Can swimming be revolutionary?
Hope to see you in the water soon! Swimming with you,
PS: Questions? Feedback? What kind of clinics and classes do you want to see here in the Rogue Valley? Reply to this email and let me know.
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Hope to see you in the water soon! Swimming with you,
PS: Questions? Feedback? What kind of clinics and classes do you want to see here in the Rogue Valley? Reply to this email and let me know.
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The art of trusting your limits. After I sent yesterday’s email about my own hesitation to turn the shower to cold, a few people responded. One person shared they look forward to cold showers, and another said they’ve done them for so long that a shower feels incomplete without a cold burst at the end. Thank you for sharing—these responses made me feel part of something! And then someone else wrote about a different kind of moment. They had a swim practice scheduled—something they usually…
Reflections from the water Reflections | News | Updates Summer Edition Time has felt particularly fluid lately. Maybe it’s the hours I spend in the water. Water has an astounding way of making me feel ageless. When I’m having tea parties with six year olds in swim lessons every day, am I really edging past the half century mark? Or am I still a 10 year old diving for quarters at the pool with my friends? Hard to say in the moment. On Sunday, I completed my 7th—astounding even to me—17km trip…
There’s more than meets the eye At our weekly Q&A on Tuesday, we explored a powerful truth: looks can be deceiving, especially in swimming. It’s easy to assume a long, graceful stroke means efficiency or that choppy movements signal struggle. But the water tells a different story. A swimmer who looks smooth might be leaking power in invisible ways, while someone with an unconventional stroke might be moving through the water with surprising ease. The real difference isn’t in how a stroke, a…
What experience won’t protect you from Do you ever catch yourself thinking, “I should have this all figured out by now”? Maybe you’ve been swimming for years. You’ve mastered the strokes, conquered goals, built confidence through repetition. What could you possibly have in common with someone just learning how to float? This week, a thoughtful mom joined me for a 3 day mini swim camp with her 7-year-old daughter. Sure, mom could swim further and faster—but what struck me was her willingness…
Come As You Are—The Water Will Meet You For kids, trust in the water often comes more naturally—or returns quickly once they’re reminded. They play. They explore. They discover that the water holds them. They’re less likely to overthink. And quicker to just feel. Adults carry more. Expectations. Self-judgment. Past experiences. The desire to do it right. But real progress in swimming—and in life—rarely comes from control.It comes from letting go. Trust doesn’t always feel like…
