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The waters of Dorchester Park in Whitney Point transformed into a yoga studio on Sunday as people gathered to try to an activity thats new to the Southern Tier. As our Elyse Mickalonis tells us, Stand Up Paddling Yoga combines two different ways of exercising that instructors say can really burn some calories and be a lot of fun.

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WHITNEY POINT, N.Y. -- It looks like a cross between surfing and yoga.

Its a great way to get on the water, you experience things you would never on a boat or swimming and I think its a great activity for this area, said Tina Fetton, Southern Tier Stand Up Paddle Corp.

People gathered at Dorchester Park on Sunday to try Stand Up Paddling Yoga. Instructors say the while stand up paddling offers an intense core workout on its own, the addition of yoga makes it more challenging and fun.

I thought it was a great idea and I wanted to bring it to the studio because its so exciting and so much fun and something so different, said Linda Sambursky, Yoga Body Shop. Yoga on a board, how awesome is that?

Fetton added, You really have to ground down and focus on what youre doing and taking those positions to the next level. Its a challenge to everyone who is used to yoga in the studio.

For 90 minutes, students are taught how to use the paddle board and then practice in yoga. Everyone uses a board, paddle, life vest and anchor. Some say falling in the water is the best part.

Its beautiful. I was looking forward to falling, that was one of the things I was looking forward too. Waters just gorgeous here, said John Syjas, Pennsylvania Resident.

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