The HoopPath is a hoop dance curriculum founded and taught by master hooper and hoop teacher Jonathan Baxter. Baxter’s teaching stands out in this new, dynamic fitness practice as a unique blend of rigorous technique and deep introspection. Through years of daily, solo, blindfolded Practice, Baxter discovered innumerable technical nuances in the art of hoop dance, as well as descriptive names and vivid metaphors that make his insights readily available to even the beginning hoop student. Through these same years of Practice he also discovered the extraordinary power of the Hoop to heal not only the weakened Body or the overworked Mind, but also the depressed, darkened, and depleted Spirit.

Baxter’s longtime student and partner, Ann Humphreys, demonstrates and assists in HoopPath Workshops. Ann attended her first HoopPath class in the summer of ‘05 and became a committed hooper a year later. An insatiable and eager student, she rapidly absorbed the HoopPath teachings and quickly developed her own distinctive hoop style. She brings eight years of yoga experience, as well as high energy and an infectious enthusiasm, to HoopPath classes.