How do you feel when you spin???

Spinning to music totally..ahem ... gets me off. I love it. throw on some funky music. It just makes my blood flow with a little more spunk.
Without the music I tend to get into a but of a more meditative state, especially when I'm learning a new move... I just go into that... poi zone.. there's gotta be a word for it.. if there's not we should invent one.

when i spin it helps me think about life

When I spin I feel absolutly amazing... I am me. I just move to the way I feel and I love the fact that there is alwase something else, something more that you can do. Even if you dont know it yet.

Spinning helps to clear my head, to be able to stop thinking even for a short time is such a blessing for me... So good.
If I have anything that I need to sort out, something playing on my mind, I just spin untill I forget about it and then sleep on it and the answers usually come in the morning.

when I spin around my own axle really fast, I usually feel dizzy...



oh wait... you meant poi! in that case I usually feel relaxed, I often spin alone when there's no pressure at all to perform
when in a crowd I feel exited and happy.
when in front of an audience I feel very psyched and on top of the world (and stupid afterwards because I always forget to do about 75% of my best moves when lighting up

I don't feel when I spin...or maybe I do, but I'm just feeling detached
EIther way, I like to spin, and not do anything else.

For me

The smell of kerosine

is the smell of zen.



I can't think of a simpler way to put it than that.

I feel all kinds of things when spinning. It varies depending on location, present state of mind, external stimuli (music etc). But it's always good. When I first started out I managed to learn five tricks in a day, and the step from each one felt like I'd crossed a massive bridge. Then when I figured out how to put the tricks together, I started feeling almost meditative and content.

Now I get frustrated when I can't grasp new tricks but that turns to determination and I start lusting over that 'holy grail' and until I get it, I won't stop.

I also love to watch people spin because everyone has their own unique style and it's interesting to spectate.

Either that, or I just like to look goooooood (I will one day )

that's a tough question!

I guess it's a combination of a couple of things that have been mentioned!

Regardless of how i'm feeling, i always loose myself in the dance, it becomes difficult to get my attention. When i first start to dance, my current emotion is generally amplified and people have commented that they can 'see' how i'm feeling in the way i'm moving. After a while i chillout to a mellow mood and generally close my eyes (depending on the dance area/environment), thats where my movements become long, fluid and exagerated.

Then, it's difficult to explain, i almost cycle through different emotions... particularly if there's music to dance to! I focus on a particular part in the music and the dance reflects the emotional energy produced by that part... In one song or pice of music, i foten pick up 3 or 4 different emotions and dance to them...

How do i actually react to this or actually feel while i'm dancing? I couldn't really tell you, i become somewhat detached!

Along the way somehow I've lost the really nice distant feeling I used to get when spinning poi. This thread has made me realise that I miss it lots.

I'm going to go and get it back!

KaleGotRice summed it up almost perfectly for me,and i always blast the music i'm spinning to so loud that i can feel it.And when its glowstix at a good rave, its like the Poi Gods come in and take over my body and alow me to do tricks that only They are worthy of