Shani Anne Marvelous is a creatress, performer, and maker — an artist in love with all things circular. Based out of Michigan’s Battle Creek (proudly known as Cereal City, USA), Shani brings a joyful, holistic, and deeply personal approach to the hoop arts that blends play, expression, and attunement into a single practice.

She holds a Certified HoopYogini™ Instructor designation and has grown into one of the most distinctive voices in the flow arts community — someone who teaches not just technique, but a whole philosophy of circular living.

“I am an Artist in love with all things Circular. I facilitate attunement activities through PLAY & exploration.”

Shani’s hoop journey began the way the best ones do — unexpectedly. She was introduced to hula-hooping as an expressive art form at a magical weekend gathering in Southern Indiana, held in a small field next to a geode-filled stream. The event was the Ukulele World Congress, a gathering she had found through YouTube’s ukulele community, where she had been sharing her own covers as she learned the instrument.

It was there that a woman named Aly sang and strummed an entire song while spinning a hula-hoop around her waist — and something clicked. The hoop journey had begun.

What followed was a path of many beginnings and rebirths. Shani delved into hoop-smithing first, building a casual relationship with the circle before bonding with it fully. She then made the commitment to earn her HoopYogini™ Instructor Certification, and in recent years has focused on refining her performance act and learning everything she can about the craft of show business.

For Shani, the hoop is more than a prop or a fitness tool — it’s a mirror, a teacher, and a portal. Through her practice she has developed strength, stamina, awareness, and a far-reaching imagination. But perhaps the most important lesson has been personal:

“The hoop has taught me that my self-imposed limitations are just that — self-imposed. And, most importantly, the hoop has shown me how to fully enjoy myself and share that love with others.”

It is this ethos that she carries into every class, every curriculum she designs, and every hoop she builds by hand: that movement, expression, and exploration are not luxuries — they are essential.

Shani’s online home, Made by Marvelous, is exactly what the name promises: a curated collection of handcrafted magic, designed for people hungry for a meaningful and holistic hoop practice. Every piece is infused with perspectives from her colourful hoop adventures — created to help others build a mind, body & spirit integrating movement practice.

Her shop features handbuilt hoops at every level — from her popular Rose Gold Infinity Collapsible and Solar Strawberry beginner hoops to the charming Cool Waters BIG Beginner Hoop — alongside her beloved annual creation: the Lunar Map, a hand-designed celestial planning tool she releases each year for the flow arts community.

Shani is actively growing her online business and creating imaginative & holistic hoop curriculums rooted in her HoopYogini™ training and years of personal practice. Her teaching philosophy is built around the idea that people are hungry not just for hoop skills, but for a meaningful practice — one that integrates movement with mindfulness, joy with intention.

In addition to her hoop work, Shani continues to train in both hoops and skates, exploring the circular arts from every angle. Her teaching content blends the physical and the philosophical, inviting students to experience the hoop as a tool for self-discovery as much as a vehicle for creative expression.

• Certified HoopYogini™ Instructor
• Creatress, performer & maker
• Battle Creek, Michigan — Cereal City, USA
• Founder of Made by Marvelous
• Handcrafted hoop builder
• Annual Lunar Map creator
• Holistic hoop curriculum designer
• Ukulele & multi-arts practitioner
• Play-based attunement facilitator
• Active hoop & skate trainer