Happy New Year! It’s time to start outright. We have got you covered in the pool.
This is your year to master swimming.
Here are 10 tips of what it takes to really understand how the water works and to be a swimmer:
- Presence of mind: If you swim but don’t feel calm, then you won’t call yourself a swimmer
- Feeling: From arms and legs to the internal rhythm of calm, cool and collected
- Fun/curiosity: If it’s not fun don’t do it. Life is too short. Find a fun way for you.
- Face: Being able to take care of eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and the emotional experience of being without air
- Being underwater: How does the water hold you in the 3 main positions and everything in between?
- Movement: Not just forward but upside down, backward, and turning. If you just focus on one movement you will not have the full experience of how the waterworks.
- Changing positions: This means going from front to back, back to front and vertical. Make them all your friends with only a change in head position.
- Breathing: How many different ways can you EASILY get air? Here’s an insider tip: side breathing is the last way.
- Being off-center: Do you know how to be worry free falling over or upside down? This is owning the space to be in any crazy position and then easily find your way back.
- Love the deep: Here’s the top one. If you do not love the deep than you do not understand how the waterworks…yet. Loving the deep comes before learning front crawl or treading water.
Check out today’s Episode, 10 Tips for Basic Swimming Skills to dive into these a bit more.
Only after you have mastered these 10 steps are you looking to add things like
- Crawl stroke
- Side breathing
- Breathing patterns that are outside of what feels right (breathing every 3 strokes or some other pattern)
- Fitness training
Swimming is about understanding the water and yourself. Getting your thoughts and feelings in order so your actions produce the results you want. The result of fun, freedom with you being the master of your safety.
This is your year!
Watch Episode 14 Below:
Healing Fear in Warm Water
If you’re like many adults, you’ve been frustrated or embarrassed that you weren’t free to swim “like everybody else.” Half of adults can’t swim, like you! We meet them all the time. They’ve tried every system, including the traditional programs, with no success.
Since 1999, we’ve helped hundreds of adults overcome their fear and discomfort in water with our proven system built on the 5 Circles Teaching Method. The Miracle Swimming system uses the nuts and bolts of mindfulness to address the root of the problem and will transform the way you feel and think about water for the rest of your life.
