These community oriented workshops support participants to deepen their relationship with water through embodiment, mindfulness, play , community building, skill building, and rest.
Each workshop revolves around a theme!

Previous Water Workshops

AQUATIC REST & PLAY
​(African Diaspora // Womxn of Color // QTPOC)

This workshop is an invitation to soak in rest, play, and swim-skill building, in community with other Black folks/WOC/QTPOC.  We will build skills around breathing, understanding your body in relationship with water, floating, and body alignment.  Through mindfulness, meditation, and self inquiry activities, we center healing and deepening your relationship with water. Holding curiosity and joy at the center, we'll explore water and belonging through games, sharing, and rest. No previous swim skills necessary. This workshop welcomes adults with fear of water as well as those who already love being in water!

​WE COME FROM MERMAIDS I: AFRICAN DIASPORA AND WATER (CLASSROOM)

This classroom based workshop is an invitation to immerse yourself in the rich history of the African Diaspora and water!  Learn more about the ways our ancestors engaged with water for resistance and joy during slavery times and the middle passage, and the multitude of rich aquatic traditions in Atlantic African cultures pre European contact.  Through games, conversation, readings, lecture, and meditation, we will tap into the joy, liberation, resistance, and wisdom that connects us to our ancestors. 

$25-$50 sliding scale​

WE COME FROM MERMAIDS II: AFRICAN DIASPORA AND WATER (POOL)
(for Black womxn/non-binary folks)

Join for an embodied journey into African diasporic aquatic traditions!  Gain swim skills while learning more about the ways our ancestors engaged with water for resistance and joy during slavery times and the middle passage, and the multitude of rich aquatic traditions in Atlantic African cultures pre European contact.  Through games, water meditation, songs, and other aquatic activities we will tap into the joy, liberation, resistance, and wisdom that connects us to our ancestors.   This workshop also includes music to support us in our joy and embodiment!

​This space is geared towards beginner to advanced swimmers (to fully participate you can comfortably move around independently in 4ft deep water, and submerge your body in water at least up to your neck.  If you have fear around entering water, you are still completely welcome to join, but may have to opt out of some of the activities.)

$25-$60 sliding scale

*Please note this class is a space for womxn and non-binary folks of the African Diaspora.  Contact oshunswimschool@gmail.com if you have questions or want to find a different way to be involved! 

UNDER THE SEA
(Womxn & non-binary POC)

Have you ever been curious how to swim and play under water?  This 2 hour workshop provides the tips, tricks, and practice needed to be comfortable with submerged movement and play.  Through community building, games, music, and skill building, we will go on a joyful exploration of the underwater world together!
$25-$50 sliding scale
*Please note this class is a space for those who identify as a womxn of color, and non-binary POC who feel aligned to womxn centered spaces.  Please contact oshunswimschool@gmail.com if you have questions or want to find a different way to be involved! 

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SOUND & SWIM
(Womxn & non-binary POC)
​This 4-hour water immersion workshop provides a safer place for for womxn of color to deepen our relationship with water.  It is our most in depth workshop that also features live musicians!
The day will be filled with live music, swim skill-building, self-love exercises, mindfulness practices, community building, and play! An invitation to lean into joy, relaxation, and connection.
A 4 ft-deep 90 degree pool and generously heated deck allow for a comfortably warm experience no matter the outside weather.
This immersion welcomes and celebrates queer identities and all body types!
Total beginners to advanced swimmers welcome! We will spend some time in separate groups depending on experience level where you will have the opportunity to refine your water skills, no matter where you are on the spectrum.
$50-$125 sliding scale.
Fee includes cost of pool, lifeguards, facilitation, and live music. Thank you for giving generously! To make this experience more accessible, some additional scholarships are available upon request () 

Payment plan available: $25 deposit plus 4 payments of $25.00, paid every four weeks

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RHYTHM & WAVES - AQUATIC DANCE 
(Womxn & nonbinary POC)

This two hour workshop is an invitation to explore how sound vibrations, movement, and water flow together to produce a beautiful experience of embodied rhythm.  Through games, and rhythm activities, joy and mindfulness will guide us to a deeper relationship with water. No previous dance experience needed, swimmers of all levels welcome (4ft pool).
$25-$50 sliding scale
*Please note this class is a space for those who idenitfy as a womxn of color, and non-binary POC who feel aligned to womxn centered spaces.  Please contact oshunswimschool@gmail.com if you have questions or want to find a different way to be involved! 

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FREE BIRD OPEN WATER WORKSHOP
​(Womxn & non-binary POC)
An invitation to know water more intimately, and to gain the confidence, knowledge, and skills, to spend more time in our precious lakes, rivers, and oceans.  We will focus on lake comfort and safety considerations that are different from swimming in a pool. We will also do some swim skill building geared towards beginner or intermediate swimmers. This is an experience of water in its most natural state.  Mindfulness, meditation, and self inquiry will be integrated into the experience.  There is nothing quite like swimming in a natural body of water under the wide open sky - come join!
$25-$50 sliding scale
*Please note this class is a space for those who idenitfy as a womxn of color, and non-binary POC who feel aligned to womxn centered spaces.  Please contact oshunswimschool@gmail.com if you have questions or want to find a different way to be involved! 

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