Online Training for Movement Educators, Wellness Professionals and Creatives.

The Program

Elemental Hoopdance Teacher Certification is a weaving and co-creative course carefully crafted to coax out into center stage your unique teaching power and voice. Our online, at-home guided self-study course modules are structured to merge metaphorical and physical understanding and application of the 4 main elements: Air, Fire, Water and Earth, along with insightful, dance-focused hoopdance teaching techniques, and integral mastery of movement from the inside out. Through group and one-on-one process work, we'll dive into beauty and metaphor to help us refine our skills to be empowered leaders and teachers in our communities. 

Course Material

• How to be an empowered teacher and leader in your community

• Metaphorical and physical application of the 5 Elements : Space, Air, Fire, Water and Earth

• How to lead non-hoop and hoop related warm-ups

• Class planning + 10 COMPLETE lesson plans!

• Experiential anatomy and alignment 

• Skillful dance-focused trick and technique presentation : Hoopdance Basics

• Guided meditations and cool-downs

• How to plan a well-rounded class - lesson planner template included

• Business basics

• Get one-on-one time with Dr. Caroline Cárdenas- live Q+A session

Elemental Hoopdance Class Curriculum

• Core Hooping (waist, intro to shoulders, knees, hips)
• Free-flow Dance (off-body)
• Simple Isolations
• Off-body passing
• Hand hooping and spiral pathways
• Portal
• Figure 8s (one beat and continuous)
• Waist lift and waist drop
• Vertical hand hooping
• 2 beat forward weave
• Jump through from weave
• Changing directions
• Passing hand to hand
• Effective linking and dance circuits
• Continuous dance-focused class (Ecstatic Hoopdance)

Begin Your Training Now

Online Self Study Elemental Hoopdance Teaching Training.

These modules are intimate and in-depth opportunities to develop a holistic, complete and empowered approach to teaching hoopdance as it sweeps into the hearts of many the world-over. This six week course is designed to give you ALL YOU NEED to step into your own way of movement leadership in the hoop.

What's Included?

• Space Meditation
• Intention Setting
• Myth, Metaphor & Imagery
• Why the Elements?
• Somatics - Anatomy
• Space Element Overview
• Teaching with Space
• Active Voicing
• Four Ways of Knowing

• Air Element Somatic Meditation
• Body As Resource
• Map of the Elements (overview) and how they relate to teaching
• Student-Focused Leadership
• Overview of the Air Element
• Centering and Warm-Ups
• Movement Meditations
• Optimal Alignment
• Air Element Tricks & Technique

• Optimal Alignment & Movement Meditation
• Overview of the Fire Element
• Money Matters
• Lesson Plans
• Lesson Plan Review - Air
• Wild Mind Map
• Fire Element Trick & Technique

• Water Meditation
• Emotional Intelligence
• The Water Element and Receptivity
• Types of Hoopdance Offerings
• Fire Element Lesson Plan Review
• Dance-Focused Lesson Plan
• Practice Circuits
• Water Element Trick & Technique

• Earth Meditation
• Overview of the Earth Element
• Teaching with Earth
• Earth Element and Ethics
• Sacred Simplicity
• Troubleshooting
• Study Guidelines
• Lesson Plan - Water Element
• Cool Down/Closing a Class

• Intro to Alchemy
• Alchemy Meditation
• Determining Your Next Steps
• Business Basics 101
• Branding 101
• Marketing 101
• Resources
• Be Your Own Biggest Fan

Optional Certification

Certification is an optional add-on for the Online Self-Study course. Because there is no governing body in the field of hoopdance, certification means you will be certified through Elemental Hoopdance and listed on this website. We provide mentorship opportunities and act as references for you to help you legitimize your work in your local community. One very good reason to follow through with certification is that the process itself encourages you to dive deeper into the material!

What's Included?

• A private one-on-one mentorship call with Dr. Caroline

• Review and feedback on your teaching via a submitted teaching video

• All Elemental Hoopdance Graduates that go through the Certification process will be featured here online with a photo, bio and web link

• Use of Elemental Hoopdance Certification as a reference for teaching opportunities.