Swimming Without Stress

Open To Change

April 2, 2014

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...

Sento – a trip to the bath house

March 9, 2014

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...

Mark Discovers An Affinity With Water – After Cracking The Breathing

January 3, 2014

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...

Cross Pattern Crawl

December 3, 2013

Kicking our opposite hand forwards is a pattern that's already there, waiting to be discovered! A lot of Alexander Technique teachers encour...

On Your Back! For Basic Coordination Patterns

September 22, 2013

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...

Rotation Rotation Rotation

September 14, 2013

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...

Swimming ‘Up’ (Not Up And Down)

July 26, 2013

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...

In At The Deep End, Sink Or Swim

July 15, 2013

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 ...

From Nervous Non Swimmer to Bloke on Holiday in 8 Lessons

July 12, 2013

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...

Richard Reorganises His Front Crawl

June 13, 2013

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 ...

Rosie, Finding Her Flow

June 12, 2013

“ 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...

A Monumental, Life-changing Experience

April 9, 2013

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...

Bringing Yoga Serenity Into Her Swimming

April 5, 2013

[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...

Re-thinking Her Swimming

April 3, 2013

Amanda, London, came for stroke evaluation and to improve technique. “ The lessons have transformed my swimming style and my attitude to swimmin...

Self Discovery In The Water

April 2, 2013

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...

Testimonials

Hazel

You really have worked miracles. It took a bit of time to get back into the zone but then things clicked and I was able to practise the various "moves" but best of all just enjoy moving around in the water - the total opposite of how I've previously felt when visiting the local pool. It's still early days, obviously, but I feel confident enough to explore and experiment a bit. It's really helpful to watch one of your videos then visualise it when I'm in the water. Best of all, my back feels better than it has for ages and it came as a surprise to discover that my neck feels good too. I hadn't realised how stiff it had become. I'm very grateful for your patience and skill.

February 2020

Preston