I and my 15 year old son have been swim students of Beth for fifteen years. Over that course of time, our needs have obviously spanned a wide range of ability. Although our consistency with lessons has been somewhat variable over that time, my expectations for revelation of greater swimming efficiency have consistently been satisfied by Beth. My son has had gentle attentive guidance in proper swimming patterns from the beginning and it gave him a relaxed and confident appreciation of recreational swimming. The three of us in our family are committed swimmers, although not competitive.

Beth’s approach attempts to release in any swimmer the recognition of the core of relaxation, from which all power and speed are sourced. That relaxation is based in discovering how to truly drench oneself in the nature of water. Although many of the techniques and drills used in my earlier years were designed to enhance that appreciation of the intimate trustworthiness of the relationship between our water bodies and the water, that theme continues in these later drills, to assist me in using our species’ native familiarity with water’s principles to open into greater satisfaction and agility.

Beth maintains an unwavering focus on the heart of my learning process, to help me find the point of freedom within my struggle. I have been shown by Beth that with every little body integration I have made in the water, there has been a reciprocal ease and opening in my life attitude ‘on land’.

I have found Beth to be an indispensable coach companion for helping me to find my way with the body.
— Jaird deRaismes

When I was about 5 years old, I fell out of a boat in the middle of Broadmoor Lake near Colorado Springs. Since then I have had a continuing fear of water. Beth Davis has helped me to ease that fear, to begin to trust myself in the water. How has she accompished this turnaround?

First of all, through amazing patience and understanding. Beth has never given up on me! She has zillions of exercises for me to try in the water; if one is too hard, she comes up with another that's easier. I have taken swimming lessons from Beth off and on for 6+ years. I can actually swim free style now, do an elementary back stroke, and a beginning breast stroke. More important, I feel comfortable in a swimming pool. I still have a way to go, but I started at zero, not wanting to even step in the water, much less get my face wet!

Beth is a topnotch swimming instructor. She is knowledgeable, dedicated, and kind.

— Jane Carlson, age 72