Now is the best time to learn to swim as an adult ever!  Seriously.  

Have you been a part of a conversation looking at the benefits of 2020…despite all the wild changes?  One of my benefits has been walking through my neighborhood with attention.  There is a small forest trail behind my house.  When I first had to shut down the business I walked.  Walked in the barren twiggy trees.  But we were headed into spring with crocus poking up their purple heads.  I’ve seen the season change with the attention I never really gave before.  Without the bubble covering the pool, it is our beautiful Japanese maple with its brilliant red lacy leaves that I get to enjoy.  Becky’s class got to be visited by our resident owl.

So why is learning to swim as an adult also a benefit and perfect fit for this year?  Look to what your concerns are about being in the pool – embarrassment, being slow, kids everywhere, intimidated to ask questions.  What else?  

In today’s video, I share some answers to these questions and why this is the very best time.

However, the truth is the very best time is when you decide.  If you are still deciding what is getting in your way?  Check out the free mini lookie to see how your story is stopping you from deciding.

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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 Jump-In Membership. Our Jump-In program 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.

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Have you seen short little zoomer fins?  You know the fins that you wear on your feet pretending you are Jaque Cousteau the SCUBA diver who opened up the underwater world of the sea to so many.  Ok, maybe that is just me who was fascinated by him as a child!  Perhaps another day I will tell you the story of me learning to swim in space.

Back to mini fins and what you need to know about them.  There are small ones that are used for learning to flutter kick (up and down kick used in front crawl) or for working out (think the addition of resistance bans to a land workout).  In today’s video, I will talk about when it is and is not a good time to use them.  A tool or a crutch.  Hop on in.

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Jump-In Membership

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 Jump-In Membership. Our Jump-In program 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.

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What is the biggest danger in the water?  

Did you list one of these…

• Depth
• Clarity
• Temperature
• Currents?

While all those elements are factors to understand about the water, it is still not the biggest danger.  After all, many people swim in all depths of water with no problem.  

People who are blind can swim.  One of my competing high school swim teams had an athlete who was blind.  One of his teammates had a tennis ball on the end of a stick at each end of the pool.  They would tap him on the head when it was time to do a flip turn.  It worked perfectly.  He was totally safe.  Even if he had not gotten tapped on the head he would have been safe swimming.  There just may have been a crashing problem.  

Panic is the biggest danger.  This is because you lose control and are unable to mitigate any of the above list of factors.  Knowing how to control panic is the number one rule in swimming.  

The number two rule is air should always be easy.  In today’s video Cori talks about the elusive side breathing in the front crawl.  Here is a quick tip in order to learn proper side breathing you must follow the rules:

1. Know how to control panic
2. Air must always be easy
3. …see you in the video

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Jump-In Membership

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 Jump-In Membership. Our Jump-In program 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.

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Do you know the difference between freestyle and front crawl? Most likely no.

It has to do with the story of how swimming developed. This is why it is helpful to understand these definitions.

In today’s video, I will tell you this story so you can see how it fits with your own learning to swim story.

Your story is very important because how you tell your story is how you live your story today. Do you have a goal that is different even a little bit from your exact life today?

Perhaps you want to be a little less reactive, dwell in happiness a bit more, be the swimmer you dream of.

Have you seen the mini-training yet? You can get it free here. This is where you can re-craft your story to feel better right now.

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Jump-In Membership

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 Jump-In Membership. Our Jump-In program 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.

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A few weeks ago I taught you about BAM.  These are the 4 things you must understand to learn to swim.  It is what you need from the very first time you stick your toe in the water through racing Michael Phelps at the butterfly.  

Let me take a wild guess. It’s likely you do not have an aspiration to race Michael Phelps in butterfly or any event for that matter, but you would like to continue to unlock swimming.  

Today’s video is about applying the principles of BAM to the front crawl.  This takes the drama out of learning and brings in curiosity and fun.  We need to be curious and ready for fun in order to master swimming.  

If you are not sure how to create the emotions of curiosity and fun, members can check out the Foundations of Change course in your membership.  This is where I teach the 3×5 process that gives you the foundational tools to learn to swim or learn anything you desire.  

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Jump-In Membership

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 Jump-In Membership. Our Jump-In program 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.

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If you have taken a Foundations One course, then you know beginning swimming has nothing to do with the front crawl.  Beginning swimming has to do with being safe.  Safety comes from first within ourselves and understanding how calm to panic works and how to be in charge of the process.  From there you can work on the physical skills that we talked about in the BAM video.  

So this leaves the question of when is it time to learn the front crawl or freestyle.  This is the topic of today’s video as a preview to next month’s new member content.  

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Foundations of Change

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 Foundations of Change. Our Foundations of Change program 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.

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We know that 46% of adults are afraid in swimming pools and a whopping 64% are afraid in deep water/oceans and lakes. So what’s going on here? What are the steps to bridge the gap between the pool and open water? Come on down to the lake and Cori will share some tips to get started. The key thing is understanding your mind and also understanding how your body and the water work together.

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Foundations of Change

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 Foundations of Change. Our Foundations of Change program 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.

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