Lindi Eksteen
31/07/2022
Early spring can already be sensed in the air as certain plants start flowering such as the lovely Jasmin. Grateful for the less icy early morning, we arrived to start our mermaid level 2 course at 8 am. The kettle was boiling and treats were brought as we also celebrated our instructor, Janet's birthday coming up. Quiche, snacks, cakes and doughnuts were then served with delicious coffee and tea while Janet started teaching us the Naui Mermaiding Level 2 course theory where after we had to write a test, which I am happy to report we all passed! Then there was a quick opening of presents brought for Janet before we jumped into the water for the practical.
We started off with a 200m swim, a 10 minutes float preceded by a 2 minute static breath hold and rescue techniques. Some of the girls were quite worried about statics, but to their own surprise they all achieved the 2 minute goal and many created new PB's! A quick lunch break was had where after we swam a dynamic monofin swim of 25m which was followed by a challenging 30m rescue swim.
One more test to pass was removing your tail and monofin and then putting it all back on again afloat in the water. Every student was thrilled to have passed the course and even though we have been in the water for a couple of hours, there was always time for a quick fun swim afterwards where we did lots of tricks. Some of the mermaids wore their new tails for the first time ever which they were delighted to show off.
Finishing off at around 4pm we were ready to head home and kick up our feet. I cannot emphasize enough what an incredible instructor we have. Janet Rudman, our lives truly are so much better with you in it!
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