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Yoga and Surfing on NSW South Coast
At Broulee, about 4 hours' drive south of Sydney, Belinda Wehner runs all-women surf and yoga retreats. The next course, on November 5, runs for three days and costs $795 including accommodation, meals, surfing, yoga and meditation. Tidal Dreamings also runs retreats on the NSW north coast and Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

chasing the waves

A sleepy town on the New South Wales south coast proves ideal for awakening your inner surfer-chick and expanding your yoga practice, thanks to gentle waves and passionate teachers. By Kris McIntyre

No meat, no men and no booze - for one virtuous weekend, Kelsey Munro concentrates on yoga and the waves.

Yoga. Surfing. Retreat. Bali. Those four words should conjure up images of peace, palm trees and perhaps some cheeky Pina Coladas, right? So why am I a dragging myself out of bed at 5.30am, every muscle aching, with only a cup of herbal tea for my efforts? Don't be mistaken - when the whitewash is grinding your face into the sand for the umpteenth time, or you're lurching into yet another sweaty sun salutation, no amount of island bliss is going to disguise the fact that, together, surfing and yoga are  hard work.

The idea of attending a surfing retreat the week after the first shark attack on Bondi Beach in 80 years may not be all that appealing to some. But refusing to let a big fish stand in the way of a fun adventure Kris McIntyre packed her swimmers, sunscreen, yoga gear and a healthy dose of courage for a three-day surf and yoga retreat at Broulee on the South Coast of New South Wales.

Day 1
After an easy 50-minute flight from Sydney, we touch down at Moruya Airport.

If you're contemplating healthy ways to start 2008, you might like to follow the lead of CATHY ALEXANDER, and visit a yoga and surfing retreat.
It's 6am and the sky is warming up over the long beach at Broulee. We're facing the waves from a second-floor yoga studio. In a voice almost as calm as the water, our instructor Elena is taking us through stretches which are smoothing out the kinks of an office life.