Warm Up

A whole-body warm up for poi sessions, focused on raising temperature, loosening joints, and building safer movement habits. Nick Woolsey uses bouncing, breathing, shaking out, squats, and arm swings to check in with your body while preparing shoulders, wrists, hips, and ankles for spinning.

The drill emphasises posture and alignment, keeping a tall spine and pivoting around your centre rather than collapsing or over-rotating. Arm swings and occasional full circles build rhythm and proprioception, using relaxed snap and timing to feel where your hands are in space before moving into more technical poi work.