aqualife swimming
Sevenoaks
The Aqualife Story Aqualife Swimming was founded by Penny Watkins in 2012. As a
child, Penny was a naturally gifted swimmer, swam competitively and felt very at
home in the water. In 1999 she gave up her career in a City law firm and packed
her rucksack, heading off for water-based adventures around Europe, Africa and
Asia. Whilst managing and teaching at a Scuba Diving centre in the Canary
Islands, Penny got her first taste of the joy of teaching others about the
aquatic world. Penny returned to the UK in 2006 and decided to follow her heart
and pursue a career in swimming teaching. Crucially, she was determined to offer
something in addition to swimming skills; she would take a holistic approach to
her teaching and ensure that all her swimmers grew to love the water and have an
understanding and respect for the aquatic world. In 2012 she was offered the
opportunity to take over the running of a small local swimming school . . . And
Aqualife Swimming was born. The swim school now employs 16 swimming instructors
and provides high quality and fun swimming lessons to hundreds of individuals
every week, at three venues in Sevenoaks, Kent. Classes include Adult Aquafit,
Aquanatal, Parent and Baby/Toddler classes, STA accredited children's lessons
and a special Junior Lifeguard programme, and all are designed to develop
ability, confidence and a love of all things aquatic. Class sizes are small
which enables all swimmers to have the space and time to learn at their own
pace. Key to the Aqualife ethos is teaching all swimmers to understand their own
natural buoyancy in the water and thus become confident independent swimmers.
You will never use use armbands or buoyancy controls in an Aqualife classes. All
of the Aqualife team follow Penny’s original vision of teaching swimming skills
in a holistic natural environment, whilst also helping babies, children and
adults develop a love of water and a respect and understanding of the aquatic
world.
