Oshun Swim School

*New* Foundations Immersion: Coming Home to Water (Part One) -

Join for an experience unlike any other - a two-day swim immersion in community with other BIPOC women and nonbinary adults, held in a small group at a private pool.  The new two-day immersion format is an exciting option that allows for continuity and embodiment, helping skills, confidence, and trust develop naturally, in a format that fits your schedule. 

This course is the same well loved journey toward empowered, liberated swimming, offering 13 hours of trauma-informed, culturally based instruction in a warm (90°), 4-foot-deep pool. Participants build foundational skills—breathing, water comfort, buoyancy, floating, body alignment, gliding, and early stroke development—while being supported to move at their own pace in a safer, affirming space.

Through mindfulness, meditation, and self-inquiry, we center healing and deepen your relationship with water. No prior swim experience is required; the course is especially supportive for adults of color with fear of water, and also welcomes those who already enjoy being in water and want to grow their skills in a supportive environment. 

Logistics

Dates: Friday February 20–Saturday February 21, 11am - 7:45pm daily

Total Instruction Time: 13 hours (18 hour course including breaks)

Location: Lower Queen Anne, Seattle 

Setting: Small group, private pool (90°, 4 ft deep), located in a residential apartment building.

Maximum number of Students: 5

Pool Description: Indoor pool 4ft all the way across, 92 degrees, located in Lower Queen Anne. 

*COVD-19 Precautions: We no longer require a covid test or vaccine status, but please stay home and care for yourself if you're showing any of the symptoms. Class size limited to 5 students.

*Accessibility: There are 12+ steps and unfortunately this location does not have another way to enter.  Street parking only.  Under 5 minutes to the D line,1 and 33/24 bus lines. 

*Food: The schedule each day includes one break(45min)  and one meal time (1hour 30 min).  Participants are encouraged to bring snacks and there are a variety of restuarants within .3 miles.  You are also welcome to bring your own meal, but please note there is no lunchroom at the facility. 

*Please note this class is a space for those who have experienced gender and race based exclusions from aquatic environments (womxn of color and non-binary POC). The space centers Black women and lovingly welcomes other identities! Contact oshunswimschool@gmail.com if you have questions or want to find a different way to be involved!