Alam

I start swimming as young as 4 years old, I could jump off the high diving board at our swimming club. I didn’t join any swimming clubs as my dad was my best teacher.

 I excelled well at interschool competitions earning me dozens of trophies, medals, and certificates. I was selected to represent our country Kenya in an international competition that was held in South Africa.

I am a very friendly and patient person. My always smiling nature is highly appreciated among friends and relatives. From young children to old people, I can deal with them all due to my high patience level.

My highest swimming achievement is representing my country, Kenya in an international competition in South Africa.

Swimming has always been my passion and I have taken up many competitions back in school. Teaching swimming gives me the hope and pride that the individual I teach may also participate in competitions in the future

Alejandro

Alejandro first contact with the swimming world was in his early years. 

He has been swimming since he was 6 years old, at the school and school’s swimming club, and later moved into teaching young swimmers at summer camps and clubs in Spain, also during summer courses.

His love for swimming has never stopped and he has been qualified as a Swimming teacher for more than 6 years in the UK and ever since he has not stopped working on teaching the next generation to be the best swimmers they can be.

 In summary, he has been swimming for more than half his life and has become more than a hobby, but a way of life!

Alicia

I have been a swimming teacher for 4 years and used to compete in 100m butterfly and frontcrawl. I have been swimming since I was 4 and have been a swimming teacher since I was 16. I really like Swimming nature's approach to making children comfortable and safe with the water first and also it's teaching style and motos. 

I enjoy teaching the young ones as it is nice to help someone's first experience into swimming.

Anna

I have worked as a Pre-school teacher for three years and as a primary school teacher in the last year. During my master degree in Italy I worked as translator at the Ministry of Education. I also have been a swimming instructor for the last 6 years, working in two different swimming centres.

I’m a really sporty person: I love running, climbing and of course swimming. I’m also really interested in foreign language: I graduated in MA Interpreting and Translation and now I moved to London in order to attend an MA in Chinese Studies. In my free time I love reading, travelling and cooking

I choose to become a Swimming Nature teacher because I believes strongly in their programme and methodology: swimming is a simple sport and teaching it by putting children's needs first is the best way to do it, without forgetting how important it is to teach the right technique and movement from the very beginning.

Ayda

Ayda at the age of 7 joined a national Club where she swam professionally and won local championship in Turkey.  She has a Master Degree in PE , during studying years she started Coaching in a professional Swimming Club.

She also started to do Mental Coaching to the professional swimmers, wrestlers, basketball players as their Sports Psychologist, where i experienced elite athlete philosphy as a profession.

During 15 years in Sports-Swimming Industry, she provide to the children not only Teaching Swimming Beautifully but also how can they enter Sports Philosphy in their life, Eating Clean, how to be Healthy Mentally and Physically, how can we use art and athletic performances to stay in shape and balance in life.

Brandon

Brandon holds a Level 2 swimming teaching qualification an NLPQ Life Guarding qualification and an NVQ LEVEL 2 in Leisure

Brandon has been swimming since a teenager and has a huge passion for it. He has been a qualified swimming teacher since 2017 and enjoys every second of it

The reason why Brandon is pursuing a job in in swimming teaching is because swimming has been his passion for years and delivering it to the next generation is his idea of a perfect job. Brandon has a good understanding of the sport and the learn to swim pathway and how to deliver lessons.

Brandon likes the swimming nature program because it really allows students to excel in areas of swimming in comparison to normal sessions due to the methods we use and smaller sessions.

He enjoys teaching all age and level groups.

Ekaterina

Ekaterina learned to swim in her native Russia and never looked back! She has been teaching children, babies and adults for 6 years in both Russia and the UK. She was also a squad coach for the Bristol Penguins Olympic Swimming Club.

She has now decided to join the Swimming Nature family as she likes our approach and can't wait to share her vast experience with her new students!

She enjoys teaching any ages and abilities!

Emily

Emily has always been a lover of sport and has enjoyed the water since before she can remember. A competitor in football, athletics, and triathlon Emily loves to help others to enjoy physical exercise in any shape or form but finds teaching swimming in particular to be a privilege. Emily qualified in 2013 and has been teaching swimming ever since, she is also a Sports Science graduate, a Level 3 Personal Trainer and an Aquafit Instructor. She joined the Swimming Nature team in 2015 bringing her talent and experience with her, Emily finds the Swimming Nature method to be a fantastic way to learn to swim and finds the small class sizes great for building excellent rapport with her students.

