Since my hoop journey began so many years ago, it seems every year something new happens and the journey continues in a different way. I am profoundly blessed that I have the pleasure of hula hooping with people nearly every day of my life and some how some way, much of what I do is connected to people who hula hoop! I decided that counting my blessings is a good thing to do! And I really enjoy counting the hoops in my garage. Why not count my hoops and blessings one by one!

My business is growing once again as I am getting more involved in making nicer hula hoops. Up until now I have been focused on beginner hoops and basic arm hoops. And nothing I did was fancy. Actually fancy scared me, it involved more expensive tape, rivets and doing things I did not know how to do. Encouraged by some hooper friends (who admittedly like shiny hoops) and one hoop curious friend Kathy, I am now officially in the game making more than just beginner hoops. Working with my friend Kathy makes hoop making fun! Honestly beginner hoops are my passion, because I JUST LOVE GETTING PEOPLE TO jump into a hoop and go! However I am finding great joy in working with different tubing and sizes when it comes to arm hoops. Much of what Kathy and I have been focused on is making pretty hoops, and varying the sizes so people can use what is PERFECT for them. Because all people are different and MY perfect set of arm hoops may not at all be YOUR perfect set of arm hoops. 

Additionally I am also focusing on a new hoop project. - Keep you posted! 

Current Hoops available: 
Waist standard connected ready to hoop - for local pick up
Waist standard not connected ready to ship - DIY connecting at home. Can ship. 

Weighted hoop connected and ready to hoop - for local pick-up.
Weighted semi DIY available - DIY connecting at home. Can Ship

Poly Pro Arm hoops are new and only available locally. Cost and size makes these base if we can coil them down. This means working up to a push button process. Give me a few months. 

Poly pro waist hoops are on the horizon and then these hoops will also be available for shipment. 

Our goal is to bring you want you want when it comes to hula hoops for fun, play and fitness! 
Best, Amy

PS -Thanks for the push hoopers and Kathy - thanks for jumping in with me. It is more fun with two hoop makers. 

I started working with a local wonderful community, Plymouth Harbor this past fall. I landed in their gym and brought in my speaker, music and hula hoops. I did two classes in that gym; one class for the staff folks earning health points for their fitness program and one class hanging out and hooping it up with their independent living community. Those folks were so much fun, and when I say that I mean both groups of people were so much fun. The staff people showed up ready to go, and the community members did too! The time just flew during both classes. 

It turned out that one of the ladies that attended the staff hoop time was the director of the activities. She invited me into view their assisted living community and their memory care community. After visiting, we talked about bringing programming to both of those community groups.

I tweaked my programing to include games, a smilie faced parachute with nerf balls and planned music to bring them back in time to their younger years. I researched the needs each of these communities and planned for my first Saturday at their location in Jan. Honestly I was nervous and excited all at once. 

* The joy of sharing and caring.
My whole goal when working with the people that I do, across the board is to have people be happy, feel successful and enjoy their play time. When working with the assisted living and memory care communities - my goals are the same, bring joy and share play time. With all ages in mind I build this list that guides me no matter where I go. 

• Share compliments often
• Encourage constantly
• Be watchful at all times
• Cheer loudly for any success
• Share my smile and energy
• Walk out grateful for the opportunity
• And walk out tired - If I am not tired - I did not work hard enough!

I love working with this new opportunity and it spurs me on to be better and more creative. 
It is my hope that if my parents were still with me, they would be especially proud of the work I do here. 
Thank you - HealthFit for Introducing me to Plymouth Harbor. 
​- Amy

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Creating an Inspired and Joy filled Holiday Season! Destress NOW to keep stress away. Meet Joy Bush and Annie Stockdale and hear their tips on making sure the holiday stress and hustle and bustle does not get to you! 

September 11, 2019: Amy Chats with Dr. Fred Harvey and her amazing friend Tony Ferro of Change MS. Give a listen into the evening! 

It is the 29th of July and I have officially been traveling for 11 days. I am sitting in a Panera, getting ready for the next few days with family in IL, just regrouping and pausing to reflect on my travels and the seminar with Dr. Terry Wahls. I still have pictures to post with the Hoop Tour updates below from the Wahls Seminar and Retreat along with my last few events prior to speaking and working with my hero Dr.Terry Wahls. I do hope to get to those update later, once I am home. 

