The Yoga of Bodysurfing: Week 4 Post 8-

This is a podcast of a story about a man named John who is five feet eleven inches tall and extremely thin. John used to play sports when he was younger but because of the fact that, we all, as humans need to make a living by the time we become adults, John had to stop and in a way become a bit sedentary. Every summer he spent a number of weeks with his relatives in Madras, only taking swims in the water for mere minutes a day. No matter what John did, he could not gain weight. The speaker suggested that John do a type of yoga swimming to help him gain weight. He discovered Bodysurfing.
I totally feel for the character John in this story because life in America, or in general for that matter, is so fast paced that it leaves little for actual enjoyment or fulfillment of life. One cam almost become a drone or slave to society. When John discovered Bodysurfing from the speaker he started to actually gain weight. All he had to do was walk out into the water, hold his breath, use his body as if it were a board and let the waves takes him back in to shore. To body surf one must become one with a powerful piece of nature. I absolutely love bodysurfing, in fact I have been doing it since I can remember and it is quiet the hobby. It is not only good for the body, but it is good for the soul as well. You could say it balances me out and it definitely can be considered a practice of Yoga for its mind, body, and spiritual conditioning. If there is anything pure in the world it is Bodysurfing. It’s very instinctual and it brings you back to being a human again. And in this fast paced society we live in today, it is almost an essential piece to the puzzle we call life.