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Cruising World Magazine April 2008
Strike a Boat Pose article by Melanie Neale
Miami Herald Posted on Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2007
Yoga moves back to nature -- and outdoors
By JODI MAILANDER FARRELL
For the small group that gathers before dawn with yoga teacher Rudy Porro at Matheson Hammock Park, the series of yoga postures known as the Sun Salutation is a literal translation. As the early risers raise their arms and arch their backs, the sun emerges in front of them, embracing the Miami group with a warm golden glow.
Fort Lauderdale yoga teacher Melanie Camp's ''studio'' is an overgrown butterfly garden in her backyard, where she holds classes on a wood deck. The wind rustling through trees and the gentle trickle of a small waterfall is her soundtrack.
Kim Hess' ideal yoga setting is on the deck of a sailboat in Biscayne Bay, where the Miami Beach yoga teacher incorporates the boat's lines, mast and forestay into traditional yoga positions. Her nautical adaptations of the ancient art were a big hit at last month's Miami International Boat Show, where she sold copies of her new book, Yoga Onboard: A Guide for Cruisers and Lives-Aboards (Blue Duck Enterprises, $22.95).
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