I am truly blessed by the gift I have been given through my MS diagnosis, I found a hula hoop in 2012 and in 2016 I made a commitment at the same seminar I just left, "To follow my hoop where ever it goes." The hardest part of that thought is to remove hurdles that creep in, because it is easy to say, "I'm not sure I can do that" when the real opportunity presents itself to follow my hoop. Let me give you an example, a librarian (I do event programming with libraries in Sarasota during the year) said she would like me to come back and work with a larger group of kids and families next summer. My response was, of course! She went on to explain she was talking about 100 plus attendees. I said with a smile, "Yes, I can do that!" And then my brain immediately went into the overdrive mode of questions, Can you do that? How many hoops do you need? How will that work? What would the program structure look like? and those are good questions. And then the next questions that dream killer question crept into my brain, "Can you really do that Amy?" Quickly thing, That is a lot of people! What if, you.... And I think you can see the slippery slope this thought process is heading down. That is the question that brings in doubt. The question that can stop creativity. That is the kind of thought, if you choose to listen to it, will shut down those dreams. So today I am pondering, next summer how to reach more people at events as I travel to my friend Dr. Terry Wahls. I have my brain noodling on that question. I know from what I have heard and read, moving forward is about asking your brain the right questions and removing limiting beliefs/questions. And I say questions because if I choose to go with, "Can you really do that Amy?" I might stop and believe that I cannot do a really large group activity. In my heart of hearts, I know I can do a large group activity. I am envisioning it RIGHT NOW. I am sitting here on a rainy day in IL, excited about making that opportunity work for next summer. 

For those of you who have just maybe landed on my site. I will give you a bit of background on this post. My name is Amy Raspiller Bradley. I am 56 and live with MS. I was diagnosed in 2012 and picked up a hula hoop at about the same time. My husband thought it might help me. I also heard a TedTalk by Dr. Terry Wahls and through food and movement transformed my life. I got stronger, put my cane down and lost 50+ pounds. In 2016 I met Dr. Terry and I returned to speak at her conference in 2017, 2018, and last week 2019 I once again shared my story and hula hoops with her attendees. My joy in being there is watch people realized that MS, or whatever autoimmune disorder  or health issue they have, does not have to define them. That movement can happen even if you have a walker, or a wheelchair. One lady Debi, told me she hoops everyday (we met last year) and she taught her 5 year old granddaughter how to hula hoop. And her grandchildren think she is a  cool grandma, because she hula hoops. I think she is a super cool grandma. I love that she told me that, because the ripples of what you say or do are not always evident. It leaves me kind of speechless. Another woman name Ann, told me she actually gained muscle in her arms as we were talking about her journey. It was wonderful to see because as we talked I told her that I noticed that she has more balance now and seemed stronger then when we first met in 2016. She is bright, strong and growing in strength and beauty each year. Ann inspires me to continue to work out and get stronger myself. I might added the arm strength is through her working out and I cannot say it is arm hoops that makes her arms stronger. But really - moving is the key. I just like it when people say they use hoops! 

I am going home to Florida to find that book where I wrote down, "Follow my hoop where ever it takes me," because I know that is why I am here now writing in my HOOG (HOop blOG) because I have a hoop to follow and I actually put it out there to the universe, Follow my hoop. 

Today I am pondering how blessed I am that my hula hoop has allows me to meet amazing people where ever I go. I get to hear stories about people and share my story. It was the story of Dr. Terry Wahls that made me believe that I had a choice to be involved in my own recovery. That I had a choice to make, regarding the foods I ate. She inspired me to be a better me! And I hope to inspire others to believe in themselves and the power of the mind and the choices they make. Because truly health eating is great, healthy movement is great, positive affirmation are so important, but none of that is possible unless a choice is made. And only person that can choose to eat healthy, move health and think healthy is YOU. 

Here is to your health - Today July 29th, 2019 - go out into the world and choose to be amazing.
​Amy