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Diane Shash of Venice does the pigeon pose with prayer during a stand-up paddleboard yoga class recently at Grande Tours in Placida.

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Jeanne Schultz of Rotonda was one of many who attended a stand-up paddleboard yoga class at Grande Tours in Placida. Here she does the back bend yoga pose.

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Laura Arena of Englewood performs a yoga lunge pose on a stand-up paddleboard. Robert Coykendall, background, does the same on the water in Coral Creek in Placida. Grande Tours owner Capt. Marian Schneider says yoga SUPing is the latest fitness trend sweeping the nation.

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Englewood resident Kris Hleuka attempts a lunge pose during a recent stand-up paddleboard yoga class on Coral Creek in Placida.

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Lata Coykendall of Loving Light Yoga in Englewood demonstrates the pigeon pose at a paddleboard yoga class at Grande Tours in Placida.

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Loving Light Yoga instructor Lata Coykendall, far left, demonstrates the full sunbird yoga pose to participants in a stand-up paddleboard yoga class at Grande Tours in Placida. From left: Laura Arena of Englewood, Beverly and Mark Barrett of Englewood, Alison Mullany of Englewood, Jeanne Schultz of Rotonda, Loren Smith of Port Charlotte, Diane Shash of Venice and Kris Hleuka of Englewood.

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Lata Coykendall of Loving Light Yoga demonstrates the butterfly or bound angle pose in Namaste prayer during a recent paddleboard yoga class at Grande Tours in Placida. Participants are, from left: Nathalie Grasland of Venice, Laura Arena of Englewood, Beverly and Mark Barrett of Englewood, Alison Mullany of Englewood, Jeanne Schultz of Rotonda, Loren Smith of Port Charlotte, and Diane Shash of Venice.

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Demonstrating the sun bird pose on a paddleboard is yoga instructor and owner of Loving Light Yoga, Lata Coykendall of Englewood.

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Those who attended a recent paddleboard yoga class at Grand Tours in Placida attempt the seated spinal twist pose. They are, from left: Alison Mullany of Englewood; Robert Coykendall, yoga instructor; Kris Hleuka of Englewood; Beverly and Mark Barrett of Englewood; and Diane Shash of Venice.

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Layla, a 9-year-old Yorkshire terrier owned by Paige Bakhaus, certified stand-up paddleboard instructor, sits atop a paddleboard during yoga at Grand Tours recently.