1. Surface area is your friend! I knew this on land, but SUP Yoga takes it to another level... I really had to work to spread my hands and feet for better balance.
2. You can't, as my teacher put it, "half-ass" anything! If you don't have the proper engagement, you might end up in the water. This really helped me to see where I was normally slacking off in poses. (see #1)
3. Without relaxation, there is no balance. You must engage properly (#2), you must find lots of surface area (#1) but if you don't have an element of relaxation in everything you do, you won't be able to move with/on the water. I needed to soften into the movement that was happening below me, just as I soften into the movement of my breath on land. Become too stiff and balance is no more!
4. Savasana can't possibly EVER be long enough :-) Rocking on the gentle waves, sound of the shoreline in my ears, feet and fingers trailing in the water... I could have stayed there forever. I have no idea if our savasana was 3 minutes or 30 minutes but whatever it was, I could have stayed all day.
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