There could hardly be a more beautiful place to meditate than Noosa Heads – and now Abb swimmers can tick that off their bucket list after an exhilarating Shavasana yoga session in the park. As 36 teens held “corpse pose” for an impressive 13 mins, Leanne was even asked by an astonished passerby if she had “waved a magic wand to get all the kids to lie so still”. Michelle the Abbotsleigh yoga teacher would be so proud! Also held in the great outdoors was the Dryland Warrior Challenge – an exhausting super circuit completed by both coaches and swimmers and followed by a mad dash into the ocean for a recovery swim. After mornings like these, it’s imperative to refuel hard-working bodies. But hungry Abb swimmers always have confidence they will return to a nutritious feast, thanks to Nicole and Liz. Just the fruit and veg component of the daily menu they have devised is remarkable – by the end of the week, the team will have demolished 26 kg bananas, 30 dozen eggs, 13 kg apples, 6 watermelon, 9 rockmelon, 18 kg pineapples, 10 kg kiwi, 10 kg tomatoes, 10 kg cucumber, 3 kg lemons, 13 kg oranges, 10 kg pears, and 6 punnets every day of strawberries and blueberries. That’s a lot of chopping!
