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<\/a><\/p>\nWorkout On Water Hones Balance, Concentration And Lure Exercisers Who Prefer Open Air
\nMove over hot, flying and spinning yoga. Paddleboard yoga is the latest trend to stand the ancient practice of breath control, body postures and movement on its head \u2014 this time on a surfboard surrounded by water.<\/p>\n
Fitness experts and enthusiasts say classes for waterborne yoga, which is also known as Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) hone balance, focus concentration and lure exercisers who prefer open air to overheated studios.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople tell me it\u2019s like walking on water,\u201d said paddleboard racer and yoga instructor Gillian Gibree, who has been teaching Paddleboard Yoga since 2009.<\/p>\n
The instructor and trained lifeguard said first timers begin with a water safety demonstration on dry land before going on to water, where even the simplest yoga postures can take on an added intensity . \u201cOn the board, even plank (a foundational push up pose) is a challenge,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything is slowed down because it takes much longer to keep your balance.\u201d Because the board is unstable, different muscle groups are fired, said Gibree, who has floated her practice on rivers, bays and even oceans, although she usually teaches on flat water. \u201cIt works a lot on balance and you have to find your drishti (yoga\u2019s focused gaze) on the board,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a total body workout.\u201d SUP Yoga joins two ancient traditions. The modern SUP sport originated in Hawaii in the 1950s and 1960s, but stand up paddle boarding dates back thousands of years, to ancient fisherman from Polynesia to Peru. And while the classical techniques of yoga date back more than 5,000 years, a worldwide survey of more than 3,000 fitness professionals published this month by the American College of Sports Medicine rated it number seven among the top 10 fitness trends for 2015.<\/p>\n
Gibree, said her clients come from places as far-flung as Canada, Switzerland, South Africa and New Zealand. \u201cAnywhere there\u2019s a pond, lake, marsh, or body of water,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Exercise physiologist and yoga instructor Jessica Matthews said the paddling technique intrinsic to SUP Yoga adds an upper body component to the practice. \u201cSome things work well on the board, some work more easily on land,\u201d she said, noting that, while paddleboard yoga doesn\u2019t replace a studio practice, it can complement it.<\/p>\n
Matthews\u2019 paddleboard yoga classes start with warm-up, breathing and stability exercises on land, much like a regular yoga class. Once on the water she explores more of the basic postures.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always a trade-off,\u201d said Matthews, who has lately seen classes pop up in indoor pools. \u201cThe beauty of SUP yoga is that you can do it on any body of water.\u201d She said the most common question she gets about SUP yoga is: \u201cAm I going to get wet? \u201cTypically, you\u2019re not going to get wet,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
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