Deep - A short film about wild swimming
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- How can wild swimming improve and maintain your mental fitness. 'DEEP' follows three members of the Military community as they document why they use this form of exercise to improve mental health and optimise wellbeing.
Michael Coates, Des Fraser and Nathan Jones from the Declassified Network swim in 13 different locations in 24 hours. These included the Thames, Bedfont Lakes (The Haven), Clevedon marine lake, Durdle door, Lulworth cove, Dancing ledge and Shepperton open water swimming lake. We also welcomed singer, musician and friend JP Cooper onto the trip.
Why is wild and open water swimming so good for wellbeing and what makes it the perfect tool to build our mental fitness? Find out here.
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Des Fraser is a former Royal Engineer, SAS(R) and lover of the mountains.
Nathan Jones is an RAF pilot, Invictus games gold medalist and ex-professional athlete.
Michael Coates is a former soldier, firefighter and current Lululemon Ambassador.
To listen to more please search Declassified on all podcast platforms or visit declassified.network
Socials:
@declassnetwork
@michael__coates
@des_fraser
@nathanrainbowjones
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Right on! Swimming is like meditation. I feel that way too. I also say that swimming is my yoga. Swim to live. Live to swim!
brilliant ST
I did my second bath in Lake Geneva today! It is at 8 degrees! Amazing stuff!😃 will wait for it to warm up a bit before swimming and putting my head in the water though..🥶
Enjoy and thanks for watching
Beautiful, thank you for sharing.
I have been outdoor swimming for nearly 2 years and couldn't imagine my life without it now. I live in Scotland and fortunate to have the options of some many lochs and rivers locally. The most incredible way to experience wildlife - very soon the ospreys will be back and I will watch them fishing in the water as I swim.
I agree about not worrying what kit you have either. People get obsessed about having a DryRobe and wetsuit etc, that is definitely something you can work up to. Personally I'm a skins kinda lass.
You get a totally different perspective from the water. Seeing Ospreys hunt must be amazing
This is fantastic. I’ve done my 3rd sea swim today in a week and I just want to go back every day. I’m not a strong swimmer and I don’t go far but my god, it’s so invigorating!!!
Yes!It makes me feel alive! But its very addictive. The mind wants to recreate this all the time. Winter, summer....It’s just feels so good! It was my first full year. So meditative. 🇨🇦❤️🌈🌎🏄♀️
How did you guys start? I just have the beach & it's been cold. . What helped the most?
@@iheartjbgccb , i have to drive to the river. It has rapids at the end so the river does not freeze up in certain places. I live in a city, nobody does WIM HOFF method but me and a friend. Its a secret. Look for those spots without ice and go there. A beach is even better since there is sand. There is no beach where I live but a river that surrounds the city. The water is freezing cold but that is the whole point. Just need A few dips under water and I Am done. The feeling of aliveness is amazing. I went yesterday. Summer is coming so it is feeling better when I come outside, My haïr no longer freezes. Become fearless my friend! But I recommend going with a friend and check with Dr. If you do Wim Hoff. It can be dangerous especially if you put your head in freezing cold water like I do....can cause heart attack. You must love yourself when you do this, not hurt yourself. For me it is about empowering the clarity of awareness. Being still, and the river does this for me.....helps me to be present just enjoy what is. The nature, the sounds of the river, the birds singing especially in the morning before everybody awakens, a beautiful meditation 😇🏄♀️🇨🇦❤️🌈🌎
@@SuketaPatel awesome I am the only person I know that practices the wim hoff breathing technique but hate the cold so much! You've inspired me to go and seek this experience for myself in a safe way :)
@@iheartjbgccb Its my first complete winter. But I started from last summer and worked my way though fall and could not believe that on Christmas Day I was taking a dip. My friend and I gradually did it....not at once. By chance if someone saw us they thought we were crazy in -8 degrees with ice in the river floating around. You gotta love water. The feeling afterwards is euphoric, like taking a joint but healthier. So much silence and peace. I can meditate for hours and get a good night sleep too. Takes away my chronic back pain due to a tumor extraction on my spine and the river...nature takes away all anxiety. I always want to jump in any river....In the summer I love to swim in rivers for longer periods. In winter I just dip in for a bit and put my head in just once or twice. The only downside is the addiction. This feeling of aliveness is addictive. Just take it slow and enjoy. If it makes you feel bad or sick after, don’t do it, just make sure you have a friend and ask Dr. If it’s ok. Like surfers who look for waves....you will look for wild river swimming, One day, you will feel as if the river and you are one. Just a beautiful experience. Take care my friend with this experiment...and if you ever do it, with precautions off course....let me know how it goes! Blessings 🏄♀️
What a beautiful film!! I'm 57 years old and today is the first day I've ever heard of wild swimming. Thankfully after viewing your film, I'm now duly inspired to take up this simple, yet seemingly profound activity. I'm quite fortunate to live right across the road from one of the only "wild" rivers left in (way) Northern California in the U.S. and also only 20 miles inland from the ocean, so there's definitely water to explore. I do swim quite a bit in the river during the summer months, but it has never occured to me to get in during the other seasons. Thank you so much for mentioning the mental health benefits of this practice, as a psychotherapist, I'm always encouraging people to trust the healing power of nature, and now I will encourage wild swimming as well.
