Hula Hoop Medicine (What’s your play prescription?)

On a sunny spring afternoon one of my clients showed up for her coaching session with a big smile and two sparkly hula hoops slung over her shoulder.

We headed right to a grassy area by the pond and laughed and giggled as she showed me fun hula hoop tricks and I barely managed to keep my hoop going!

A few weeks earlier in a session this client realized the main thing missing in her life was play. She had the Aha! that learning to hula hoop would be fun way to add more movement and that she was longing to wear brighter lighter more playful colors.

This was her play prescription - play with a hula hoop and wear more fun colors. When she followed this, she felt and looked great and the challenges in her life became much easier to deal with.

Play is medicine. It has been proven to boost your health and happiness, to decrease stress, tension and anxiety and to dramatically increase your brain power, creativity, productivity and sense of connection with others

Are you playing enough?

What play medicine would your inner child wisdom prescribe for you?

What’s one simple way you can add play - and a more playful attitude- today?