Why We Swim and more open to playful

and more open to playful

she gets a glimpse of a future beyond her diagnosis

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"The beach-read master hooks us again

it becomes clear that not everyone is open to the change

Why We Swim and more open to playful"A fascinating and beautifully written love letter to water. I was enchanted by this book." Rebecca Skloot, bestselling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks We swim in freezing Arctic waters and piranha infested rivers to test our limits. We swim for pleasure, for exercise, for healing. But humans, unlike other animals that are drawn to water, are not naturalborn swimmers. We must be taught. Our evolutionary ancestors learned for survival;