Graduates of our Essentials 1 course return to finish learning the essentials of being safe in deep water. They are ready for Essentials 2 if they can do the following in shallow water when they arrive:
◈ focus on staying in the 1st Circle
Price includes the tether. If you have one, price will be adjusted.
Become calm in water over your head in the middle of the pool.
Rest and remain at ease floating, bobbing, and rolling over anywhere in deep water without getting tired for 10 – 15 minutes.
Go at your own pace and learn as much as we can stuff into 24 hours.
Same format as the Essentials 1 course: 8 three-hour sessions. 1 hour on land, 2 hours in the pool.
In the deep end when you’re ready, you’ll pave the way to new confidence by being connected securely to the wall with a tether so you don’t need to wait for a spotter. It’s fun!
With the safety of the tether you learn that deep water does hold you up and you can be yourself, in control.
Feel the born swimmer in you and own it.
We don’t do this because you would be pressured to become free in deep water in E2 to be eligible for DWP. Pressure impedes learning.
Many people think that because they are comfortable in shallow water, they’re ready to learn to be comfortable in the deep. But the reason they are comfortable in shallow water is because they rely on the bottom or the side of the pool for your safety.
True?
By coming to our classes, you’re saying you want to rely on yourself for your safety, not on the bottom or the side. You shouldn’t expect yourself to learn in a place where you don’t feel safe: the deep end. If the bottom and side are not available to you, how are you going to feel safe?
You’ll learn to feel safe in a new way and at a new level in Essentials 1. Then you’ll be ready for Essentials 2.
If you know more than others in class, you will not be held back. There are things you may know that you can know better.
“This is a dream come true.”
–J, Canada