Do you wish you could stop in the middle of deep water? Let go of the side? Rest in water over your head? Keep water out of your nose? Can you “swim” but not breathe? You can overcome your fear of sinking, running out of air, losing control, putting your face in, and putting your head under water. Change your life in five days by learning to be peaceful in water and in positions that now make you edgy. Prove that you truly are born a swimmer. It’s always been in you.
One thing you DON’T need is strokes!
Our starting course, Essentials 1, teaches new lessons that contain the essential information missing from most swim lessons. If you knew the essentials, you’d be happy in deep water today. Perhaps you’re not a rank beginner… but you still need the essentials.
The essentials are:
They also include comfort, control, and peace of mind. The essentials do not include strokes. Strokes are for efficiency after you’re safe. Learning to swim is a different process than learning strokes.
2023
◈ Sept. 11-15, Palm Springs CA
◈ November 13-17, Sarasota FL
2024
◈ January 26-February 1, 2024 Atlanta GA
◈ March 8-14, 2024 Atlanta GA
◈ May 20-24, 2024 SloMo Sarasota FL
◈ May 20-24, 2024 Palm Springs CA
◈ June 17-21, 2024 Sarasota FL
◈ July 15-19, Sarasota FL
We answer questions such as:
◈ How can I be comfortable all the time?
◈ Why am I convinced that I sink?
◈ Do I float? Does it matter?
◈ When will I stop hating to put my face in?
◈ How can I feel okay letting go of the wall?
◈ Why have my swimming lessons not worked from my family, friends, lifeguards and Olympians?
◈ Is there hope for me?
◈ How do I keep water out of my nose?
◈ How can I be happy in the middle of the deep end? (This is usually completed in the Essentials 2 course.)
◈ Is it possible to enjoy myself in deep water?
◈ Is this too good to be true?
The essentials of swimming are not arms and legs, but comfort and control: how the water works and how to stay safe. Freestyle is not essential!
Stay comfortable. Go at your own pace. We don’t push you and you hopefully won’t push yourself. To help you replace fear with confidence, we’ll guide you through all the steps you’ve never heard unless you’ve digested our book, video or podcast. Spend time in both shallow and deep water—as you become ready. The ability to rest in shallow water paves the way for movement that’s comfortable and effortless. Confidence builds. You become curious to go to the deep. Then float with our tether. Feel safe 100% of the time.
The goal of the Essentials 1 and Essentials 2 courses combined is to become 100% peaceful in the deep end.
If you’re comfortable in the shallow end but uncomfortable in the deep, it’s because you’re relying on the bottom or the side for your safety in the shallow. You must be able to get your safety from yourself, not the bottom or the side. This is why everyone starts with Essentials 1.
Have you ever read the information on this page anywhere else? We thought it was common knowledge. But students tell us other swim schools don’t know it. Every adult should know that they can learn to swim freely in deep water without difficulty and without being afraid. They don’t need strokes. It would not be fun for us to guide you to our courses if you didn’t belong here and if they didn’t teach what we state. As you read the Student Comments page—comments which are not cherry-picked—you’ll find the words of our graduates’ surprise. Our system is second to none. All that’s required is your participation.
“A must, especially if you are scared or skeptical about swimming or even the class.” -GS, California
“It is a MUST for every person afraid in water. The value of it is INESTIMABLE and exceeds the course fee BY FAR.” HM, Germany
No one wants to invest funds and vacation time and be disappointed. Miracle Swimming doesn’t want this, either. We are so confident in our system and our courses that we have a money-back guarantee. Your part is to be present and stay true to yourself. Our part is to meet you at your level and deliver the course. If you show up and stay true to yourself, you will be a happy camper when you leave. Please see every student’s comment. Whatever disappointment you’ve had in previous lessons elsewhere, we have the double duty of restoring your faith in your ability to learn to swim and proving that good instruction really does exist for adults learning to swim. You are in good hands here.
Our Essentials 1 SloMo Course is for anyone who considers themselves to be deeply afraid. You’ll learn beautifully with us!
Here’s what one person’s decision-making process looked like who chose SloMo.
You might feel safe letting your hands go only if you could place them on the bottom of the pool. Then you would take a breath, and lower yourself down as far as the water allows. Once you feel the water holding you up (you will have already become comfortable with your face in water) you’ll feel your buoyancy and your hands will want to rise an inch off the bottom. You will find yourself floating.
If you’d say you need this extra time to overcome fear, our Essentials SloMo course is for you. We guarantee success with our system. Take the right course: your progress depends on it. If you want to check it out, you can find our teaching in our books, video, podcast, YouTube channel, Online Live Essentials 1 Course (recorded), and website. You can also teach yourself to float and swim by having fun with our DIY Kit (book, Aquatic Learning Station, podcast, video).
To be successful and happy with your class, take the right course.
To determine which level is best for you, answer this question: Where would you be calmest: learning to float in 12-15 inches of water where you can put your hands on the bottom, or holding onto the pool wall with the bottom 3-4 feet below? (You won’t drift away from the wall.)
You can also determine which course is the best fit for you by watching the Online Live Recorded Introductory course: $FREE. Or, call us.
You will have learned enough from the online Intro to become convinced that you can learn to swim and to know which pool you’d be happiest in.
It makes a huge difference to be in the right course. We’ve made the Essentials SloMo course less expensive to encourage people to choose it if it’s a fit.
◈Would you say, “You can’t go too slowly for me”?
◈ Would it be a relief to learn to float by placing your hands on the bottom of a shallow pool?
◈Would you rather wade in ankle or knee-deep water than chest-deep water?
◈ Would you love to not deal with deep water in your next swimming course?
If the answer to these is yes, take Essentials 1 SloMo. You will make progress—guaranteed— in the right course. There is no shame in taking “SloMo.” It’s a relief! Stepping forward to overcome fear is a courageous move. Learn without feeling afraid. $1099
Our Essentials 1 and Essentials 1 SloMo Courses are the best place to start for adults learning to swim. You don’t need to learn to move. You need to learn to be still: fully present in water.
Benefits you can count on:
◈ Having a choice and feeling safe all the time
◈ Learning with others who feel as you do
◈ Having fun, no pressure, no competition
◈ Surprising yourself with your progress
◈ Overcoming fear without being scared
◈ Understanding “how the water works”
◈ Doing things you never could, because you feel better than you ever did
◈ Receiving satisfying answers to your questions
◈ Being “more yourself” when you leave
◈ Small classes (6-8) with an instructor and a spotter
◈ Seeing the path to freedom as a swimmer
◈ Individual attention: each student is at a different starting point and learns at his/her own rate, but all need the same information. Therefore, you learn individually, together and at your own pace.
Our 19-hour recorded Online Essentials 1 Course is a remarkable, powerful course without the water. Do it at your leisure from anywhere. Learn the information missing from traditional swimming lessons. Experience the course with seven others who felt just as you do now. Answer your questions. See the path to success. Learn early water skills through visualization in a pool as shallow as the one at left. It has changed the mind of every person who’s taken it. $199
At left, a student is learning that the water holds her up in a pool where she feels completely safe. You, too, can learn this by visualization. Check it out here:
We proved that an instructor doesn’t have to be within six feet of students for breakthroughs of this magnitude to happen in five days. This is just the beginning!
Miracle Swimming
School for Adults, LLC
