"I guess what I’m most trying to say is: expectations suck balls. And not meeting them has nothing whatsoever to do with one’s inherent worth, or skill, or artistry. To all hoopers and flowsters out there: other people’s expectations are not your responsibility. If they watch what you do and think “it should be more this, it should be less that,” well that’s their issue not yours. Be true to who you are. This is not to say that certain technical elements — how you face the camera, how clean your planes are – aren’t important. Just that they contribute to the overall effect you create, but they are not the defining factors.
On the other hand: be true to who you are. Your Flow most shines when you spin from the center of your authentic self. Flow will not come when you are attempting to hoop up to what someone else thinks you should be. Flow will not come when you try to incorporate every new, currently popular technique out there into a routine or video clip.
Flow only comes when you let that go.
What do others think are “advanced” moves?
Let it go.
What do others think is sexy and does “sexy” even matter?
Let it go.
What do others think is graceful?
Let it go.
What do others think is beautiful?
Let it go.
What do others think is Flow?
Let it go.
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| Khan Wong flows in Bali |
You know who you are. You know what music moves you and what doesn’t. Maybe you’d rather hoop to nothing but your breath (my favorite way even though most of my friends think that’s weird). Whatever you think someone else thinks you should hoop to: Let it go.The key to Flow: Let Go. Hoop from your center, hoop according to your own rhythm and your own heart. Flow comes from there, not anyplace else. Just there."
This was taken from the amazing Khan Wong in discussing flow for hooping.org.
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