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The unique positioning of swimming as a PTSD therapy that works on a physical and spiritual way, while having a profound healing effect on the brain, cannot be ignored or dismissed. Water has long been revered in all major world religions as a source of creative power, a giver and sustainer of life, and force of cleansing and purity. The thread woven throughout is clear. Water has the power to transform.
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[1] https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/swimmers/health_benefits_water_exercise. html
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321496.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070320073101.htm
[2] https://www.disabledsportsusa.org/sport/swimming/
[3] https://www.psysiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpregu.0516.2013
[4] Study finds aerobic exercise improves memory, brain function and physical fitness:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-11-aerobic-memory-brain-function-physical.html
[5] Exercisers say they sleep better: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/media- center/national-sleep-foundation-poll-finds-exercise-key
[6] “I think I became a swimmer rather than just someone with a disability swimming up and down:” paralympic athletes perceptions of self and identity development: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09638288.2016.1217074?src=recsys&jour nalCode=idre20
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