learn to swim - teaching an aquaphobic to conquer her fear of water

Ian Cross from Swimming Without Stress featured in ITV's The Test in 2003, transforming an aquaphobic Oxfordshire lady into a relaxed and competent swimmer, in just ten lessons. This clip with highlights of the 30 minute programme is useful for non swimmers and nervous swimmers considering a residential course with Ian and Cheryl in Wales, or lessons with Chie in Oxford. It's also useful for anyone interested in helping people to overcome fear of water. This video has been on youtube for 2 years but not on the swim without stress channel. If you have any questions or comments, Ian can now answer directly.

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Sports

Tags:

• learn to swim
• swimming lessons
• shaw method
• aquaphobia
• fear of water
• swimming breathing

[7106860]

i hate being in water, the deeper the water, the more i hate it, i'm a swimmer, get into water just because i need to swim for survival but until now i still hate water

[swimwithoutstress]

@7106860 Hi, I would recommend you work on making friends with the water - breathing, floating,gliding, doing nothing - in shallow water before you go into deep water. People who feel they hate the water can easily learn to love it. Most of the earth is made up of it! So the calm and passive water of a quiet swimming pool shouldn't be a problem for us.

[7106860]

@swimwithoutstress thanks for your reply, actually i'm a swimmer, certified and awarded as a swim trainer. but still got strange feeling when i got into water and that's all, i dont have any problem with other 'water', i took shower 4-6 times daily, love to play with water, swim at the rivers, beaches and pools, but the feelings being in deep water especially above 4-5 feet disturbing me.

[swimwithoutstress]

@7106860 hi, have you seen our new deep water skills youtube video?

[TheMallrat21]

wow! im a aquaphobic too.and i really love to learn how to swim..i just dont hve confidence:((

[LiLHK610]

@pcdsgh yeah, that takes practice

[pcdsgh]

@LiLHK610 swimming is natural, but doing it efficiently is a different thing.

[shiira24]

I'm aquaphobic...When I was a baby I suffered a joke and I couldn't to learn to swim...I tried to loose the fear to the sea with 8 yeras old,but another joke made me to hate definitivelly beaches,swimming pools,and to swim...The last time that I walked by a beach I was 21 years old.Today I'm 43 years old,and I continue feeling panic to the sea,swimming pools and to swim...^^U

[mundoskids]

inspirational. Thank you!