SUP Yoga
Better than on land?
SUP Yoga is a new trend from the USA. In Stand Up Paddling or short SUP is a new water sports. Standing on a special board , you move on to the SUP with a paddle.
The Stand Up Paddling was invented by surf instructors. They always wanted to keep an eye on their students and still make rapid progress. So they stood on the board and used a paddle to get going.
Et voilà a new sport was born. Today, SUP is one of the fastest growing sports in Germany and inspires tens of thousands of new athletes each season regardless of age.
Meanwhile, some yoga fans have discovered SUP for themselves and shifted their exercises to the board. What benefits SUP Yoga has over land-based yoga, you will learn now.
SUP Yoga presented in the video
In this Youtube video Wanderlust introduces very cinematic SUP Yoga.
SUP Yoga needs a suitable board and suitable accessories. What you need to look out for and which boards we recommend you will find in our article about Yoga SUP boards.
In short, these are the benefits of SUP Yoga:
# 1 Optimal abdominal training
# 2 Find and activate rarely used muscle
# 3 Healthy exercise & body tension
# 5 Fresh air and wonderful nature
# 1 Optimal abdominal training
For SUP Yoga you first have to learn to handle the Stand Up Paddling Board. The entry is quick and first moments of success are quickly set.
For a secure stance on the board, you need a good leg and abdominal muscles. Whether you’re paddling, exercising or practicing SUP yoga for fun, you can do so. The board is so destabilized by wind gusts and the swell that your abdominal muscles for stabilization are indispensable.
Anyone who is regularly on a SUP shows how effective the body tension training is.
# 2 Find and activate rarely used muscles
Not only people who practice yoga know that there are muscles that are difficult to activate.
In classical yoga, you will stumble upon tasks such as „touch the ground with all four corners of your feet“ or „fold your inner thighs around your arms“ ( Kranich ). Quite a few scratching their heads and wondering if they really do the exercises properly.
You have no choice on the SUP. Every little movement activates this hard-to-find muscle. Every wave and gust requires a small shift in your weight and tension in a variety of body parts.
In particular, the already demanding yoga exercises, the hard-to-activate, „sleeping“ muscles are awakened. Exercises on the water bring you to a whole new level and you can feel it on land.
# 3 Healthy exercise & body tension
At the present time, there is a massive lack of natural movement. For pain caused by sitting on office chairs for a long time, there are many exercises . Even the unhealthily curved body position when using mobile phones has already been given a name: smartphone neck .
The posture and movement on the SUP is much more natural. The stand is always upright on the board. A properly performed paddle stroke, as well as the numerous SUP yoga exercises, generally trains back, shoulders, abdomens, many small muscles, and body tension.
# 4 Vitamin D
Vitamin D and calcium are the basis for strong bones. The sun-formed vitamin D helps to deposit calcium into the bones. Contrary to popular belief, however, this lasts 10 to 15 minutes per week .
With Stand Up Paddling or SUP Yoga you should pay attention to the protection of the skin. Wear a correspondingly high sunscreen.
# 5 Fresh air and wonderful nature
SUP Yoga offers fresh air, connection with water and nature. That does not exist in the studio. In any case, we spend too little time outdoors in nature anyway. So what if you spend your time at the gym near the gym or yoga class in the gym?
An experience is SUP Yoga anyway. The wind on the skin, the chirping of the birds and what rocking the waves is an experience for body and mind.