Aqua Sensory Podcast

We are delighted to share with you this golden talk about how we can view our nervous systems with a new lens in the pool with the amazing Hannah Rose from Breathe.

Hannah offers breathwork and wellbeing workshops to transform the mind, body, and soul. 

In this episode, Jo talks with Hannah about how important our nervous systems are as the foundation of our mental and physical health. We touch on the importance of the vagus nerve and stillness. Hannah shares her favourite breathworks practices, whilst Jo connects this dry land wonderful work to the water. 

Hannah says, “It very much depends on the state, so we have different states that our nervous system can be in, so one of those states is hyperarousal and the other is hyperarousal, so depending on how our nervous system is presenting we can offer different practices that can really nourish and support.”

There are so many benefits to nurturing our nervous systems, to bring in a new deeper awareness, create more happiness and flow.

Let’s keep connected.

@aquasensory

Follow & Connect with Hannah Rose

https://linktr.ee/breathewithhannahrose

What does sensory harmony mean to you?

In this episode, Jo talks and reflects on what sensory harmony means to her. How can you bring this into your classes? What does your class need today? How do we create sensory harmony in water? Tune into a few top tips and her useful ‘rocket’ analogy.

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@aquasensory

https://aquasensory.com

Creating safe spaces, to embrace culture, and inclusivity in our teaching practices. 

In this episode, Jo talks with Josette Stitcher from Urban Birth Plus about being a parent and supporting parents on their journey, giving them a voice and a place to share experiences. Embracing culture is a theme throughout, being mindful of bias, language and conscious in choices. 

“It is all about letting other communities know that baby massage is not one demographic only, it’s for everyone and honouring the roots as well.’ 

Stripping things back to basics, learning about traditional practices and rituals from other cultures. Josette gives us an insight into bathing babies, touch and talks about practising with a different intention and creating a loving ‘vibe.’

Let’s keep connected:

@aquasensory

Follow & Connect with Josette:

https://www.urbanbirthplus.com/about

Water safety is a big focus across the world and of course more so in countries where there are many back yard pools like in the States. When Nicole Fairfield, a swimming teacher from the US approached Aqua Sensory with their intentions to create a 'sea change' to create a parent education water safety program that offered a parent choice to the popular roll and float lessons. We were honoured and ready for the challenge.

In this episode, Jo talks with Nicole about the main drivers and goals of creating a new water safety program together. It was a pleasure to connect and hear all about Nicole’s passions, experiences and favourite practices in teaching aquatics at her swim school Georgia Swim.

Nicole was clear on her objectives for her new program. We were together going to create not only a swim program with clear outcomes, but also a parent education program too.

"I want to nature, allow enrichment and proper development as these little ones navigate the water’s environment and gain a love and respect for the water." Nicole

Let’s keep connected:

@aquasensory

Follow & Connect with Nicole:

https://www.gaswimschool.com

https://www.navigatingneva.com

In this episode, Jo pulls on research and neuroscience to explain how important water is hold emotions, imprints and messages.

Jo also shares with you how to reflect when in water and play in water. Let’s respect water, rather than treating it like a commodity.

You can connect with Jo your water wonders and thoughts below.

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@aquasensory

In this episode, Emie Kitson and Jo reminisce over twenty years of baby swimming. Aqualight baby swim school and Emie made such a big impact to my swim journey professionally and personally.

In this episode, Jo talks with Emie (International Baby Swim Teacher & Founder of Aqualight) about the changes in the baby swim industry, how practices have changed, particularly submersion practices. We honour our roots and our influences over the last 20 years. From a more structure approach, back to our respectful holistic roots.

We talk about not “dunking babies,” but listening to our babies and our gut too. Emie offers her advice and expertise “if it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it, trust your gut.”

“The connection between a parent and their baby is the most amazing, magical thing there is in the world. My aim has always been to facilitate this connection and help it grow with less stress and less pressure just allowing and being with each other. The water is such a beautiful medium for this, it allows body contact, closeness and the feeling of being fully supported. The water hugs you both, surrounds you, puts its arms around you and says “I’m here" in just the same way we do for our little ones. We can help our babies to learn to swim but more than that they can have an affinity with water that will last a lifetime, our strapline used to be a lifetime of loving the water, it still stands now.” Emie

You can connect with Emie, her wonderful training and swim school below. Thank you Emie, you are the reason I started baby swimming. 

Let’s keep connected:

@aquasensory

Follow and Connect with Emie:

https://www.aqualight.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/aqualightuk

We are delighted to introduce Dr Greer Kishenbaum PhD, Neuroscientist, Doula, Infant and Family Sleep Specialist and Life Coach to talk about how nurture shapes our brains from early childhood.

In this episode, Jo talks with Greer about how we can improve health by understanding the importance of how genetics and experiences shape the brain, nervous system and body to influence lifelong mental and physical health. Greer and Jo share their passions to empower parents with this knowledge, to bring parenting back to basics.

Greer also shares with her early swim experiences. And her top parenting tips from her book “The Nurture Revolution.” Enjoy listening to Greer and Jo bust some of the common parenting myths together.

Let’s keep connected.

@aquasensory

Find out more about my guest here:

https://www.nurture-neuroscience.com

https://www.instagram.com/nurture_neuroscience_parenting

Christian and Jo, co-creators of Aqua Sensory reflect over the last ten years.

In this episode, Christian and Jo talk together about the highlights of their light bulb moments. Our changing world, child-development, free movement, opportunities for sensory play are just a few topics of conversation. The pool has everything it needs for optimum child-development. 

We talk about what we are observing in our changing world, bringing through sensory snippets and knowledge of developmental play in the pool.

Let’s keep connected:

@aquasensory

@christianwilsonauthor

https://instagram.com/christianwilsonauthor?igshid=MmJiY2I4NDBkZg==

https://aquasensory.com

Welcome to the Aqua Sensory podcast! We are on a mission to spread our passion and expertise for sensory developmental play in water to nurture the next generation from womb to world, with water as a driver to support a child’s development.

Because it is during the early years that is the most critical window, impacting babies and young children’s social-emotional, physical and cognitive development. Water can be both our playground and aquatic classroom.

We are here to raise awareness and to create connections within our aquatic community.

These episodes have been created by Jo Wilson @ Aqua Sensory along with experts in their fields.