Our Student Feedback
Hear from students why we are the best choice and leading experts in adult swim instruction. This page is updated from class feedback forms and letters students send us. Check back to see added comments and stories from recent classes.
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The 3-Day Learn to Swim Retreat was transformational. I went from being anxious and tense in the water to neutral and relaxed. I better understand how my body moves in water, how to conserve energy, how to get air when I need it, and am building healthy foundational skills. I highly recommend this course to anyone wanting to feel safer in water, and more confident in their body and its capacities in water.
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First of all, this has been the best learning experience I have had as a new beginner swimmer. I was skeptical at first but so glad I took the leap of faith to enroll. I just competed Foundations 1 classes this past weekend with instructor Karen who is phenomenal! I would also like to acknowledge Jack who helped out the first week. The class number is only 4 people which makes learning easy and enjoyable. I am more comfortable in the water and will continue building on the skills I have acquired. I would definitely recommend anyone looking for adult swimming classes to check out Orca Swim! Thank you again!
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Not the typical swim class. It was guided mindfulness while engaging with water. Fun, educational, and empowering. In the end, we all became swimmers!! Amazing!
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One of the best experience I had learning something. The style of teaching and learning is something I will take beyond just learning how to swim. The swimming lessons, aren't just, here are some movements now copy and swim. It's more focused on being calm in, and having neutral feelings about water. The rest come naturally after you learn how to be calm. Definitely recommend it to everyone! Jac and Becky were the best teachers ever! Tysm.
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I had a session today with Olivia and am incredibly incredibly grateful. Olivia was absolutely amazing, very calm, very patient, very clear in her explanations on trying things, and wonderful at stepping me through things. I had a bit of a teary moment at one stage because I genuinely enjoyed something that has both been impossible for me and just plain terrifying for 24 years and even though it was very small it felt like a world of progress in just 90 minutes. This was a life-changing moment for me in just one session, I have no words... (which is a first for me because I usually use 20 words when 2 would have been sufficient!). Thank you again, and even though I did tonight please express my deepest gratitude to Olivia as well and I hope to see her again.
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My daughter learned to swim at OSS and seeing her succeed gave me hope to reconnect with swimming as well. I took the Foundations 1 class, which surpassed my expectations and allowed me to gain a new perspective on my experiences in the water. Our instructor, Olivia, helped us learn what to expect and figure out ways that allowed us to find comfort in the water. I felt like each session helped us fine-tune skills in a way that worked for each of us, in fact, I learned quite a bit from my classmates and their experiences too. So glad we found this swim school!
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This was so far the best lesson I’ve ever experienced. I was able to share a story that kept me from the water for a long time, and Cori was able to show me some new tricks that I had no idea I could do, lol but it was amazing, looking forward to my next one.
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Did the Foundation 1 course, it was really great!! 100% recommend to anyone looking to learn swimming or get over their fear of water.
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You guys run a fantastic program, that's the most comfortable I've ever felt in water!
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If I had known what I would have gotten out of this class before I started the class, I would have been willing to pay twice the amount that I did. It was so worth it!
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Every other teacher just focuses on the end results but now I can see why that doesn't work because you miss all the steps in between and you are left feeling lost.
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You didn't teach me how to swim but how to live in the water!
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It is a must do for all adults who struggle at learning to swim!
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I feel great! I now have the confidence to be in a pool by myself and not panic. I am still not comfortable in deep water, but I am ready to give it the time my body needs. I am totally going to recommend Orca Swim School for my friends to try it.
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The class was great. It helped me overcome my fear of water. It is not as scary as it may seem. The water can be a calm place if you allow yourself to have fun.
Our Mission
“Our mission at Orca Swim School goes far beyond swimming instruction, as we teach our adult students how to rely on themselves while tapping into their internal strength and wisdom to feel safe. We provide the knowledge for adult students to trust themselves by being mindful and present to experience joy (freedom from pain.)”
Founder & Instructor
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Dr. Kim Holland's Story
Dr. Kim Holland a student at Orca Swim School was recently featured in a story by NPR news. Her story discusses how she learned to overcome her fear of water using the Miracle Swimming technique, which teach students how to remain calm, cool, and collected by implementing the 5 circles into the learning process.
“Learning how to swim is overcoming fear and being able to be awake, alert and enthusiastic in deep water, with no qualms about being in deep water because you know you’re not going down,” Dr. Holland said. “You know the water holds you up or you know how to stay at the surface and get air when you want it and you know how to rest.”
Read the full article featured on on NPR here: A Seattle Doctor’s Journey From Being Afraid In The Water To Becoming An Avid Swimmer
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*Prior to January 2020, our swim lessons were based on the Miracle Swimming Program. We have since transitioned to our own Foundations of Change program.
