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    Oct 06, 2021 4 minutes
    WORDS by BROOKE LE POER TRENCH

    Fans of classical literature will know the poets loved to swim. Byron, Keats and Coleridge all viewed swimming as a chance to commune with nature and nourish their creativity. In fact, they felt so euphoric after swimming their state was given a name: hydromania. And anyone who counts swimming as part of their weekly routine will tell you the benefits go far beyond fitness. “I learnt to swim freestyle at 48 years of age, and it was more transformative for my mind than the 10 years of meditation that preceded it,” says Kari Baynes, founder and director of Different Strokes Swimming, which specialises in teaching adults to swim.

    “It changed my

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