I'm going to be adding more photos as I go but these are two to start with. After leaving an employment position, I was completely lost. In some cases, I am that way again but life has taken a completely different direction. There is a noticeable difference, not just physically, but mentally, emotionally and spiritually all thanks to water aerobics and finding that I am stronger physically mentally and emotionally.
I am a 'water baby'. Born with Spina Bifida, Mum and Dad were told that I would never walk, alas, I took my first steps at almost three. Water was a huge part of my early years and I took to it 'like a duck to water' you might say.
It was in my early school years that I lost confidence and I refused to get back into the water. Mum and Dad were beating their heads against a brick wall wondering how to get me back into the water. They bought a house with an enclosed pool and I soon gained my confidence back.
Fast forward quite a few years and that house was sold so I got out of the water and didn't enter back into the water much. While I didn't have great fear like my early years, I lacked confidence again... That was until a person I now call a dear friend came knocking on my door to help me get out into the community, to get to know each other we went for a swim. I was a bit dubious and skeptical at first but I soon got the hang of it.... AND THEN... AND THEN....
In the distance was a water aerobics class going on, this same lady looked at me, I looked at her, she looked back at me and she said...
'you want to try that don't you?'
The rest, as they say, is history.
Up until I decided to leave my last gym, I had been doing water aerobics for approximately four years. Great for me physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally. I will be commencing this again shortly but in the mean time I am loving the gym !!!
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