Swimming is excellent exercise of course, but it?s so much more than that: it can be a transcendental experience, offering us space to reflect and to escape. It?s an antidote to screens and all-encompassing technology. Perhaps it?s the shedding of inhibitions that come with a dip, or could it be that getting somewhere under our own steam is an act that?s health-giving, refreshing and life-affirming? Whatever it means to you, swimming?alone or with others, badly or brilliantly?is about being in the moment.bagni