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Staying afloat with yoga

FIRST, there was hot yoga; then came anti-gravity yoga, or aerial yoga; now, a new yoga trend is taking over our shores - literally.

Ex-tutor-turned-full-time yoga instructor Nicole Chung conducts her classes in the waters off East Coast Park, to teach a form of yoga known as Stand Up Yoga (SUP Yoga).

Originating in Hawaii and made famous by SUP Yoga practitioners on Instagram, it entails practising yoga on a paddleboard out in open water.

Despite Singapore being no Hawaii, Ms Chung saw an opportunity to engage in a workout routine that's different from the norm.

She first came into contact with the practice in Dubai in late 2012, when she had already started teaching yoga part-time. Upon her return, noticing the lack of opportunity in Sin…