Transform your experience in the water

If you’re staying in the Sheepyard Barn, enjoy the tranquillity and exclusivity of the indoor pool, the “Sheep Dip”, with swimming lessons in the Shaw Method with Jessica Bell of Swim Freely. Whatever your starting point, ability or need, Shaw Method lessons will help you develop a positive relationship with the water so that you allow it to support and help you instead of struggling against it.

Jessica provides hands-on guidance from within the water, helping you to feel the correct pattern of movement and build confidence. You could have a one to one lesson or share a lesson with a friend.

Combining a lesson with your stay allows you the time and focus to address a water based need or simply to have a relaxing experience in the water. You may like to have:

• A swim check and master your preferred stroke
  Are you a competent swimmer with a competition goal ahead of you? Do you get out of the pool feeling exhausted despite maintaining a fit and active lifestyle? Would you like your stroke to feel more efficient?

• An introduction to the Shaw Method
  Heard of the method before? Not heard but intrigued? Would like to find out what it’s all about? Would like to find a new and effortless way to swim?

• A relaxing and exploratory water experience
  Have you ever considered the water as a place to unwind, free yourself of tension and an activity to walk away from feeling refreshed, relaxed and with a sense of well-being?

• An opportunity to build confidence in a private and safe environment
  Do you have a fear of water or would like to build confidence and feel comfortable in the water? Are you a parent/grandparent who would like to enjoy the water with children/grandchildren without feeling unease at being in the water?

• Learn to swim or learn a new stroke
  Have you never got around to learning to swim? Do you only swim one stroke and would like to incorporate another to broaden your water based exercise activity? Are you recovering from an injury and would like to take up swimming as part of a safe and rehabilitative method of exercising?