Everyone can learn to swim Comfort comes first You can float vertically Overcoming fear IS learning to swim Having fun is the best way to learn Feel safe all the time Overcome fear without feeling afraid Go at your own pace Learn with your swimming people It’s amazing what 5 days can do Correct information does wonders!

Systemic Teaching Errors in Swimming Lessons Prevent Learning to Swim for Many Significant errors in traditional swimming instruction have actually prevented swimming students from becoming safe in water and by extension, contributed to the high number of drownings in the U.S. and around the world. Swimming students and parents presume

Today, Miracle Swimming turns 40! May 1, 2023 We Opened On May 1, 1983, Reina, Peter, and I built a Maypole in my apartment on Delaware Street in Berkeley and each of us took a streamer. We wound around the pole and declared that Transpersonal Sports Institute, its inaugural name,

When Covid hit we couldn’t come within 6 feet of students, so were unable to hold classes. When we teach floating, we keep people at the wall so they won’t float away. If they’re afraid they might float away, they are no longer in control. I had to think of

Pool Closed. No Lifeguards. The Lifeguard Shortage: The Real Cause Everyone has heard of pool closures this summer due to understaffed pools and the lack of lifeguards. This was not a problem thirty years ago. Only in the past ten to fifteen years have communities been feeling the lifeguard squeeze.

Coping with the Fear of the Deep Water Are you generally okay with shallow water activities but routinely experience a gripping fear of deep water even within the confines of a safe boat? Many people are unable to go anywhere outside of shallow water, whether in a swimming pool or