Yoga for Swimming?
Open water swimming skills can definitely be enhanced with regular yoga practice, and at any age-- as described below, yoga can develop both the mental and the physical aspects of…
Does Just Thinking About Open Water Swimming Overwhelm You?
Feeling overwhelmed happens at times to all of us, and in a wide variety of circumstances. Remember the first time you got into a car with the intent of driving…
Why Talk about Swimming in Open Water?
You would think that, with water covering 70% of the earth's surface, with most human populations living nearby a body of water, and human evolution suggesting that most life forms today evolved…
My “watershed” moment
Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, December 1980. As a 25-year-old on an extended trip Down Under, I loved visiting the beautiful beaches there as much as the next guy. Shortly after…