by Missy Cooke | Jan 12, 2016 | Events
Buy MHDR 2018 Tickets! *All sales final. No refunds permitted. Exchange subject to a $25.00 transfer fee. Announcing the First Annual Michigan Hoop Dance Retreat! This retreat will feature a variety of hoop dance workshops throughout the course of the weekend....
by Missy Cooke | Dec 29, 2015 | Events
Work should be fun! Enter below to win a FREE lunchtime hoop dance class for your office! Did you know Lansing Hoops offers corporate hoop dance classes and team-building events? From lunchtime fitness, to team-building workshops, Lansing Hoops offers Mid-Michigan...
by Missy Cooke | Dec 15, 2015 | Blog
How to Get Out of Holiday Overwhelm Mode I can’t believe the 50 degree weather we’re having! It’s been so nice to enjoy an extended outdoor hoop season. It’s been so unseasonably warm that I keep forgetting the holidays are just around the...
by Missy Cooke | Dec 8, 2015 | Blog
Wow – what a difference a year makes! This year I have been blessed to grow Lansing Hoops from a small, barely there hoop dance ‘business idea’, into something much bigger. I’ve spoken to hundreds of kids about the fun and fitness of hooping....
by Missy Cooke | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog
Hey there Lansing Hoopers! How’s your week going so far? I was doing okay until I realized that next week is already Thanksgiving! Where the heck did November go?!? I’m hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year so now my mind is whizzing with...
by Missy Cooke | Jul 7, 2015 | Blog
Barbecues, friends, chilaxin’ all day, followed up by an impressive fireworks show at the end of the night. Ahh. I love the 4th of July. Plus, the next day is my husband’s birthday, so we always try to take a long weekend to celebrate. How was your...
by Missy Cooke | Jun 16, 2015 | Blog
Have you ever had one of those weeks that starts off on the wrong foot, and then afterward, you just can’t shake it? That happened to me earlier this week, and it has been taking all of my willpower not to let it ruin the rest of it. As I sat brooding yesterday,...
by Missy Cooke | Jun 2, 2015 | Blog
Even though, in Michigan, it dropped to less than 40 degrees this week, I can still feel summer on the horizon. Flowers are blooming, birds are chirping. And last week’s 3-day downpour turned the grass and everything living a nice luscious shade of green....
by Missy Cooke | May 21, 2015 | Blog
I’ve taught over 500 women and children to hoop dance. But for every person who learns, 10 tell me how it’s impossible for them. That means I’ve heard “I could never do that” well over 5000 times! But guess what? Every single one of...
by Missy Cooke | May 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms out there! I hope your weekend was spent relaxing and enjoying some downtime. As a hoop dance instructor, one of the biggest frustrations moms who take my hoop classes share with me, is how difficult it is to take time back...