41 “One of the things I love about taking people out is
that I’m on the journey as well. “Kayaking is the best way to explore the unique
environment where rocks and cliffs meet the sea. You are in shallower waters and on a clear day you can look down and see fish, crabs and other marine life. You also see a range of bird life. The kayaks are silent so you interact with the natural environment very peacefully and unobtrusively, you just quietly glide through this magical environment.” Sea Kayak Devon offers a number of day and half
day guided coastal kayaking trips for all ages and abilities along with paddleboard guided trips, wild camping trips along the banks of the River Dart, plus week-long expeditions and holidays exploring the Isles of Scilly and Lundy Island from a sea kayak. Ben employs 12 highly qualified instructor guides who also run a series of kayaking and paddleboard courses from British Canoeing Qualifications through to Level 4 Advanced Sea Kayaking. This summer, Ben also introduced his sea kayaking and paddleboarding school to Blackpool Sands, where beachgoers can hire a kayak and paddle away or hop up onto a stand up paddleboard (SUP). Ben and his wife Sarah, an SUP fitness instructor,
physiotherapist and massage therapist, also installed an amazing beach sauna on the sands this year for public or private sessions. The couple
met in Courchevel eight years ago and now live in Dartmouth with their four-year- old daughter, Lily. Sarah said:
“The SUP hire and sauna at Blackpool Sands combines water and health and wellbeing. Finding any way to bring ourselves into the present moment, away from our busy minds is so transformative for our health. Toasting yourself in the wood burning sauna and then dipping into the cool sea brings you right into your body and the present moment.” Sarah also runs SUP yoga classes at Warfleet Creek
in the River Dart, aimed at seasoned yogis as well as anyone trying yoga for the first time. She insists many people trying SUP yoga for the first
time say it is easier than standing on a paddle board and paddling. “The practice is slow and mindful with more time
spent gently moving from pose to pose, and less of the fancy, difficult poses,” Sarah said.
“It’s aimed at spending time connecting to how it
feels to move, noticing your breath, listening to the birds, feeling the wind and sun on our face, dipping your toes into the water and bringing you into the present moment by experiencing your body and getting you out of your head. “Even if you’re
just focused on balancing and not falling in, it’s a change to our usual chatter in the mind.” SUP yoga is simpler than land yoga but challenging in different ways, said Sarah. “You have to be really focused so that you don’t fall in, so the transitions from pose to pose are much slower. “There are giggles when we all wobble and people do fall in but quite often that’s me because I’m focused on everyone else!” Sarah also runs a private practice in Dartmouth
offering physiotherapy, sport massage, pregnancy massage and pilates, reiki, yoga and pilates (
sarahbrierleyphysio.co.uk). For more information on Sea Kayak Devon visit
seakayakdevon.co.uk.
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