YOswim

05/02/2026

Spring is coming 🌱🙏🏼🌊💛

As the water temperature rises, it’s the perfect time to shift from just *surviving* open water to actually **swimming it well**

This spring I’m opening up spots for

**open water swimming coaching**

with a strong focus on:
• Stroke technique in open water
• Efficiency and rhythm without pool walls
• Sighting, breathing, and body position
• Building confidence as conditions improve

Cold water is great for resilience.
Slightly warmer water is ideal for

**learning and refining technique**

If you want to feel smoother, stronger, and more in control before the triathlon season, summer races, or any open water swims, now is the time to start.

📩 Message me to book spring sessions or to ask if this coaching is right for you.

16/01/2026

After a very hectic and at times very stressful 2025, with the highest of highs (getting engaged and buying our home) and some very low lows, we had a quiet festive season. A Christmas surrounded by family and a low key hogmanay, full of bugs 🤧

Then ~ snowed in for 8 days.

Completely cut off! No work, no school, no gym, no cars...

so, this week has felt like my official start to the year.

Back in the pool 🏊🏼‍♀️
Back in loch🌊
back to movement 🧘🏼‍♀️
back at the gym🏋🏼‍♀️
back to school runs 🚗

and back to those quiet grounding moments and sunrise walks, with my stepdaughter even asking to join me on one yesterday before school! Genuine win 💛

One of those 'we didn't plan this, but it mattered' moments, that often end up being up there in your highlights of the year.

So yes, this week has felt like a fresh start. The kind that lands in your body, not just on the calendar. Eight days snowed in is a forced pause most of us never give ourselves...so, no wonder it's felt like the actual beginning of the year for my household.

Ive had lots of reflective conversations this week with other people who had messy or delayed starts, people who are leaning into that same gentle re-entry energy rather than big bang resolutions, more 'lets build momentum' than 'new year, new everything!!' I always think making big resolutions at new year sets yourself up for failure 🤷🏼‍♀️

Easing in to the year with intention rather than pressure, is honestly the best way to start a year. Here's to steady routines, brighter mornings and unexpected company on the path ahead 🥰

Fresh starts don't have to happen on January the first. Sometimes they arrive when the mind is ready for action, the body is ready to move, the breath feels deeper and slower and routines begin to flow, rather than forcing themselves upon you, feeling overwhelming.

If your year also started slowly (or sideways) remember you can begin again, any time. Each sunrise invites a new day, filled with opportunities to rest, to move, to learn, to grow, to work, to train, to heal, whatever it is you need in your life and have promised yourself in those quiet moments of self love and kindness, to do more of.

Gentle momentum counts. Returning to the water counts. Rolling out your mat again counts. Reading a page at a time counts.Tiny steps count.

Speaking of fresh starts,

My open water swimming coaching diary is open again. Now taking bookings for March onwards.

Sessions are perfect for

🌊BEGINNERS INTERESTED TO LEARN TO SWIM OUTSIDE RATHER THAN THE POOL

🌊SWIMMERS LOOKING TO TRANSITION FROM BREASTSTROKE TO FRONT CRAWL

🌊FIRST TIME TRIATHLETES LOOKING FOR STROKE TECHNIQUE AND RACE POINTERS

🌊SEASONED TRIATHLETES LOOKING TO GET STRONGER AND FASTER ON THEIR SWIM SECTION

🌊PEOPLE LOOKING FOR HELP WITH CONFIDENCE AND TECHNIQUE

🌊ANYONE WHO IS SCARED OR WARY OF WATER

🌊CURIOUS HUMANS WHO WANT TO FEEL CALMER, STRONGER AND MORE CONNECTED TO THEMSELVES AND NATURE

One to one and group sessions available. I can tailor them specifically to you and offer support, skills improvement and often, lots of laughter.

Ready to dip a toe in?

Drop a 🌊in the comments for more information, or DM me to chat.

Here's to movement that nourishes, not punishes ~ and to finding your flow and rhythm again, one breath at a time...

a peaceful 2026 to you all 💛

21/11/2025

If you're interested in finding out more about how dipping through winter can benefit your mental health, get in touch for a one to one, or small group session with me.

The temperatures have dropped, but that doesn't mean we need to stop getting in the water, as long as we know how to be safe,

before
during
and after our swim.

PM me for more info and prices 🥶🌊💛

Richard Williams, who has battled addiction and depression, says cold dips help him manage stress.

03/11/2025

What an amazing night was had at the annual ball. Over 400 people attended the ball this year. Wow. Just. Wow.

Kirsty, the frankly amazing (and very beautiful) founder, has achieved and is achieving, so much good...through hard work, determination and an emotionally driven purpose, pushing forward and expanding the foundation she created in memory of her shining little star daughter, Darcey Sunshine 💛

The foundation was established in 2020, spreading sunshine into the lives of children from South Africa's most vulnerable communities through survival swim lessons, water safety education and nutrition. The Scottish Project supports it's South African sister in the valuable work they do, whilst bringing water safety education to the children of Scotland and beyond. Check them out and show your support. Swimming is an important life skill, that needs to be taught to all.

