I love going to the beach and being in the water. I don’t like swimming pools where the water gets very deep. This seems to bring up a deep fear that has kept me from being able to learn to swim. Despite having lessons in my childhood and even in my 30’s, I still couldn’t manage to swim proficiently.
Then I discovered EFT and after making inquiries at the school where Baby Girl is learning to swim, I took the plunge and signed up for lessons. The night before my first lesson, I sat quietly and thought about all the thoughts that I associate with swimming. This came up:
- fear of drowning
- fear of not being able to stand
- fear of not being able to come up for air
- fear of not being able to swim
- embarrassed about not being able to swim
- embarrassed about being afraid of deep water
- fear of looking stupid
- fear of what other people will think
- fear of being laughed at
- fear of not doing it properly
I took all of these things and I tapped and tapped and tapped until everything felt like a 0.
The next morning, when I arrived at the swimming school, I felt a bit nervous and as I approached the pool, I tapped on my fingertips while talking to the instructor. Just before she asked me to put my head in the water, I tapped a little more.
The video below is me, a few minutes into my first half-hour swimming lesson.
And now, I CAN swim.
Blessings and thanks for reading ❤️
I tapped and tapped and tapped until everything felt like a 0. of got to look into that Tap tap thingy then!
Well done Mich, I have to tell you, you’re not alone we comes to that fear of water. My excuse was whilst at school I couldn’t see without my glasses, so swimming lessons were something I wouldn’t really get into – Yes I can swim from one end of the pool together … if I had to escape a shark or something. But I suppose after that 50 yards I’ll be sharp food!
Keep going.
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