Coming to Quiet
JA Thompson, a Scottish expert on soft corals wrote, over 100 years ago, "One of the dangers of our civilization is that one function of the nervou...
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Roundup
Today we went to Ceibwr Bay The sea was quiet and cold Gordon found a rotting seal He ate a bit and rolled. I hosed him down, he's patient W...
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Follow Us Off Instagram
As we haven't been more than a couple of miles away from home for the last few months, we're lucky to be surrounded by so much natural beauty. ...
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‘Hopefully I won’t get any better.’
Yesterday our son Stan completed work for his degree in Illustration. He describes himself as having an unconventional mind and aims to create...
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Golden Hour
New 1 Hour Individual Lessons as Standard on our Residential Course with the Option of Just 1 Lesson a Day We're looking forward to getting ...
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Let’s Hang Loose With What We’ve Got!
Is the water a place for striving for you? Or a place for liberation? Most people tense up in water even more than on dry land. But if we approa...
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Becoming A Thing That Swims
I'm noticing more and more, with myself and people I'm helping, that the idea of needing to move forward, to some destination, changes both how we ...
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Magical Mystery Torso
I'm enjoying watching The Great Pottery Throw Down. In one episode the potters were trying ingenious methods to try to support their two-feet...
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Pre Swim Wish List
I'm going for a swim in a quiet pool where the water's a comfortable temperature. What do I want?... 👍 To allow myself to enjoy movement throug...
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All You Need Is Love
Putting love of the water into practice... Swimmers often talk about our love of water. But one way or another we fight the thing we love. ...
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Swimming Without Strokes
Swim: to move through water by moving the body or parts of the body. Cambridge dictionary. I'm at the Hotel Costa Calero in Lanzarote again,...
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Changing the Objective?
Is the objective, when working with fearful non-swimmers, to get them independent in the water by the end of their course of 8 lessons? Cher...
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How exactly does swimming help anxiety?
'It's great for the body and the mind' has become a swimming platitude. How much truth is there in it? As swimming becomes more and more pop...
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Think or Swim?
If you fancy a change in the pool There's joy to be found in the most simple swimming activities, and lots to learn, and to gain, for yourself. ...
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Bankers
45 kilowatt hours in a day! Our son's home for Christmas. He left the heater on in his space, 21.5 degrees, and disappeared for 2 days. 'Hell is o...
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