Felipe

Felipe has been swimming since a young age and never looked back! He holds an ASA Level 2 teaching qualification and a lifesaving qualification. He has been working in the swimming sector since 2017 both as a lifeguard and as a swimming teacher. He appreciates the small class of the swimming nature method as he believes it improves dramatically the quality of the lesson and allows a tailored attention. Felipe enjoys teaching children of any age and ability!

Filip

Filip has learned to swim in his native Croatia and never looked back! His passion for sports led him to achieve a master degree in Kinesiology and Sports Science.

He has been teaching swimming since 2015 and he now decided to join Swimming Nature as he likes our methodology.

He can't wait to share his vast experience with his new students! 

Frankie

Frankie began swimming at an early age and never looked back! From swimming lessons to club galas to open water swims she has tried it all. She is qualified to teach swimming to babies from age 3 months through to adults and pre-competition level. Frankie is also a qualified Montessori teacher, teaching in England and has then spent the last 5 years teaching in Vienna where she also gave swimming lessons for a local swimming school. Frankie has worked as a lifeguard and swimming teacher in America, culminating with an open water swim in Fiji. Having experienced swimming in open water, Frankie has taken part in the Scottish and Northern swims in Windermere and enjoyed swimming in Croatia. Now returned to England she is also teaching swimming in a school for children with special needs, gaining a broader teaching experience. What Frankie likes about Swimming Nature is the small class ratios giving time to teach the elements in detail, achieving the end goal of a beautiful stroke

Javier

I have been swimming since 4 years old and he loves swimming, I have been working professionally as a swimming teacher for the past 2 years.

I was born close to the beach which makes me feel in love with that and doing any water activities around it. I started swimming when I was 4 because I had Scoliosis, few months later all problems on my back were gone, and makes me feel that I found an enjoyable and funny sport.

I have always been working around water, as a beach and pool lifeguard and in the last years as a swimming instructor, actually, I do love it! Looking forward to which is going to be the next challenge!

I like teaching all range of ages but I do enjoy teaching high levels!

The methodology used, the progression, the high-level standards of swimming knowledge, also, the hands-on method make the students learn so quickly!

I am glad to have joined a team who has the same passions as me and bring swimming knowledge to whoever wants to learn!

Maria

Maria has been swimming since a young age and never looked back! She has been passionate about teaching for a very long time and she has been teaching in the UK within sports centres and swimming clubs. Maria appreciates better the small class size of the Swimming Nature methodology as she believes that it contributes to a higher quality of teaching and to a tailored attention. She enjoys teaching any ages and abilities!

Matheus

Since I was young I have loved water, swimming, or just relaxing in it, and for a long time, I used it as a way to relax. When I was in high school, I participated in a lot of swimming competitions, and it was one of the best moments of my life. As soon as I start looking for a job, I looked for ways to help or assist others, already working as a waiter and a construction assistant, and then I discover about Swimming Nature and the different ways that they teach swimming, and get amazed with it, I started to teach, and want to keep teaching and learning more.

I like that Swimming Nature tries to focus on improving each learner in a way that they can have all the support from their teacher, assisting in everything.

I like teaching older children when they are new to swimming and helping them lose their fear of it. I'd like to have learners with special needs because I need to approach them in different ways and can give all my attention to them.

With Swimming Nature, I can improve my abilities in teaching, and learn a new way of doing it. Also to learn a lot about swimming that I never knew before.

Thais

Thais grew up in Brazil so she has had lots of exposure to swimming and started swimming in a swimming club from the age of twelve. She qualified as a Swimming Teacher in London and like all our teachers is a qualified Lifeguard. In Brazil, Thais studied pedagogy, which is very much a part of the Swimming Nature method and she took to our teaching programmes like a “duck to water’! She is excellent with children and especially gentle for the introductory levels of Frog, Seal and Crab level. Thais loves using the Swimming Nature method and finds it to be a fully developed programme with clear and definite targets for the pupils and she loves that the children get rewarded with badges for doing well! With a natural love of teaching children and a big smile Thais is bound to have your little one excited about coming to their weekly swimming lessons.

Thomas

I have been swimming for most of my life! I found my love for swimming in my early teens where I discovered my passion for the water, particularly butterfly stroke. I was the fastest 50-metre butterfly swimmer in the UK at the age of 16.

I am friendly, patient and enthusiastic about facilitating people of all ages to gain swimming skills, however, I feel strongly about enabling younger swimmers with disabilities to become confident in the water and find their own love for swimming.

I am passionate about fitness, reflective in my education pathway in sports science. I am excited to be working with Swimming Nature as their approach to teaching swimming is unique, encouraging a happy lifelong relationship with water.