Yes, there was some tequila, yes, there was some dancing, but most importantly there was an incredible amount of money raised and support given on the night.

Thank you dear of for inviting me to join your table this year. A gorgeous girlie table, I was surrounded by amazing women 🥰🥂❤️

The whole ball was brimming full of familiar faces, and lots of new faces too! While the tragedy leading to the creation of this incredible charity was felt throughout the room, especially when Kirsty herself stood to address us all, the night was one also filled with joy and hope.

Well done to ALL involved in the event of the year!

👏🏼🙌🏼💛

30/10/2025

New season, new pool 💛

23/10/2025

**Free yoga**

Please private message me nominating someone you think could really benefit from some yoga in their life (they must live in ABERDEENSHIRE) The first five people nominated will get a free personalised one to one session, tailored just for them.

Today is , a day inspired by the actions of KD, a very kind teenager, who died from a rare form of meningitis. Today would’ve been his 25th birthday and while KinDness day is to celebrate KD’s life and continue all the selfless and thoughtful acts that he did, don’t let the KinDness stop there.

Being KinD every day is a step towards a change in the way we all interact with each other. In a world that moves at such a fast pace and can feel very overwhelming with everything going on locally and all over the world, we often forget how easy it is to be KinD...and how important, but less easy, it is to be KinD to ourselves too.

Yoga is one of the kindest things you can do for yourself, helping balance body and mind, reducing stress and anxiety and nurturing self love, which in turn enables us to be more loving.

So my act of KinDness today is to offer my time and what I’ve learnt and am still learning through yoga for free.

Yoga has personally helped me over the years (with anxiety, depression, lack of self love and connection to myself and others) and continues to do so, in so many ways. Yoga can provide a safe space to breathe, to heal and rehabilitate and can have a great effect on mental wellbeing, as well as physical health.

Women, Men, Children. Old, or young. Fit, or unfit, Different levels of abilities. Yoga is for everybody, and every body.

Please private message me nominating someone you think could really benefit from some yoga in their life (they must live in ABERDEENSHIRE) The first five people nominated will get a free personalised one to one session, tailored just for them.

KinDness doesn’t cost a thing, sprinkle it everywhere. Whether it’s your time, your strength, your skill, your knowledge, everyone has something they can share 💛

16/10/2025

From a non swimmer, who was scared to put their face in the water, to this...in just three sessions 🙌🏼

You don't have to learn in a pool!

If you're in the Aberdeenshire area, and you've always thought about learning to swim, and would like to do it outside, my diary is open for spring 2026!

These sessions get fully booked, so get in touch if you'd like to go on my list for the opportunity to learn to swim with me in 2026! 🌊💛

DM me for more information...

14/10/2025

Watery eyes and red nose post swim, temperatures are dropping!

Open water technique sessions have now stopped until spring, but if you're interested in dipping throughout the winter, getting into the water and connecting with nature to help nurture your body, mind and soul as the darker days arrive, boosting your mental, physical and emotional health, get in touch!

Bespoke sessions tailored just for you or your group, including yoga, breath work and a dip, available all winter.

The season of connection over shared experiences, hot drinks and delicious cakes incoming 💛

06/08/2025

🙌🏼💛

14/07/2025

Chickety check it, Aberdeenshire people....

🌊 One to one sessions

🌊 Small group sessions

🌊 Fully guided (no technique work) or fully coached open water (technique based) sessions

🌊 Open to all levels

🌊 Develop open water safety knowledge while having fun

💧New to it all and nervous?

I am a fully qualified aquaphobia and open water swimming coach as well as a swimming teacher and yoga guide and incorporate all my skills and knowledge to work with you to build confidence and work through any fears

💧Want to transition from pool to open water?

I can help guide you and keep you safe.

💧Want to transition from breaststroke to front crawl?

I can help you get there with stroke technique sessions.

💧Entered your first swimming event?

I can give you race pointers, work on your open water swimming technique and help you train.

💧Out of breath and want to get faster in the water?

Let me help you become a more efficient, faster swimmer.

💧Training for a 10k?

Let me plan your training sessions for pool and open water.

💧Suffering from poor mental health and want to experience the benefits of cold water safely?

Let me facilitate that for you.

💧Want to practice waterside yoga and go for dip/swim?

I can lead you through some movement and breathwork and take you in to the water for one of the most beautiful combinations for a relaxing, exhilarating, soulful experience, reconnecting to your mind, body, breath and the nature all around you that we are all a part of 💛

Send me a message for costs and a chat to help tailor your sessions to your, or your groups, individual needs 🌊🧘🏼‍♀️❤️

17/06/2025

Sometimes, I also enjoy watching from the sidelines 😘

(I'd already been in)

💛

08/05/2025

Pool day 💦

This is only some of the kit I carry from pool to pool when teaching babies and toddlers to swim and be safe in the water 👶🏼💛

I teach babies until pre school age in the pool, and youths and adults in the open water and I love, love, love seeing everyone's confidence and ability increasing, as much as I love being in the water with them...although, on days like today, open water definitely wins 🌊🌞😎