{"id":341064,"date":"2021-03-29T06:06:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T20:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=341064"},"modified":"2021-03-29T06:06:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T20:06:03","slug":"ficke-launches-sup-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/ficke-launches-sup-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"Ficke launches \u2018SUP Yoga\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Certified yoga instructor Lisa Ficke, center, and two of her yoga students perform yoga poses atop stand-up paddle boards \u201cSUP Yoga\u201d at Micro Beach, Garapan in front of Hyatt Regency Saipan. (Neil Fama)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In coordination with Saipan Seawinds, a local business that offers kayaks, paddleboards, and other beach amenity rentals, certified yoga instructor Lisa Ficke has started a new yoga practice on Saipan known as stand-up paddle board yoga or \u201cSUP Yoga\u201d in which traditional yoga is performed while balancing on a paddleboard in the water. <\/p>\n

According to Ficke, her first introduction to \u201cSUP Yoga\u201d happened after receiving her yoga certification just last year while she was in the Florida right before the pandemic started. She said that one lady in her yoga class was doing it, and said it was really big in the U.S.<\/p>\n

On her way back to Saipan, Ficke learned that no one on island was doing \u201cSup Yoga,\u201d which coined the idea in her mind to introduce it to the island herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I got back, I didn\u2019t see anybody doing it here so I wanted to bring it to Saipan, because we have a very active community here, and because of COVID, a lot of people have started practicing their healthy lifestyle at the beach,\u201d Ficke said.<\/p>\n

Ficke currently holds one session of \u201cSUP Yoga\u201d every Thursday at 5pm at Micro Beach right in front of Hyatt Regency Saipan. \u201cSUP Yoga\u201d sessions cost only $10 per person, and can accommodate about 10 participants per class. Ficke says additional sessions will depend on the total amount of people who sign up.<\/p>\n

\u201cSUP Yoga\u201d is every Thursday, 5pm at Micro Beach right in front of Hyatt Regency Saipan. (Neil Fama)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very centering experience. You have to put all of your focus in balancing on your core while you practice your yoga. Also, if you\u2019re not in the proper position, you can fall off your board. But all you need do is get back on your paddleboard and continue. It\u2019s a one hundred percent judgement free zone,\u201d Ficke said. <\/p>\n

She mentioned that at first it was very intimidating to some of her students to do yoga on a stand-up paddle board.<\/p>\n

One student of hers doesn\u2019t even know how to swim, but she comes with a little floatie attached to her waist, and she was able to do the poses. She added that there isn\u2019t any skill level expected going into it. <\/p>\n

\u201cI feel very connected to Lisa, and to everyone in class. We feed off each other\u2019s energies.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no judgment whatsoever,\u201d said one of Ficke\u2019s students. <\/p>\n

For more information on Ficke\u2019s \u201cSUP Yoga\u201d classes, contact Ficke on her Facebook page: Wild Wahine SUP Yoga Fusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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