Things are really flowing along great for me this time through UBBT.
I talked about taking a snorkeling course a few weekends ago and have found a new twist to it. I am not a strong swimmer. I love the water but have a healthy respect for "deep water". I have often thought that I would like to swim laps to add to my exercise routine. Well ... I combined snorkeling to swimming laps and guess what ... the deep water became less of a problem. I put the magic snorkel in my mouth and the fear disappeared. I did the math and I need to do twenty laps to equal one km. Yesterday I swam fifteen. I know that I can push it another five by the end of the week to reach my one km. goal.
Now if you see me in the pool with all my gear on I will understand if you want to pretend you don't know me. But I can say with some conviction Kung Fu has thought me to step out of my comfort zone, so who cares what other people see or think. Swimming like this makes me really happy.
See you in the pool ...

Linda Shipalesky Silent River Kung Fu Stony Plain Alberta Canada

A Breath of Fresh Air

I had one of those moments when something very basic becomes clear. My family and I spent the weekend in the pool at our local leisure centre. Randy and I along with our six year old daughter were taking a class in an intro to snorkeling. The older kids were doing an intro to scuba at the same time. Anyway the kids all took to it right away, me I really had to concentrate on breathing through my mouth . By the end of the day I had drank a lot of the pool and had sucked in a lot of extra air. But I felt great. I realized on refection I was not really sucking extra air but probably more than I usually do. I think that I breath too shallow most of the time. Now I was high on life after such a great day, but I also felt invigorated. I was thinking clear and had more energy than anyone else in my family after a day of exercise Defiantly something worthy of noting. Breath in, Breath out and stay in the moment. Where have I heard that before?

Linda Shipalesky Silent River Kung Fu Stony Plain Alberta Canada