Open To Change
Ellie Enjoys Encountering Her Unconscious Habits I've been swimming off and on for years, having spent long summers as a child in Ireland dippin...
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Sento – a trip to the bath house
When I was in Tokyo in my early twenties, the importance of water in Japanese culture made an impression on me. Temples with miniature fountains a...
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Mark Discovers An Affinity With Water – After Cracking The Breathing
Mark came to Croft Farm for the 8-lesson Swimming Without Stress Residential Course. He was a non-swimmer facing a particular difficulty learning t...
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Cross Pattern Crawl
Kicking our opposite hand forwards is a pattern that's already there, waiting to be discovered! A lot of Alexander Technique teachers encour...
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On Your Back! For Basic Coordination Patterns
The importance of learning to swim on the back is often overlooked. Being supine with the support of water is a great way to release and expand. Yo...
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Rotation Rotation Rotation
Why we should roll around like kids and strokes shouldn’t be taught too soon.. Four simple rotations are the foundations for all swimming moveme...
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Swimming ‘Up’ (Not Up And Down)
On Holiday Swim Slow and Find Your Flow! We've just returned from a trip to Gibraltar. It's difficult to find beaches as nice as the ones on our...
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In At The Deep End, Sink Or Swim
How not to learn deep water confidence... "In those days, deep ends were deep. We were going all the way, just the two of us, to the other side ...
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From Nervous Non Swimmer to Bloke on Holiday in 8 Lessons
Ewan Gives Any Water Obsessed 10 Year Old A Run For Their Money... Some forty years ago, I went through all of the classic small boy 's...
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Richard Reorganises His Front Crawl
Richard's self-taught front crawl didn't feel good. He wanted to know what he should be thinking. “ Ian's method is to involve you in the whole ...
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Rosie, Finding Her Flow
“ I can hardly believe how you've managed to transform my stroke and whole approach in just seven lessons." I'm writing to say thank you again f...
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A Monumental, Life-changing Experience
Tina, Brecon, came for a weekend to overcome her fear. “ Ian, I wanted to thank you once again for my swimming tuition. As you know I found it v...
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Bringing Yoga Serenity Into Her Swimming
[sws_yt_one] Hilary, a keen Yoga practitioner, learnt how to chill out in water. As a regular yoga practitioner, I have always found it frust...
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Re-thinking Her Swimming
Amanda, London, came for stroke evaluation and to improve technique. “ The lessons have transformed my swimming style and my attitude to swimmin...
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Self Discovery In The Water
Ann, from North Wales, came to overcome her fear of water and subsequently to work on technique. Swimming has become part of my life in a way t...
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