Yoga for Paddling

Anna Levesque is the leading expert on kayak instruction for women and yoga for paddling. Named one of the most inspirational paddlers alive by Canoe and Kayak magazine, she has been featured in landed Time, Shape, and Self magazines. She is an American Canoe Association (ACA) Whitewater Kayak Instructor Trainer, Stand Up Paddleboard Instructor Trainer, and a 500 RYT (500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher) with Yoga Alliance. She is a Level 4 certified ACA whitewater kayak Instructor Trainer, a Level 5 certified ACA whitewater kayak instructor, a Level 2 certified ACA stand up paddleboard Instructor Trainer, an ACA SUP Yoga Teacher Trainer and a member of the ACA SUP Standards Committee, and is the founder/director of Girls at Play and Mind Body Paddle. As an athlete Anna was a member of the Canadian Freestyle Whitewater Kayak Team from 1999 to 2003 and earned a bronze medal at the Freestyle Kayak World Championships in 2001.

“Anna has sold me on Yoga for Paddling for sure. I need to balance my body to keep paddling into my sixties and Yoga for Paddling provides clear and well-written information to help me accomplish that.” –Sean Morley, accomplished coach, expedition and surf kayaker who completed the first solo circumnavigation of the UK and Ireland by sea kayak in 2004, was crowned Masters World Surf Kayak Champion in 2007 and broke the record for the fastest circumnavigation of Vancouver Island in 2008