Wild Swimming NE TN

12/13/2023

https://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/warming-up-after-drop/?fbclid=IwAR3H71pYtzq9AFk3oDQMG0NTOSzUHj2v9apHIPAslcAAHZiw1r-1DBxwUKQ

It's important not to rush the warming-up process. Read our guide on safely getting warm after your outside swimming- what to do and what to avoid.

11/27/2023

https://swimsecure.co.uk/blogs/stories/wild-swimming-with-raynauds?_pos=1&_sid=d3c927109&_ss=r&fbclid=IwAR2gITliFkqjd4YgR6mrUios6-Yvm6_H208Zp8dg6r1uGKChlPlgVDwyqnI

How to manage Raynaud’s whilst Open Water Swimming before, during and after ...

07/26/2023

Swim safe. Always think about water cleanliness.

Wild swimming refers to the practice of swimming in obscure, natural water settings. The “wild” aspect is the key to health benefits.

08/18/2022

8.8° C or 48° F at Wilbur lake yesterday. George was the MAN trying out cold water for the first-time

07/26/2022

https://news.sky.com/story/outdoor-swimming-to-treat-depression-to-be-trialled-as-alternative-to-drugs-12659213

Scientists want to examine the benefits for people with mental illness offered by ecotherapy - therapeutic intervention through nature. The mental health charity Mind already recommends the treatment.

07/22/2022

06/20/2022

Sunday was gorgeous day for a wild swim. Water around °75. Brilliant sun, light breeze. First time using a swim bouy.

04/25/2022

WAVE THE WHITE FLAG

There are many choices available to us women in this life – but when it comes to your body, there are only two:

Accept it

Or don’t.

You see, if you choose to accept your body, you will soon start to love it, admire it, look after it. These things all follow in the wake of your acceptance.

When you realise that this vessel for your soul, for your spirit, is an instrument of such high design and fine tuning that it boggles the mind to even think about, you will enter into a phase which I like to call ‘peace, at last’.

You will care nothing of spare fat, grey hairs, loose skin.

You will realise, eventually, that the body’s purpose is not to look good, to attract friends, partners, successes – that it is, in fact, your spirit which does all of those things.

If you would only allow it to shine through and work its magic.

Your body, my friends, has but one job, to see you safely through this adventure of life, to allow your spirit to reach its potential.

That is it.

If you are on the path of not accepting your body – you are in for a very long battle – against an enemy you have no power to defeat. Nature, time, biology, fate…

You don’t have the weapons to fight those powers.

Wave the white flag.

Give in.

Accept.

It is then that your life will truly begin.


Donna Ashworth
Image by the wonderful Alpay Erdem