Want to Relax? What Swimming on Your Back Lacks
Why you can't free your neck on your back like you can face down, and how to deal with it... Picture a person lying back in sparkling water, smi...
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Getting a View on Front Crawl Sighting
I saw a video on Instagram of someone swimming in the most exquisite of locations, the canyons of the American wild west. With his bright swimming ...
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Searching for Still Water
Does too much head movement negate the benefits of swimming for people with sensitive vestibular systems? I was disturbed recently to come acros...
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Mindfulness: Word of the Moment?
“ Aerobic exercise releases endorphins, which makes you feel happy, and gets you out and about talking to other people. These things are probably u...
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Freedom from Form
Available to Everybody We haven't evolved to swim distances. The four competitive strokes are by their nature restricting. They are product...
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Just Floating An Idea
“ The healing properties of salt water have been acknowledged for centuries. But if there's going to be healing, in or out of the water, the less w...
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I Am Not A Swimming Instructor
Freedom from the shackles of a job title... “ Facebook requires you to say what your business page is about. Feasible categories include Swimmin...
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Old Man River
Reflections on Swimming with the Alexander Technique... “ It’s as if the river doesn’t mind one solitary human quietly joining it. With a group,...
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Zen and Now
Clinical hypnotherapist Lesley from Sussex changes her mind in water. I thought I knew what to expect when I embarked on my 8 lessons of 'Swimming...
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Meet Me at the Symmetry Gates
Aiming for balance in the water... “ Breaststroke and butterfly are symmetrical. The two sides of our body do the same thing at the same time. F...
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