At the 2017 Dapeng Cup Regatta, a group of beautiful photos of beauties practicing paddleboard yoga hit the circle of friends of yachtsmen and sailors. After the editor saw this set of beautiful pictures of paddleboard yoga, he was deeply impressed by the beauties doing paddleboard yoga! The popular sport of paddle board yoga sounds beautiful and is very cool to play! In this issue of Sea Life, the editor takes you into the world of paddle board yoga. Let’s explore the various benefits paddle board yoga brings to us!
What is paddleboard yoga?
Unfold a paddle board on the water, stretch your body, and start yoga movements. The waves, sea water, sunshine, and fingertips spread to the powerful touch of the sea surface. This is paddle board yoga. Paddleboard yoga, also known as water paddleboard yoga, is a branch of stand-up paddleboarding (SUP, Stand Up Paddle). She combines yoga postures from ancient India with water, a beautiful combination, and complete focus on the present. It is known as Surrounded by fresh air, sunshine and natural beauty. By practicing your own yoga simultaneously on the flowing water, you can not only experience the lightness of floating in the water, but also surpass the feeling that any gym or yoga studio can give us. This kind of "on the cusp" of yoga is being used by more and more people. People accept and like it.
In Europe and the United States, SUP paddle board yoga has become very popular and is one of the most popular new and fashionable exercise methods for women. In recent years, SUP paddle board yoga has slowly begun to rise in China.
Paddle board yoga, the most important piece of equipment for this emerging outdoor sport, is the paddle board, which is slightly larger than a surfboard and can be used for speed skating and surfing. Paddleboarding originated in Hawaii and is a branch of surfing. Paddleboarding is highly adaptable to water areas and has spawned a variety of ways to play, including travel-style stand-up paddling for calm water leisure, fitness or sightseeing purposes, as well as racing paddling, surfing paddling, whitewater rafting paddling, and paddle board yoga. and fishing. In ancient times, paddle boards were used by warriors who stood up on canoes from Africa to paddle. This standing method of gliding is very quiet and can sneak attacks on enemies on the water during tribal wars. Since 1990, surfing schools in Hawaii have offered stand-up paddleboarding courses. Even if the waves are not big enough, you can still surf with a stand-up paddleboard. This style of play began to become extremely popular, especially after surfing instructor Brian Keaulana included this form of paddleboarding, nicknamed "Beach Boy Surfing" at the time, in the world-recognized "Buffalo Big Board Competition". More and more surfers are joining this emerging sport.
The original paddle board was made of wood and was inconvenient to carry because it was larger than a surfboard. Over the past few years, paddle boards have also improved a lot. Nowadays, inflatable paddle boards are mostly used, and they are equipped with special bags for paddle boards, which can be dragged and taken away. Therefore, this sport has quickly become popular.
While doing paddleboard yoga, I feel very nervous, but others seem relaxed and comfortable.
As a very ancient method of practicing energy knowledge, "yoga" is not just a set of popular or fashionable fitness exercises, but a science with mysterious healing functions. Most people may have heard of paddleboard yoga, but have never practiced it. The concept is like this: I am very nervous, but others seem relaxed and comfortable.
Paddle board yoga practice is to practice self-yoga on a paddle board simultaneously on the flowing water in a beautiful natural environment. Especially when the water is flowing, mobilizing your own small muscle groups to maintain balance will lead to Come for an amazing sports experience.
Paddle board yoga is a very easy-to-learn water sport. Simple equipment can achieve very efficient core exercise. Easily sculpt your body curves. Many European and American celebrities and professional athletes rely on paddleboard yoga to build body shape. The reason is simple. A stand-up paddling class can burn the same calories as a weightlifting class, and it can also have many floating points. The fun of being on the water makes sports training no longer boring.
The meaning of paddleboard yoga has long gone beyond the sport itself. In addition to flexibility, you will also learn to appreciate nature in a new way on the floating "yoga studio". You can see fish, dolphins or other marine life underwater. Plus, many of the poses in paddleboard yoga allow you to look toward the sky. When yoga is combined with natural elements, you reap the benefits that nature often brings, so if you love nature, then paddleboard yoga is for you. Moreover, paddle board yoga is more challenging than simple yoga!
Benefits of Paddle Board Yoga
When it comes to the benefits of paddle board yoga, the first thing we need to talk about is outdoor yoga, since the former is performed outdoors and on the water. Outdoor yoga, also called pure oxygen yoga, allows practitioners to release stress and stretch their bodies in a quiet environment. While enjoying the physical and mental pleasure brought by yoga, they can also breathe in the oxygen contained in the yoga field. And when yoga is combined with sunshine, sea water and fresh air, SUP yoga practitioners can get more benefits from nature.
In addition to being pleasurable and beneficial to health, SUP yoga can also strengthen your core muscles. Since practicing on a paddle board is on an unstable platform and no longer has a solid ground as a foundation, the challenge becomes more difficult, so practitioners are forced to train their core stability muscles. Unlike traditional yoga, paddleboard yoga has certain poses and sequences that are more suitable for practicing on a paddleboard, and other movements also require higher balance skills.
Paddle board yoga lets you appreciate nature in a whole new way. Many people like to stand on a paddle board or do a certain pose while looking at the fish, dolphins, whales or other marine life living underwater. If you have a fear of the ocean, water, or marine life, paddleboard yoga will help you break that fear. It makes you feel safe. You are floating on the water under the protection of the paddle board, and the animals in the water are at your feet, living freely and leisurely in their own world. When you see the birds flying across the sky, you must also Will be filled with joy and strength.
Unlike other paddle sports, paddle yoga doesn’t actually require much technical skill. As you take the time to practice, you will get stronger and stronger and be able to complete more difficult poses. If you are interested, you can go to the beach and try it yourself.
To practice paddle board yoga, a suitable inflatable paddle board is very necessary. In addition to the current technology that can achieve the characteristics of stability, hardness and efficient paddling similar to resin boards, inflatable paddle boards are different from paddle boards made of traditional materials. It also has the advantages of being safer, more portable, and more versatile. In the Ocean Blue Yacht Mall, so far, we have put on the shelves two inflatable paddle boards for everyone to choose from. Using paddle boards instead of yoga mats and moving the yoga studio into the embrace of nature will bring you extraordinary yoga. experience!
When you use your paddle board as a yoga mat, the chances of making mistakes are greatly reduced. If you want to improve your yoga practice, grab a paddleboard and get in the water.