A fabulous Valentine’s Day is filled with beautiful flowers, chocolate, and interesting presents. But, when we talk about loving something like swimming, it would be good to know why we love being in the water. Are you wondering why you could love swimming? We love things and activities like swimming because they benefit us and water makes us healthier and happier.
Let’s first ask you if you like the feeling of being in water specially warm water?
Do you feel peaceful and calm when you are in a pool and spa?
Do you generally enjoy being in the water and the feeling of relaxation that movement in the water can produces?
There is a reason if your answer was yes to all of the above questions.
There’s something very therapeutic about being in or near water.
Swimming, like all exercise, releases endorphins in your brain. These are natural feel-good hormones that increase positivity and bring about a sense of wellbeing and happiness.
Swimming and movement in water are particularly good for relaxing your body, soothing your mind, and reduce anxiety. That is why even in some swimming pools and spas relaxing music is played to add to the relaxing effect of water and swimming
We know love stimulates all of your happy chemicals at once. That’s why it feels so good. Each happy chemical in your brain like endorphins-which are stimulated by love-reward us in different ways. It is interesting to know that there are parallels between how love affects the human brain and how it changes our biochemistry and water-based activities like swimming
When people are in love their brains start to release endorphins. Endorphins are associated with feelings of comfort. Endorphins are like opiates. They calm anxiety, relieve pain and reduce stress. So, it is the same feeling that people get when they go to the spa or after swimming
Swimming is one of the most popular physical activities in the U.K and as many parents would agree, it is much easier to pursue a child who can swim to go for a family swim than a child who doesn’t like water. Movement in water can make all of us including children healthier and happier.
And, every good swim instructor‘s role must in a swim school is to instill the love of water in every swimmer they teach!
The most efficient way to learn to swim is through structured swimming lessons and by starting children early you can instill the love of water in them much easier