Floating: easy. Actually swimming: not so much.
Whether I’m being forced to participate in a team-building icebreaker or I’m trying to make conversation on a, I have one go-to fact about myself that always works: I can’t swim. I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but I’ve reached my late 20s still have to hold my nose when I go underwater. I’ll turn 30 next year, and I’m ready to find a new fun fact.
This is by no means a sob story—I’m incredibly lucky to have these opportunities, and in lieu of participating in water sports, I’ve become a champion poolside lounger, watcher of wallets, and beachfront reader of YA novels. I’ve perfected the level of swimming Ifeel comfortable doing: At the beach, I’ll wade into water as deep as my chest and roll with the waves in the same way my friends do. But I’ve always felt a cold core of panic underneath my casual splashing.
Pelatti brought me goggles and a swim cap, and the first thing I learned was how to dunk my cap in the water before putting it on like I did it, but it required all my mental energy. I imagined the deep, body-filling breath I had learned through yoga, and thoughtevery time I went from above to below. It was exhilarating to achieve, and also much harder than I expected.
With the breathing down, Pelatti had me hold a kickboard and attempt to kick my feet to swim, the same exercise some kids were doing a few lanes over. I completed the exercise, but it required total concentration and 100 percent of my brainpower. Pelatti termed the lesson a “breakthrough.” I was thrilled to have accomplished a physical task, the same way I imagine a carpenter feels looking at a just-completed bench.
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