Does my spray skirt make me look fat?

I'm doing a yoga tree pose on a rock in the middle of a lake in Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada with the Boreal Baffin sea kayak staying patiently at my side. Yet I'm feeling grounded and balanced and warm in all my paddle gear looking at the distant mountains.

And the first thing I ask the cameraman is, "Does my spray skirt make me look fat?!"

Yes! It does.

"Is my hair a mess?"

Yes! It looks awful. Get over it . . .

"OK."

Smile, you're on Candid Camera!  

See how easy that was . . .

What was easy? "The standing yoga tree pose on an uneven little rock in the middle of a lake with wind blowing, and water rippling all around me while standing on a lanyard attached to my kayak to keep it from drifting off, or the smile?"

Figuring it out is part of paddling and part of yoga. It's a balancing act. Put the two together, and you have a whole new dynamic.

Happy paddles and yoga practice in the outdoors!
The BaffinPaddler

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