We all like to have control. We like the idea that if we complete a measured task, we will get a measured result. Parts of life operate like this. You can go to work and expect to get your weekly pay. You can get on the train and expect to end up at your destination. [...]
When you first hear the words surf and yoga together, you may conjure images of a swami sitting cross-legged on a paisley long board, coasting effortlessly through the clouds to a soundtrack of “Ohmmmm…” Not quite. Surf Yoga is a growing phenomenon amongst surfers with an interest in yoga, and yoga practitioners with a taste [...]
If you pay attention to the surfers at the beach preparing to paddle out into the line up, you may notice most devotees to the sport are partial to stretching. As you watch them contorting into poses that gear them up for hours of surfing fun, some familiar poses may begin to appear – downward-facing [...]
If you’re a surfer, you’ll probably agree that the sport is hard on the body. You’re playing on an unstable surface with uncertain elements. Most spots in Indonesia aren’t for the slight of bicep or faint of heart; you’re often battling sharp reefs or 5 knots current (at Nusa Dua) to make it out. How, [...]
I took my first yoga class after a running injury left me unable to do much else. Imagine my surprise when what I thought would be an hour of light stretching left me sweaty and sore in muscles I didn’t even know I had. But I was hooked—it didn’t take long for me to fall in love [...]
Beyond the breaking waves, I sit balanced atop a surfboard as my feet slowly churn the warm Pacific waters. Ocean swells rise, then gently lift my body as they roll toward shore. It’s early, not long after sunrise, and I am lured to this perch thanks to Jessica, my surf coach and yoga teacher for [...]
In continuing with our yoga-related surf products, a staff writer currently on a 12 month journey to see the world reviews the portable yoga-aid product Yoga Paws Mini Mats by YogaPaws/Yoga-Syz. With a tag line (see below) touting this product as ideal for travel, our budding yogi-surfer takes it to the limit. Tag Line: A [...]
Yes, we have written about yoga before … here and here and maybe even here. However, this review is about a specific yoga product: Peggy Hall’s popular second entry into the yoga DVD market entitle Yoga for Surfers II Fluid Power. Although the ’2′ will indicate that there was a ’1′ that came before, and indeed [...]
