It’s 8am and I’m standing at the edge of my local lake at Beckenham Place Park in London, the early morning sun just beginning to peek over the trees. A layer of mist is rising from the cold water and ...

Cold water therapy, also referred to as cold body therapy or cold therapy, is the practice of exposing your body to sub-zero temperatures to treat a range of health conditions. From anxiety to ...

Sasha Lauer loves wild swimming for the benefits it brings to her wellbeing but worries about the state of her local rivers. "We are pragmatic about it and are careful to keep our heads out of the ...

Believe it or not, there are a lot of cold-water swimming enthusiasts in the area, and it's growing in popularity! Dena Marshall, founder of water-strong and cold-water swimmer, joined us to share how ...

Cold water swimming is growing in popularity amongst women, but more support is needed to make many wild swimming sites in the UK safer and more accessible, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Senses vary in their openness to language. If smells and tastes are hard to describe, the intimate somatosensory modalities may elude description altogether. A human body can sense its position and ...

Dr. Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim in the south of England 20 years ago. It was August, but the initial jolt from the plunge took his breath away. The shock to his system lasted a ...

Ruth Rose, 87, rallies dozens of cold water swimmers each day. BRIGHTON -- For 365 days a year, come rain or shine, Ruth Rose, 87, has taken a bracing morning swim in Seaford, a small coastal town on ...

Unless you’re planning on swimming the Channel under traditional rules – which which only allows a simple swimsuit for protection – then there’s no reason not to layer up come the colder months. Along ...