So good to hear and thanks for the message Heather.. let us know how you get on. Michael
Hey Brother.....I'm an international solo ultra distance open water swimmer. This video you have put out is absolutely wonderful. Love it. Spread the Love and the Passion ! Many Thanks
I learned about cold water swimming at a triathlon in Lake Superior years ago. It was 16C, and the swim was only 300 meters. So dude shamed me out of using a wetsuit. So, i didn't use it. When i got on my bike i found that i felt totally amazing. I was high. That was 2019, and I've been hooked since. I train for IM in a lake during the summer months, by starting at 0500. I watch the sunrise from water level. People just don't know what they are missing
I swimm all my life in see and the river water. Never came to an idea to call it wild swimming. It is to me very familiar state of a being. The see is like a mother.
Awesome video. Lucky enough to live in New Zealand with heaps of open water swimming options.
Brilliant 💪🏻
Really wonderful. Thank you for this lovely film.
Watching the video gives you a feeling of freedom and relaxation.
this kind of videos offer the means to chase the sublime.
Thank you very much
it there a technical purpose behind the orange thing? My house on South China Sea. I'd be worried the whole time about sharks. Wouldn't u need to lift weights to get your arms muscular enough?
It is a swim buoy for visibility. You can go for a shorter time at first to build strength and swim parallel to the shore near others for safety.
Exactly what Roger said. Also, find a swim group in your area, great for building community and supports safety 👍🏻
@@rogerhughes4128 Also especially if by yourself and you cramp/tire you had use it as a floatation device to hold onto while you rest
Lovely little film, thanks. I'm a competitive (ish) masters swimmer, both pool and open water, and here in Hong Kong while the pools have been closed a group of 5-6 similar ability swimmers have been open water swimming 3-4 times a week, often pushing and racing each other, but also just enjoying the different conditions and doing different types of swims. One day it will be pancake flat, another day very choppy and challenging, but always a wonderful way to start the day.
good stuff Mark. Must keep you on your toes
Life is Best when you swim and run👍👍👍👍
This was great! Next week I'm heading LA for 2 months where the pools are still closed so I'll be swimming in the ocean. Water is 13-14 celsius this time of the year so even with a wetsuit it's quite refreshing - and amazingly invigorating! I'm excited for it :)
I's sure you are. Enjoy and thanks for watching
Thank you for sharing your video.
Swimming became my therapy after injury in a cycle incident.
We really are at one when being in the water.
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Time to do it! Thank u for this great short film
Swim all year in Ireland best natural high you will ever get reduces anxiety and gives you a better outlook on life ✌️
Amazing Paul
Great video ! But remember to get enough sleep ! Nothing can make up for the damage caused by lack of sleep.
What an absolutely brilliant film
Yes! It makes me feel alive! A whole meditation. Winter, summer....Very addictive. The river takes all the physical and mental pain away. 🙏🇨🇦❤️🌈🏄♀️
perfect
Awesome film! Thanks for sharing 🙏
I am joining swimming classes from today.
do it 👍🏻
What a lovely film. Truly captures that feeling you get from wild swimming. I swim with my friends all the time in the river Crouch & river Chelmer here in Essex and it is a wonderful experience to share with them out in open water. Nothing beats being detached from all the constraints of life and just enjoying being in water. Swimming is the best meditation in my mind.
Great to hear Pezza.
Thank you. Great film guys
Thanks William.
