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🌊✨ We're looking forward to seeing everyone tonight! ✨🌊

Just a little reminder that our Aquatic Wellness & Sound Bath Experience is taking place this evening.

🕢 Please arrive for 7:15pm to allow time to settle in before we begin our relaxing 90-minute experience together.
Take some time for yourself, switch off from the outside world and enjoy an evening of floating meditation, soothing sounds and deep relaxation.
We can't wait to welcome you all and share this special experience. 💙

See you tonight!

📣📣Last chance to collect lost property! Lots of towels, coats, swimwear, water bottles 👙👖👗🧦🧢👚🩲📣📣

You don't want to miss out, Our family fun swims fill up fast! Message us us or call 01422 247500 to get booked in.

✨ The response has been incredible... so we've added more dates! ✨

We were absolutely blown away when our August Aquatic Wellness & Sound Bath Experiences sold out within just one day, with even more people joining our waiting list.

Because so many of you asked for additional sessions, we're delighted to announce our September dates:
🌊 Thursday 10th September – 7:30pm
🌊 Sunday 20th September – 3:30pm
🌊 Saturday 26th September – 4:30pm

Immerse yourself in a unique 90-minute Aquatic Wellness Experience, including:
💙 Floating meditation
🎶 Sound bath with crystal bowls, Tibetan singing bowls, gongs and drums
🌿 Healthy refreshments after the session
✨ A peaceful environment to relax, recharge and reset

Whether you're looking to reduce stress, find a moment of calm or simply enjoy something completely different, we'd love to welcome you.

📞 To book your place, call us on 01422 247500.
Spaces are limited, so we recommend booking early to avoid disappointment.

🌘 It's Eclipse Day! 🌘

Events like this don't come around very often, and it's amazing how something happening in the sky can capture everyone's imagination.

While we're busy welcoming our swimmers as usual today, we'd love to know...

Have you managed to catch a glimpse of the eclipse? 📸

If you have, we'd love to see your photos in the comments! 👇

And if you're joining us for lessons today, don't worry... we'll still be here helping our swimmers build confidence, learn life-saving skills and have lots of fun in the water! 💙

Burn of some energy or just cool down from the heat at one of our fun swims this summer!

Every swimming lesson has a purpose. 💙

This beautiful young lady has just returned from her family holiday with an incredible story.

While at the pool, another child got into difficulty in the water. He wasn't wearing his arm bands and accidentally went out of his depth.

Instead of panicking, she remembered the water safety skills she'd learned, stayed calm and helped keep him afloat until an adult was able to reach them.

Thankfully, everyone was safe.

As swimming teachers, we couldn't be prouder.

People often think swimming lessons are about learning front crawl, breaststroke or earning the next badge.

They're not.

They're about giving children the confidence, knowledge and life skills they may one day need when it matters most.

Today, those skills made a difference.

What an incredible young lady.

💙 We are so proud of you.

(Shared with kind permission from her family.)

✨ Introducing Our First Ever Aquatic Health & Wellness Experience at Ogden Otters ✨

Take 90 minutes just for you...

We are excited to launch our very first Aquatic Health & Wellness Experience – designed to help you relax, unwind and reset both your mind and body.

🌊 Your 90-minute experience includes:
💙 A warm welcome and introduction
💙 Guided floating meditation in our beautifully warm pool
💙 A deeply relaxing sound bath using Tibetan singing bowls, quartz crystal bowls, ocean wave drum, shamanic drum and Chinese gongs
💙 Time to simply switch off and let the stresses of everyday life melt away
💙 Healthy hydration and light refreshments to finish your experience

Whether you're looking to ease stress, improve your wellbeing, or simply enjoy some peaceful time for yourself, this experience is the perfect opportunity to recharge.

📅 Our first sessions are:
🗓️ Thursday 20th August – 7:15pm
🗓️ Sunday 30th August – 3:30pm

⏰ Duration: 90 minutes

💷 £40 per person

Spaces are limited to ensure everyone has plenty of room to relax while floating, so early booking is recommended.

Treat yourself to an evening (or afternoon) of calm, tranquillity and self-care.

📞 Call us on 01422 247500 to book your space today.

💦 Did you know...

🦦 We teach babies from just 12 weeks old! It's never about teaching a tiny baby to swim lengths – it's about building water confidence, bonding with parents and introducing a lifelong love of the water.

🌊 We teach in a lovely 33°C heated pool, making it warm and comfortable for even our youngest swimmers.

🏊 Our swimming teachers are in the water with our swimmers, allowing us to give hands-on support, encouragement and individual guidance throughout the lesson.

🎵 If you've been to one of our baby or toddler lessons, you'll know we sing... a lot! That's because songs and repetition help little ones feel safe, build confidence and learn new skills through play.

⭐ We don't just teach swimming strokes. We teach water confidence, water safety, floating, breathing, balance and survival skills because these are the foundations of becoming a confident swimmer.

😊 Every child learns at their own pace. Comparing children doesn't help because every swimmer's journey is different. We celebrate every little achievement along the way.

💙 Swimming is the only sport that can save your child's life. It's also fantastic for building confidence, coordination, fitness and resilience.

🏅 Some of our swimmers start as babies and stay with us all the way through to advanced levels. Watching them grow in confidence year after year is one of the best parts of what we do.

🦦 Our mission has always been simple...

To build confident, safe and happy swimmers – The Otter Way.

👇 We'd love to know...

How long has your family been part of the Ogden Otters family? Tell us in the comments! 💙

"We're doing that again..."

It's something we sometimes hear from parents watching our baby and toddler lessons.

The answer is... absolutely! 😊

Repetition isn't because we've run out of ideas. It's because repetition is how young children learn.

Every splash, every song, every kick and every game is helping to build confidence, coordination and water safety.

The first time your child tries a skill, they may simply be experiencing it.

The second time, they begin to understand what's happening.

The third, fourth and fifth time, they're developing the confidence and muscle memory to do it for themselves.

Children thrive on familiarity. When they know what's coming next, they feel safe, relaxed and ready to learn. That confidence allows them to take the next step in their swimming journey.

At Ogden Otters, every activity has a purpose. Whether we're singing the same song, practising the same float or repeating the same entry into the water, we're laying the foundations for a lifetime of safe and confident swimming.

Learning to swim isn't about rushing to the next badge. It's about giving children the time they need to develop skills that could one day save their life.

So the next time you see us repeating an activity, remember...

We're not just repeating a game. We're building confidence, creating lifelong skills and helping children become safe and happy swimmers – one lesson at a time. 🦦💙

Have you noticed your child suddenly doing something with confidence after weeks of practising? We'd love to hear about those little breakthrough moments in the comments.