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Lauren Ladoceour, in Yoga Journal in 2013, wrote that stand up paddleboarding was created in the 1940s by surfers at Waikiki in Hawaii. She described Paddleboard Yoga as bringing "a sense of joyful freedom to an otherwise earth-bound yoga practice." Classes began with kneeling poses like Cat-Cow, advancing to standing asanas such as Tree Pose. She quoted vinyasa yoga teacher and paddleboard racer Gillian Gibree as saying that the practice demands focus, both in the asanas and in the transitions between them. To avoid falling in, even on calm water, micromovements are needed, with the gaze on a fixed point. The Bikram yoga teacher Katie Fitzgerald adds that "falling is just part of the experience".The travel writer Elizabeth Gowing, on her tour of the many kinds of yoga in Britain, described "Stand-up Paddleboard Yoga" in Nottingham, England, in 2019. She surprised herself at the end of an hour's tuition, which included Wild Thing Pose, by standing on her board in Warrior Pose.
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