Michael
Amazing film, love the story and that peace and tranquillity you get from a swim is second to none. Love the adventures
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I loved this. Keep up the great work! Greetings from Australia
Total heaven 🙏
Yes mate. Preach!
Beautiful film - nice one gents, keep inspiring 🙌
I swim at Bedfont, the first one on the video, it's so beautiful there. It's so exhilarating to swim in open water, nothing like it.
Will see you down there sometime Sandra. Michael
@@declassifiednetwork Just got back from a few loops there, it really is a beautiful place. See you there hopefully!
This video is absolutely brilliant.
what about sharks?
An amazing clip, loved it and want more please :)
more films like this coming later in the year
Amazing footage, but music sometimes louder than the voice.
I think that adds to it......
Brilliant, more people need this message.I started to wild swim in the sea last Nov I told myself I'd do it a few times a week. But the healing I have gained has been amazing 👏. Now I'm on day 24 of swimming each day. I'm a member of Folkestone Swimming and we are soon to set up a more local swimming group in Sandgate where I live. I'm inspired to go to different places to swim and let others know the benefits of wild swimming.
thanks vanessa and keep up the great work
Hi there! I have just started my sea swim (well dip anyway!) journey and I am in Folkestone. Would you perhaps be able to point me in the direction of the swim groups? I'd love to find some like minded people, my husband isn't keen - although he has generously been coming in with me a few times, or to sit on the beach and spot me.
Great video, thanks Chaps. I've been doing a bit of this on the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. It definitely works. 👍🏼 🇬🇧 😊
Great to hear
Grrr grrr in Lima, Perú we only have one beach nearby suitable for swimming, I wish we had rivers and ponds like you do.
Hope you are enjoying the beach. Thanks for watching
At the age of 70, not sure I am able to take this up. But what a boost to see you. All my life, no matter where I go, I must get into the waters even if it's only my feet. I'm enlivened by watching you. As I watched you, I realized that we are more than human. There is something universal and primal about this.
Love it! Great story telling 🙌
Thanks so much....I started last year open water swimming by myself. Your video has ispired me to continue and reasure the sensations I have. The same you explain in the video
It really is special isn’t it Maria. Thanks for watching and look forward to more video coming in 2021
Great video! What was the water temps in the ocean swims?
Pretty warm, maybe 16 degrees. Was lovely
Amazing video Thankyou for sharing i have subscribed, I have just started posting my wild dips and am feeling the benifits I only started in October and have been swimming through the winter
Thank you for such a well presented and produced video. It's a powerful message, and one reflected in one of my favourite books - "Waterlog" by Roger Deakin, which chronicles his wild swimming all over the UK. Here in Sydney, my family enjoys occasional wild swimming along with the land-based version - barefoot trail walking. We really must make better use of the gorgeous, almost endless supply of swimmable wild waters we have here. Much gratitude and you now have a sub in Aussie-land! Cheers - Dave
A little postscript... I watched your video today at lunch and have been in a bit of a funk lately - very unlike me. Your message was a shot in the arm and I removed my shoes and did a beautiful trail walk near my house and am all the better for it. If you keep producing content like this there is no doubt in my mind you'll grow the channel enormously. :-)
@@deldridg thanks Dave, we have several videos in development at the moment. Glad it made a small impact on you and thanks for watching
Loved this
I loved this, so spot on. Stay safe and enjoy!
Thanks for watching
Beautifull journey, thanks for sharing this adventure
I never read before the feelings of other swimmers. This is interesting because it feels that your words are my words. It feels that your feelings in water are my own. It feels that we are connected with the experience.
Thank you from Guam! Videos emphasizing the benefits that physical activity can have on mental health are much needed these days. I had to stop running for a month and transitioned to swimming. It's tough not being able to run, but swimming is just as relaxing.
I'm doing once a week even in winter time here in the Far East. Helps me alleviate my anxiety disorder. Thanks for sharing your story.
I do the same with my mates around Noosa national park, here in QLD. It’s magical....
I loved this film and the philosophy running through it. Being literally immersed in nature, feeling your body move is amazingly healing for the soul.
Superb this. Thanks lads.👍
Honest and very grounding. Getting connected to nature is our healing, it changes us not only at a cellular level but as a species.
Connection to self, to other, to nature xxxx
Educating the World 🌍
Fantastic thank you so much.