Is it safe to open your eyes in the water?  Swim goggles are great for seeing clearly, but did you know it can also feel like being afraid of heights?  

Today’s video lesson includes 10 tips for swim goggles that include how to properly fit goggles, how tight goggles should be, and how to stop goggles from leaking.  

Just like in life, we want to feel safe as we learn to swim as an adult.  Many assume that being able to see in the water will keep us safe. But is that really true?  

I will dive into what it really means to see clearly underwater and to be safe.

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Who’s excited to try on a swimsuit?  What if you could feel positive or at least neutral about yourself in a swimsuit?  Wouldn’t that be fabulous! 

In over 30 years of teaching swimming, there has never been a time I have looked at a body and thought they didn’t belong in a swimsuit.  For me, that would be saying someone doesn’t belong in the water. The water is for everyone. Not every swimsuit is for everyone.  You can find what is right for you, but even with the right suit, it takes internal work to change how you feel.

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Can you teach yourself to swim? Today’s episode explores this topic.  It is an important topic to look at because, at the end of the day, you can only rely on yourself.  It is your job to keep yourself safe, have fun, figure out how your particular body works and so on.  

Does a teacher ever actually teach you or do they just help you access your own abilities?  Pop on over to this week’s episode and explore how every day you are your own best teacher.

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Learning to swim as an adult can be embarrassing, difficult, confusing or fear-filled.  It is often something we think you learn as a kid.  But there are lessons for adults it is never too late.

Previous Experience

Have you taken adult lessons before?  Did it feel like you were behind on the first day of class?  Or did you feel like everyone else was getting it and you were missing something?

Perhaps there was an expert swimmer friend who said, “I can teach you to swim!  It is easy just do this, this and this.  Go ahead you try.”  Only to be told when you try new just relax.

Inside you were screaming HOW CAN I RELAX WHEN I CAN’T SWIM!

This doesn’t inspire one to want to put themselves in a vulnerable place again to try to learn.  To learn you have to feel safe, comfortable and in control.  Learning happens at the pace of the individual, not the group.  If the group is not structured to meet every individual at their place someone will get left behind.

You Must Be In Charge of Learning

When learning to swim as an adult you must be in charge of your safety.  How can this be possible if you cannot swim?  Because of the biggest danger in the water in panic.  The good and bad news is you are the only one in charge of panic.  If no one taught you this it was the first skipped step.

You are the only one who knows if you are totally calm and grounded or flying off the handle.  To learn at your pace you need to feel safe.  It’s not what someone else says to do.  Have you ever been told, “Oh just give it a try you will be fine”?  This is a projection of the ‘teacher’.  You know if you are fine or not.

How Does Online Learning Work

Online learning puts you in charge and at your pace.  You can view the material several times.  Step away and let your questions come up.  Ask your questions so you are then ready for more learning.  Learning really is all about the right questions.

For learning swimming the questions may have been:
How can I learn to swim?  Then how can I relax, do I need to know how to tread, how do I float and so on.  When working with students the deepest question is how can I keep myself from losing it (panicking) in the water?

How do I keep myself from losing it in the water?

This is a question that can be answered in the privacy of your own home.  Where you are dry and warm.  There will be steps to take to the water, but when you are ready.  When you have information that allows you to feel in control.  When the steps are planned out in small enough bits that you can pick up just the right ones for you.

Online learning to swim means learning on your terms anywhere any time!  To learn more, please visit online.orcaswimschool.com.

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