Posts Tagged ‘white water kayaking for women’
Yoga for Kayaking: Upward Frog Pose
The Iliopsoas is a hip flexor muscle group comprising of three muscles: The psoas minor, the psoas major and the iliacus. This group is one of the strongest of the hip flexor muscles and the psoas major runs from our lumbar spine across the hip joint to the upper inner thigh. Very important muscle! [...]
Filed under Kayaking Tips, Yoga for Kayaking : Comments (0) : Feb 25th, 2010
2010 Mexico Recap and Photos!
This year’s Girls at Play Mexico women’s whitewater kayaking trips were awesome! We hosted three intermediate whitewater trips and one beginner whitewater trip. Filled with paddling, yoga, salsa dancing, bongo playing, laughter and more… I’ll let the photos and the testimonials below do the talking. I want to give a big shout out and thanks [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports : Comments (0) : Feb 24th, 2010
Holiday Paddling in Mexico
Our flight to Mexico City took off just before a major snowstorm hit Western North Carolina and buried the area under 15 inches of snow. Talk about good timing! Jalcomulco, Veracruz is one of my favorite places. The town of about 3000 residents is located in the Antigua River Valley surrounded by beautiful hillsides of [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports : Comments (0) : Jan 12th, 2010
Teachings from the River
Kayaking has directed and influenced the course of my life for many years because I love the way kayaking makes me feel: happy, exhilarated and passionate. In the beginning my happiness lay in learning new moves and being challenged by bigger rapids and better paddlers. Getting good and being sponsored were my goals. I was [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Inspiring Articles, Kayaking Tips : Comments (0) : Sep 10th, 2009
Photos of 2009 GAP Summer Tour, Retreats and Clinics
I’ve had a really fantastic summer of travels and teaching up and down the East Coast. I’m very grateful for all of the wonderful women that I’ve had the honor of meeting and paddling with in paddling retreats, clinics and GAP Summer Tour events. I also want to thank all of the host kayak schools [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports : Comments (0) : Aug 12th, 2009
Whitewater Kayaking Basics: The Ferry
Crossing the current without being taken downstream is a very important skill in white water kayaking. Ferries help to slow things down and they develop boat control, balance and edge control. Throughout your paddling career you’ll probably see many rapids in which making a ferry to an eddy on the other side of the river [...]
Filed under Anna's Blog, Kayaking Tips : Comments (0) : Jun 24th, 2009
How To Use Affirmations To Transform Your Kayaking by Sharon Mitchell
“What your mind can conceive you can achieve”
Our thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs shape our lives today and for all of our tomorrows. I recall a native elder telling me some years ago: “Be careful what you pray for because you will receive it.” As I traveled along my spiritual path, I began to understand [...]
Filed under Inspiring Articles, Kayaking Tips, Yoga for Kayaking : Comments (0) : Apr 30th, 2009