When You Can’t Swim
From childhood, related to my genetically weak vestibular system (poor balance), I've had a kind of kink in my nervous system where my head goes to...
Read moreIs Swimming Without Stress still on your list?
People we speak to about booking a course often say, “I am (insert any number over 50)...” as if that might be an issue. In fact, a large perce...
Read moreTop Tips For Dips
If there's magic in the water, three simple activities may help you find it. 1. Floating face down 2, Sitting, letting yourself drop ...
Read moreSwim Your Own Swim
In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray is clear on problems of identity politics and social media. We latch on to popular ideas without thinking t...
Read moreWhen does the ‘Without Stress’ bit start?
For many years, after training as a swimming teacher, and especially a Shaw Method one, I laboured under the idea that every person taking lessons ...
Read moreLooking For A Challenge?
Challenge. 'A call to someone to participate in a competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior in terms of ability or strength.' ...
Read moreVisit Wales. Later
When arranging courses I'm often talking to two people about the same vacancy, a salesman, hurrying people along to place their deposit for lessons...
Read moreMissing Bubbles?
We've had a few dips in the sea during the last four months without access to the pool. Being in saltwater has many obvious, and celebrated, sellin...
Read moreConquer Your Fear of Water
The title of this post might be a good one for attracting people to our website. 'You've got a problem and we've got the solution'. I had s...
Read moreComing 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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