Take Your Yoga Paddleboarding!

This past weekend, my husband and I road-tripped it to the Catskills to my in-laws vacation home to get in some family time as well as some R & R. We spent the weekend hanging with the family/celebrating my niece’s first birthday, sleeping in, napping, watching movies, feasting on local amazing food, reading and also paddleboarding.

I’m relatively new to paddleboarding and made it my mission to dedicate some serious time to get comfortable with the board. Here are some quick tips for those beginners out there:

Be light on your feet
Stand with your feet a little bit wider than hips distance
Focus on standing tall and activating your core
For a little bit more power, feel free to bend your knees a bit as you paddle
To get the “fear of falling” jitters out, practice standing up and sitting down on the board.

Once I got into my groove, I decided to do some yoga. Here’s a sequence that’s perfect for beginners, great for core strength and most importantly, it’s fun and playful! Hold each pose for 5 rounds of breath. Enjoy!

WARM-UP

Downward Dog to Plank to Downward Dog (repeat 3 times)