Stand-up Paddle Boarding (see photo above) isn’t difficult enough on it’s own, so someone decided to throw yoga into the mix (see photo below.)
Putting your leg unnaturally behind your head while also trying not to fall in the ocean and drowned? Sure! Why not?
Do you think swimmer certification is required when you sign up for the class?
What if you fall in the water, and can’t kick because your leg is stuck behind your head? That would totally happen to me. I mean, if I manage to get my leg behind my head — and that’s a BIG if — it’s probably never going back down where it belongs, you know?
Sometimes motherhood feels like Stand-up Paddle Board Yoga. You’re trying to balance two, three, or a million different things — car pool, homework, PTA committee, job, laundry, marriage — so that you don’t end up all wet. Your time, patience and energy are stretched.
There isn’t any mothering certification that says you can do this. There aren’t classes, no way to really prepare for all that Motherhood entails.
Maybe you’re a little shaky. Maybe you sit down on your paddle board and drift sometimes. Maybe a wave comes along now and then, knocking you off.
But…
You keep your head above the water. You swim over to the board, and get back on.
Stand-up Paddle Board Yoga looks crazy, but it’s a great workout. It changes your body and makes it stronger.
Casual observers might think we’re crazy for not giving up, but Motherhood changes you too.
Every time your arms are so full you think you can’t carry any more, every time you stretch farther than you think you can, every time you get back on that board, you get stronger. And better.
So paddle out, catch a wave, and maybe even try standing on your head.
You got this.
Seriously, the paddle board stand up yoga thing — not gonna happen.
Yes, motherhood is wonderful for chaning us and making us more than we were. If only it would tone my abs better.
Fun post!
Wow, some people are just too coordinated! I hate to think which muscles I’d have pulled trying to do the bridge on a paddle board.
But, yes, I agree: motherhood is a whole lot about keeping my head out of the water, and a little bit about wishing I still looked that good in a bikini.