SWIMMING AND MENTAL HEALTH

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Why is swimming good?

"People who engage in swimming are healthier and happier than people who live a sedentary lifestyle." (www.livestrong.com).You even gain mental and physical benefits from swimming regularly. Spending time at a pool or a beach with friends and family increases shared memories and better mental health through social interaction.

Emotional benefits😌😌
Swimming gives a opportunity to meet new friends and be social.

Reduce stress😤
My swimming coach told me that when he gets stressed from collage he goes swimming because he finds that it really helps and he finds it is relaxing.

Mindfulness😊
"Swimming can be relaxing meditative and exercising and it reduces stress the weightlessness of water can have a calming affect on the mind and it distracts you to improve mindfulness" (bmhmag.com)

Getting exercise😅
Going for a run or going to the gym is great but to me going for a run/jog is a lot of work so swimming is a lot more easier than running because in swimming you could be reducing mental health and you wouldn't even know it. So basically I would recommend people do the sport they enjoy he most.

Glossary💻
Reduce- Make smaller or less in amount degree,or size

Mindfulness- A mental state achieved by focusing ones awareness on the present moment while calmly acknowledging and accepting ones feelings thoughts and bodily sensations used as a therapeutic technique

Meditative- Of involving ,or absorbed in meditation or considered thought

Stress- Pressure or tension exerted on a material object

Benefit- an advantage or profit gained from something

SORCES I USED

• www.livestrong.com
• www.mindbodygreen.com
• bmhmag.com
• My swimming coach
• Mrs. Coons - personal trainer

STRESS DIFFERENCES OF PEOPLE WHO DO SWIM VS PEOPLE WHO DONT

That was what I learned about swimming and mental health and how it helps me. I hope you enjoyed and learned somethings

By-Allie