{"id":14004,"date":"2025-01-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/?p=14004"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:10:18","slug":"fearless-swim-lessons-for-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/fearless-swim-lessons-for-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Fearless Swim Lessons for Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>*Original publication date: December 12, 2025*<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you\u2019ve always wanted to feel safe and confident in the water, <strong>Fearless Swim Lessons<\/strong> are here to help! Designed specifically for adults experiencing extreme fear or anxiety around water, this supportive class guides you step-by-step toward comfort, control, and confidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Instructor <strong>Meryl Fish<\/strong> will lead participants in learning and practicing the 5 essential water safety skills:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Water entry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Floating<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Breath control<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Basic movement<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Navigating to safety<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Each skill is introduced first on land, then in shallow water, helping fear gradually dissolve as comfort grows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With patient guidance and a calm, encouraging environment, members can finally move past the stress that\u2019s kept them from enjoying the water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong data-start=\"181\" data-end=\"221\">When:\u00a0<\/strong>Thursdays, January 29 &#8211; March 5, 2026 from 10:45 &#8211; 11:30 am<\/span><br data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"224\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"233\">Cost:<\/strong> $100 for members and $130 for not-yet-members<\/span><br data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"272\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"289\">Register:<\/strong> January 5 &#8211; January 29 at the front desk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Call (607) 753-9651 or stop by the YWCA to register!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take the first step toward a more confident, fearless you. Join us!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Content included in this post was accurate on the date it was published. All information and pricing are subject to change without notice.*<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Original publication date: December 12, 2025* If you\u2019ve always wanted to feel safe and confident in the water, Fearless Swim Lessons are here [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-general","category-recent-news","has_no_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14004"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14042,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14004\/revisions\/14042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}