Riding Waves and Finding Zen: the surfboard balancing yogi image is yours Painting, waves murmuring comments, wind passing on you and a yogi atop a flip. Yoga and surfing just don’t seem to mix when you consider them. But they do share some harmony / peace and equipped with a concentration for the spirit of the sea and water to be merged inner peace yoga therapy.

Imagine starting your day with dawn colors greeting the horizon and then taking the sweet embrace of cool water She will connect you to more energy, like morning stretches meeting the light. These are beach rituals Jake is dependent on to be an extreme surfer. “It’s like nurturing my soul before I ride waves”, he added with a grin. Sun salutations or anything the ocean offers will be absorbed when you do a few.

Very different when you are on a yoga mat than when on water that moves around you—Balance. It strengthens your mid-section when you do Yoga and improves your stability too. Person riding board moves reminiscent of the playful dolphins and thou shall love Warrior positions. Sarah an experienced herself sharing, “I indeed think of my Tree pose when I am off-balance. This same tree keeps me rooted floating in waves

Breathing seems so simple, right? Yet mastery of breathing makes all the difference to how your surfing feels. Breathing techniques learned through yoga can keep you calm as breakers come at you and by you. Think how your heart drums whilst paddling madly to catch a blast bow wave, legs aching, your breathing intense. Forget that side for deep rhythmic breathing. Be in the flow of the water like breathing.

Occasional it’s about where the surfboards and yoga mats meet, the community thrives.These are the people appreciating the mash-up. People like Lisa commented “We should open a surf-yoga café – smoothies on one site and surf cliffs on the other. Offering tribes is strenghtened by the laughing and the sharing of suggestions