A Natural Breath – What are the chances?
Ian Cross
April 10, 2019
Swimming BLOG
About this blog
” In these posts we want to encourage anyone who’d like things to be easier in the water. You may be a non-swimmer struggling to trust the water, and impover trying to understand how the strokes work, a recreational or fitness swimmer who tires easily, perhaps with aches and pains, or a swimming teacher looking for a different approach. Two questions running through this blog are: What is it about being in water that makes us happy and benefits our health… “
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Observations and Experiences at the Piscine Molitor
January 13, 2019
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What a place. Cool but warm water meets crisp winter air. It doesn’t get much better than swimming (but not swimming up and down) in a pool like this.
Learning to Swim Like a Robot
December 29, 2018
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What I’m doing isn’t helping me rest, breathe or move. I’m hindered by the starched, heavy cloak of trying, doing it ‘right’, and there’s nothing worse!
Quality Time
June 17, 2018
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Are you a recreational swimmer who needs to be more relaxed?.. “ Spending more time underwater, then more time getting air in, is easier than
Surface Tension?
October 11, 2017
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Learning to get your face out to breathe… “ It’s helpful if coming up for air isn’t learnt as part of a formal stroke, because
Not So Slow Sophie
August 17, 2017
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Cheryl makes friends with a head-up breaststroker on holiday and shares her top tips… “ Despite her lovely stroke and confidence, keeping her head above
Old Man River
June 17, 2017
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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, it
Meet Me at the Symmetry Gates
March 27, 2017
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Aiming for balance in the water… “ Breaststroke and butterfly are symmetrical. The two sides of our body do the same thing at the same
Enjoying the Journey with Breaststroke and Butterfly
February 15, 2017
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Looking ahead with no left and right turns… “ Rhythmically, meditatively, without stress, without worries, I alternated lengths of breaststroke with butterfly, looking where I
Diving Into Breaststroke
September 26, 2016
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Thinking of dolphins and Adam Peaty… If you’d like to improve your breaststroke, it may help to think of it as a series of glides
Easy Adaptation
May 20, 2016
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A Happy Sea Swimmer Improves Her Strokes… “ People who are happy in water, who have a feel for water, find it much easier to
