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On a recent sunny, Saturday morning, a dozen people headed out on the water at Alum Creek State Park to try yoga on a paddleboard.

Many in the group had experience practicing yoga, but moving through the positions on the board brought out the beginner in all of them.

Balancing is the biggest challenge, said Rhonda Keels, a Near East Side resident. You really have to concentrate.

Led by SUP (stand-up paddleboard) yoga instructor Lori Palmer, the class moved through a variety of poses, including sun salutations and downward-facing dog, in a quiet area of the north end of the park.

Its a whole, dynamic experience outside of doing yoga in a studio, where you can control the environment, Palmer said.

Clintonville resident Beth Kaper tried yoga on a paddleboard last year on Lake Erie. She enjoyed it so much that she teamed up with Jim Lawhead, founder of Aloha SUP and Lake Erie Paddler in Lorain, Ohio, to offer paddleboard classes and rentals in central Ohio.

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Stand-up paddleboard yoga making waves in central Ohio