Created by Peggy Hall, an avid surfer, certified yoga instructor, personal trainer, nutritionist and weight and lifestyle management consultant, Yoga for Surfers is a DVD series created to help improve surfing ability while engaging the body, mind and spirit.
From Hawaii to Australia, Peggy traveled the globe and tracked down some of the best surfers in the world, including two-time world champion Tom Carroll, and female surf legend Rochelle Ballard, both of whom use yoga to improve their surfing performance.
Each of the 70-minute DVDs are progressive, with calming music and camera shots that switch back and forth between a studio and a pristine beach. The waves and surfers in the background act as inspiration and a reminder of the end goal.
Vinyasa Flow
All forms of yoga can be beneficial, but what makes Yoga for Surfers different is its focus on preparing the body for the demands of the sport. Through the use of Vinyasa Flow, a form of Hatha Yoga that flows seamlessly from one powerful pose to another, flexibility and endurance are increased while the mind is calmed.
Yoga for Surfers focuses on remaining in tune with the body, most importantly through the use of proper breathing. Breath can determine one’s abilities to stretch deeper into the poses and aids in quieting the mind and maintaining focus. With a steady breath, the true benefits of yoga are achieved.
The Benefits of Yoga
Yoga increases energy and endurance, strengthens the core, improves paddling power, and helps to eliminate the aches and pains brought on from surfing. Stress and depression are lowered or eliminated completely and lung capacity is strengthened, a true necessity for surfing.
Yoga allows the muscles to stretch and strengthen, lengthening the body while helping muscles repair faster and bounce back from injury.
The Benefits of Surfing
Surfing takes a tremendous amount of concentration, patience and dedication, as well as the ability to maneuver the body in challenging ways and avoid injury. Surfers can take a beating as they get hurled from their boards and held underwater, requiring a great amount of skill, strength and lung capacity.
Make no mistake – surfing is a tough sport, so being in great shape will increase not only the chances of success, but enjoyment as well.
Surfing allows one to enjoy all of nature’s elements, creating what many surfers describe as a spiritual connection and profound respect for the planet. There is nothing more exhilarating (or terrifying) than being right in the center of the storm, massive waves cascading overhead with fierce determination as the delicate sunlight penetrates the entire body.
Why Buy
Yoga for Surfers offers the tools needed to begin sculpting the perfect surfer body, while preparing both the mind and the muscles for the first small swells, or the next gnarly barrel.
Skateboarding, longboarding and snowboarding are great cross-training sports that can help develop the balance required for surfing, but yoga offers many other, often forgotten, benefits required for the sport.
Beginners will most likely find that surfing is in a league of its own, and takes a lot of time and even more patience. Once successful though, one will literally feel on top of the world.
For more information including how to order Yoga for Surfers, visit www.yogaforsurfers.com. Namaste and surf’s up!
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