Why a Pilates Teacher Loves the Art of Swimming | Sonia Forde
Pilates and yoga teacher Sonia Forde shares how the Art of Swimming Academy helped her overcome fear, build confidence, and find ease in the water.
Pilates and yoga teacher Sonia Forde shares how the Art of Swimming Academy helped her overcome fear, build confidence, and find ease in the water.
Discover how the Shaw Method transforms fear into courage in the water. A gentle, empathetic approach that builds trust, confidence, and freedom in swimming.
Dry land work is a unique and an integral part of learning the Shaw Method. We have developed a series of movements that have designed to be practised both in and out of the pool that builds up a new understanding of how to perform the strokes in a way that promotes optimal alignment and ease of movements.
If at the age of 17 when I was already feeling burnt out from the hard slog of competitive swimming, you’d said to me that one-day teaching people how to swim would be at the heart of my life I would have never believed you. But life has a way of taking unexpected turns and here I am over 30 years later, having developed the Shaw Method and spending most of my time in the water – either working with others or refining my stroke, and gaining immense joy and satisfaction from both.
The book is based on Steven’s 35-year voyage of discovery and looks at front crawl, back stroke, breast stroke and butterfly – focusing on maximum efficiency and minimum strain