Harness the power of your balance and mind with Stand Up Paddle (SUP) boarding

Stand Up Paddle (SUP) boarding is the fastest growing water sport in the USA, and most probably the world. Although this sport has become popularized in recent years as various Hawaiian-based water sports enthusiasts brought attention to its usage, SUP boarding has a very long history stretching all over the world.

There are also many different applications of SUP boarding; including, SUP boarding on traditional flat water surfaces (lakes, rivers, inter-coastal’s) , SUP surfing, SUP foiling, SUP yoga, SUP racing, and even SUP long-range expeditions. One of the factors all those SUP disciplines have in common is a reliance and demand for balance – physical and emotional. Without being able to find your balance on a SUP board, there is going to be a lot of struggle and setback. And that is OK.

But what if you CAN find your balance? What if you actually take the time to get it right? What would that look like? What would that feel like? What would you likely end up telling yourself about your ability to tap into the quiet – focused – zone that allows you to walk, glide, stand, and surf over water?

What would you walk away with? How would you be able to hold onto that momentous feeling of accomplishment in your everyday life – your personal and work life? My belief is that the benefits of learning to stand and walk on water with a SUP board would carry themselves over into other domains of life where you would benefit from calling on your abilities to find balance in the chop and turbulence, whenever needed.

This is where you spot a convergence between finding the balance on a SUP board along with the balance in your life – when back to shore and on land. It has been said that the body keeps the score. Numerous books have been written on that subject and phraseology. If so… then let your body score in the direction of your own betterment and abilities. Let the body instruct the mind on the incredible feats that it is capable of. That it was possibly meant to remind you of.