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Eliza Grant

Dua Lipa Turns a Paddleboard Into a Yoga Mat for Her Labor Day Getaway

Dua Lipa closed out the long weekend the way she often marks a vacation: with a yoga pose no one was expecting on a paddleboard. On Tuesday, September 8, the singer shared a carousel of photos and video from a Labor Day getaway with friends, and the moment that stood out from the set was a headstand she performed while balanced on a paddleboard in open water. She captioned the post, "Everyone left the city for Labour Day... so naturally I observed the holiday too," framing the trip as a low-key break rather than a planned style moment.

The rest of the carousel leaned into the same relaxed energy: beach shots, water photos and several different bikinis worn across the getaway, though specific styles or brands were not identified in the images shared. What carried the post instead was the paddleboard sequence itself, which showed Lipa holding a controlled headstand on the board as it floated on open water, a pose that requires real core strength and balance and stood out from the more typical lounging shots that usually fill a celebrity vacation dump.

It is not the first time Lipa has turned a paddleboard into an impromptu yoga session while on a break. During a getaway in Ibiza last year, she was photographed moving through a sequence of poses, including a supported handstand, while floating on a board in the middle of the water, a moment that circulated widely at the time. Between the two appearances, the paddleboard headstand has become something of a recurring signature in her vacation content, distinguishing her beach photo dumps from the standard lounging-and-cocktail format that dominates most celebrity travel posts.

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