Swimming in Place

I wanted to ‘fix’ my stroke. I was having shoulder pain when I swam, and I wanted to make it go away. However, it is not a break-fix proposition. If you aren’t making the intervals that you used to or can’t swim as far as you want, or have pain, it has considerably less to…

Do you feel that you get winded easily when you swim? Do you continuously exhale when you face is in the water? Are you able to get oxygen in and out at a rate that sustains you for the distance that you’re endeavoring?  Do you depend on breathing to a single side? Or maybe you…

What does the clock tell you? When to leave.  When you arrive. Maybe it lets you know when you need to get out and go do the next thing.  But the clock does know what happens in between. Retreat into your body.  Note what happens in each stroke. Each movement. Pay attention to to where…

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Knowing this, you can assess each action that you make in the water. Observe the reaction. If you sweep your hand to the side, where do you think your body will go? To the opposite side! Are you trying to move to the side of…

What would it take to turn mindless repetitions into mindful repetitions? How can you make each stroke count? What if less really is more?