SEATTLE — Adrift on a Seattle waterway, personal trainer Vicki Wilson and about a dozen women are following their yoga instructor's directions, hoisting their bodies up in a pyramid shape as they strike the downward-facing dog pose. They do this while balancing on an oversized surfboard.

Around them, boats sound their horns, a train chugs away and seagulls fly about. But never mind the noises, the ebb and flow of the water is what Wilson likes best.

“It's very different than the in-studio feel,” Wilson said. “You might hear a clock ticking, something artificial happening, and yes, there's the distraction of trains and boats, but with the water you have this flowing harmony.”

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