Thursday, July 31, 2014

Stand Up Paddling & Yoga Retreat with Wild Women Expeditions

August 7-10, 2014 @ Northern Edge Retreat, Algonquin Park (Sold Out)

SUP Yoga with Osha Osha
SUP Yoga with Osha Osha 
~ Misty Morning Yoga ~ 

Stand Up Paddling, Yoga & Pranayama, Morning & Afternoon Guided Yoga Sessions, Bonfires, Island Exploration, Gourmet Food, Lake Swimming, Rest & Rejuvenation & FUN!

Join Wild Women for an Algonquin Park yoga retreat featuring stand up paddle-boarding! Stand up paddle-boarding (SUP) is a fun, easy way to play on the water. Since you’re standing at your full height, you’ll enjoy excellent views of everything from Algonquin Park wildlife to what’s on the horizon. It’s like walking on water! We’ll learn basic paddle-boarding technique, then we’ll take your yoga off the mat and introduce you to yoga practices designed for the board. Stand Up Paddle Boarding, the fastest growing water sport in the world, is quickly becoming one of the best core workouts. A strong core is the foundation for strength, endurance, and good health. 

You will enjoy the ancient practice of Yoga combined with Stand Up Paddle Boarding.  

Doing yoga on a paddle board is becoming more popular, because it enhances the yoga workout. The paddle board makes quite a stable yoga mat and the extra balance required by being on the water intensifies the yoga routine. The peacefulness of floating on the water combines nicely with the meditative nature of yoga and is full of laughs with a very Zen quality to it. Yoga is all about going with the flow and so is standup paddling. Standup paddle boards are really stable. This retreat is excellent for beginners!

Our retreat is based at Northern Edge Algonquin resort, a gorgeous wilderness ecolodge 3 hours north of Toronto. Enjoy yoga morning sessions to awaken and ignite. We will weave into our yoga classes postures that will help cultivate our balance and strength. After breakfast we will hop onto the SUP boards an head out onto the water to enjoy the flow of the boards, we will drift, find equilibrium and explore Lake Kawawaymog. We will return to the Edge for a brilliant summer lunch and some down time, to read, sit in the sun, walk or nap. Our afternoon yoga session will help us to unravel, stretch the fascia of the body and deeply restore. Evening will bring us to a wood fire sauna plus a dip in the lake if you choose! Dinner, desert, fire.. The good things in life. A weekend to inspire, dream, rest, restore and connect! 

See you there!

To register or to find out more about Wild Women Expeditions trips (across Canada and now also International), please follow this link: http://www.wildwomenexpeditions.com/contact/ 
*Registration is now closed for this trip.

Stand Up Paddle (SUP) Board Guide & Yoga Instructors:

 
Land Yoga Instructor: Elisa Carlass Hatton
           
SUP Guide & Yoga Instructor: Jenifer Rudzki-Bonnetplume