A celebration of the life-affirming and healing power of wild swimming. With insights from a wide range of swimmers, the book explores the communities which form around wild swimming, along with the mental and physical health benefits which swimmers gain from it. The featured swimmers share the connection they feel with the natural world, and how this can lead to a positive effect on the environment around them. Packed full of inspiring stories, this is a book to encourage anyone to explore the benefits and pleasures of putting their toes in wild water.

Author biography:

Rachel jones is a keen wild swimmer, a mental health swims host, helps to run hampshire open water swimmers and is a member of the friends of the itchen estuary and stop the sewage southsea. She swims every day, enjoying the connection to nature as well as the cold water. When rachel isn’t swimming, she is a send teacher and a busy parent. She is also a keen photographer and credits swimming with helping to keep her sane and happy. She has completed the 365 challenge, swimming outdoors every day of the year to raise money for charity. Rachel has written two innovative books on pedagogy; toes in the water is her first book outside that field. @rlj1981

Details

• Author: Jones, Rachel.

• Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing.

• Format: Paperback.

• Publication Date: 09/11/2023.

• Pages: 192.