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I highly recommend this. My healing really gathered pace once I joined a local leisure centre. I love to swim but mostly I love being a Jacuzzi hog. The jets were cleaned recently and are now dazzlingly effective at hitting those hurty sweet spots. I find gifting my body with such deep relaxation and release incredibly powerful. It creates a tangible, physical state of how-good-my-body-can-feel.

I'm an off peak member and go when it's quiet. At that time of day the pool comprises a fair number of 'walking wounded' who diligently gently exercise their 'problem' areas (mostly hips and knees). Some of them wear headphones and walk to the music. There are also quite a few disabled people and autistic kids, all of whom greatly benefit from simply being in the water. It is very soothing.

Remember that water represents the unconscious mind and our emotions and by being in the water we are do more than move our body, we shift our emotions too. Over time the effect can be transformative. I used it as a journaling substitute for a long time. I also find I can work out knotty problems while I'm swimming in the same way as a good walk can clear your head.

The other practice I recommend is Yin Yoga. It is excellent for tension relief and loosening the body in ways that are very very gentle. There's a link at the end of My Story to the teacher I follow.

Through a combination of swimming and Yin Yoga I have made dramatic gains in the last 2 years. I now find any emotional inner work much more effective.

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