Since the last comment I wrote in here, I swam after missing a week and a half. First thing I noticed that my anxiousness or nervousness had subsided I also felt a little confident where I left off. I finally got to a point in my threading that all I have to do is tilt my head back- using the back of my head- to hold my head over water without using sculling and moving my legs/feet. In other words, like a vertical float. The second improvement is my breathing. Since I’m less fearful, my apprehension to blow out CO2 or exhale underwater is subsiding and I’m actually inhaling and exhaling air through my nose. I think again feeling more comfortable in the water. Hope this helps,Caribe Community.

The key I think to breath control once I got past the fear of the deep is having enough air in your diaphragm. I noticed that when I first start off I want to concentrate on breathing normal and thinking relax, but the last two trips to the pool I noticed that doesn’t work for me. First, I haven’t got use to the temperature in the water and secondly trying to breathe normal I tend to not or forget about putting air in my diaphragm. Once I do that I simply float better and am able to keep my head vertical as opposed to laying my head back because my normal buoyancy the surface of the water is eye level. Hope that sounds okay;.sorry if it doesn’t make sense. This is my 22-23 hour to threading practice. Thanks, Caribe Community.

Took a step forward in the relaxation part. Getting close to sculling slowly, light flutter kicking, and breathing normal. 8-9/10 with 21 hours of water practice in the books.

I was down to no floatations after the tenth hour of my thread water journey. After an additional five hours(15 hours) without the belt,I was doing vertical thread for one minute. I noticed that I was still sculling faster than slower and still bit fearful and tense. My default or assurance that I wasn’t going to drown was tilting my head back,‘sitting on a chair’ as you taught in your video, breathing normal through nose. I’ve been keeping air in my diaphragm during this whole process and now I’m confident enough to closely breathing normal. My relaxation is at 7-8 rating with 17 hours of completed practice. Just knowing that I have that range of thread Coach Jeff is my solace even though I want to accomplish more time threading vertical. Hoping it will get better or progress as I am already close to 20 hours(about 3 more). Thanks for everything. Caesar

I just wanted to add on my last comment about conquering my fear of water. Take a ‘leap of faith’ is something I told myself mentally to begin overcoming it along with the instructions. Slowly from the wall, one step at a time. Thanks Coach Jeff for defining what treading water really means.