Surfing in Mulki

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Surfing – it brought both excitement as well as fear (will I be able to do it)

You see we aren’t used to dancing on the waves.

I too was not sure for me surfing at the age of 49.

But once we reached Mulki, cleaned the beach, did out drill on the beach – all wehad to do was to hit the waves and surf along – we rode, we fell, we had salf water all over and inside us, and we went back for more.

Three days of surfing and we realised how a simple thing (wave) can turn into so much fun as well a sport.

Some of us also struggled to cope with fear on the first – day – here is one child’s story:

One child was not very comfortable with swimming as well as with sea. But something in him made him come for the surfing trip.
He was scared – so while he would start the wave – he would not stand up on the surf board – he was too sacred to stand up – and hence eventually just fall off – unable to surf.
This happened for the whole 2 hours on first day – many aborted attempts – the scare just becoming more.
Everytime he came around – all i said to him was its alright to be scared.
In the evening i reinforced this again – but did offer him to visualise in his mind (in the night) that he is able to stand up on the surf board.
Morning during surfing (same story) – so i told him – scare will not go – you will have to stand up with thefear. Once you stand up – thefearwill have to decide what to do – go or stay.
Then I told him to say aloud (shout at top of his voice) “i love youfear, i kiss youfear, i hug youfear“.
Next wave – he stood up.
Then onwardsfearjust fell in love with him 🙂
We also enjoyed Kayaking and stand up paddling – again getting more friendly with water as well with the balance in our body.
The trip was made even more amazing by the lovely group of people (seehttps://www.surfingindia.net/mantra-surf-club)
who served us some really delicious veg food. The stay was super and we had a great three days making friends with sea, waves and our bodies and fears.


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