Tutsday – Willow Solow – Poi – Clever Toss/Handswitch

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Hey there folks!! We are back with another installment of the Flow Arts Institute’s tutorial series, Tutsday! This week, Willow Solow returns with a tasty poi handswitch/toss combo. We caught up with Spinmorepoi’s founder at Kinetic …

A Mindful Cure to the Dark Arts

There is a dark side in Flow Arts. It’s really important to acknowledge, accept, and learn to overcome. In reality, it’s just the dark side of humanity that frequents our cultural niche. Our niche is filled with competition, celebrity worship and an ideal of perfection. Artists can develop a need for attention and a need to be “cool” and accepted …

Tutsdays| Juan Guardiola Toss to One Handed Catch [Poi ]

Greetings, fine people of the flow arts! We are back this week with a treat for you poi spinners out there! [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] He has been traveling and teaching since the Summer of 2013, and in 2014, Juan …

10 Inspirational Mini Hoop Spinners

Heya! I really enjoy mini hoops and through the time I’ve spent with them i’ve found loads of inspirations, some we all love and some we’ve yet to find. These are some seriously creative and innovative minds that deserve the spotlight on their works! So looking outside of  popularity or technicality I wanted to share 10 Mini Hoopers who with …

Path to Flow

This article will approach the following feeling we all have in flow arts at one point in time along our time here in this temporal playing field of flow arts.   “I have all these skills and met all these people but still feel an emptiness inside” Manipulating objects, the training and drilling portion, usually occurs alone.   We find that …

Tutsdays | [Poi] Behind the Head No Beat Catch

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Salutations!   I welcome you back to another edition of Tutsday, the weekly tutorial series brought to you by the Flow Arts Institute. This week, we have a treat for you poi spinners out there.  We …

5 Books Every Performer Should Read

Do you have some rest time between training sessions where your body can’t physically move any longer but you still want to keep practicing? Here are some books every performer should read to deepen the understanding of the psychology of creativity,  skill acquisition, and healthy training mindset. The knowledge these books give will bring new life to your performance art. …

Tutsday: Rope Dart Tricks

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Hello good people of the flow arts, It is that time again!  It is time for this week’s edition of the Flow Arts Institute’s Tutorial series, Tutsday! This week we have Eli Pearsall teaching the Rope …

Building a Fitness Praxis

There is a lot of talk about practice time, discipline, focus and attention to details in the world of juggling and Flow Arts. The combined action of this work is what I call Fitness Praxis. Yet, there are so many areas which we can put our attention to, which ones are the most important? Of course, it depends on what …