HoolaFit

Abby is the founder of both Hoola-Fit and Hoola Monsters - Florida's first full service hoop dance company, which specializes in handmade fitness hoops, hoop dance classes and performances. A play professional and fitness pro for more than a decade, Abby's certifications include: ACE Youth Fitness Specialist, ACE Group Fitness, Kidding Around Yoga, Les Mills Body Combat, ACE Cardio Kickboxing, Coach by Color Indoor Cycling, and Hoola-Fit (of course). A hoop dance educator since 2007, Abby has taught the art form to thousands of people of all ages. She's also spent years developing, testing and implementing her training programs. Her mission is to inspire and empower hoop dance teachers, in an effort to make hooping accessible worldwide. Prior to beginning her hoop business ventures, Abby worked as a public relations executive in New York City. In 2012, she created, wrote and starred in the children's hoop dance adventure & instructional DVD, "Molly and the Hoola Monsters." Abby's Hoola Monsters performance resume includes MLB, the NFL, ESPN, Cirque Du Soleil, and NBC’s America’s Got Talent. She has traveled the country teaching workshops and performing and has been featured as a hoop dance expert in media outlets such as BuzzFeed, First for Women Magazine, Better Homes & Garden Magazine, the Washington Post and NBC’s nationally syndicated show, Daytime to name a few.

An educator for more than twenty years, Casandra earned a Masters degree in Contemplative Education at Naropa University in June of 2012. She's also the founder of Flow Fests - free, public, urban arts events offering participants the opportunity to study movement with instructors from across the globe. Her multi-day workshop focused festivals bring the fun and learning of flow arts, circus arts, yoga and dance to cities big and small. In her own words... "I love blending my creativity with my rebellious, resourceful and grounded intellect. I love being a ‘golden mandala of delight,’ a kid-whisperer, and a visionary woman. I love my feisty, juicy passionate heart, and I love that my willingness to generate joy inspires others to do the same! I created Flow Fests to make flow arts accessible to all, to expand awareness of this unique cultural community and to encourage all people to play. I think play is essential to learning, flow is essential to play, and flow arts are a tool for expanding consciousness and improving vital well-being."

Heather is the creator of Peace, Love & Hoopiness - a Nokomis, FL based hoop dance company that offers Hoola-Fit classes, workshops and handmade hoops. In addition to being the first Master Trainer with Hoola-Fit, Heather is an ACE-Certified Group Fitness Instructor, ACE Senior Fitness Specialist, and ACE Mind/ Body/ Spirit Specialist. She leads more than 100 students every week, with her sold-out Hoola-Fit classes! Heather's hoop dance journey began in 2010, after seeking out fun ways to connect with her then pre-teen daughter. The duo looked forward to exploring new hoop moves together, and their relationship improved as a result. Then, her life changed in a major way after successful completion of her Hoola-Fit certification in 2013. Not only did she lose 110 pounds hooping, Heather describes her training weekend as "incredibly powerful." It helped her discover a new life path and build a lucrative, heart-centered company. In her own words... "Hooping transformed my life in more ways than I could have ever imagined. I left behind a 20-year nursing career, an addiction, financial hardship, and so much stress. Through hoop dance, I discovered my true self (and a much leaner version at that!). It became my form of meditation, and this powerful mindful movement practice transcended into all areas of my life. I now feel so privileged to share my passion in an even bigger way, by putting more Hoola-Fit teachers out in the world."