People can already see my baby bump and they ask all the time doesn't it bother my hooping. But not at all! Weird! Only sometimes the little one kicks in the middle of spinning, but that just feels funny and lights my day =)!

I made a video from last week's gigs. Didn't have that much time to edit it, but here comes the
video hooping from pregnancy weeks 20-21.

Have a nice spring!!

perjantai 13. maaliskuuta 2015

About The Hoop Experiment and me

Is hooping your passion? Mine too!
Hooping fills my days in so many ways... It brings me joy, it keeps me fit, it keeps me motivated and it helps me to pay my bills. At the moment I work as a professional show performer in Finland and abroad as well; Fire shows, glow shows, hoops, poi, staff, singing, gigs, teaching in workshops and of course training fill my calender. Hmm.. At least filled my calender.

On November (2014) my husband and I got some great news.We are going to have a baby! Yai! The baby is more than wanted and welcome! We jumped for joy! Still slowly these questions started to pop up in my head: How to combine growing belly and hooping successfully together? Will I be able to still hoop, especially multi hoop and how long? And what happens after, do I have to learn on-body multi hooping all over again?
I tried to google answers to my questions, but I couldn't find that much of a info - especially about multi hooping, so I decided to make an experiment of my own - Hooping while pregnant and hooping post partum. You'r welcome to join my prego hooping journey =)!

Few throw -backs: