My name is Susanne Van Buren. Lifestyle Swimming Instruction began in 2004 years ago in an outdoor saltwater pool. My only instructor was my daughter at 10 years old. She was a competitive swimmer back then, also. We have met some amazing people on our journey with LSI. We thank each and every one of you for your support through all these years! We have been instructing at our current indoor saltwater pool since 2005. We average about 9 instructors now. Each instructor is trained to have the best quality of instruction, so we all teach alike.
I teach parents also to be consistent with their children since swimming needs to be a strong sport in everyone's life. With consistency, they can compete and strive for excellence as you see in the pictures on this page. This particular student started with LSI at 5 years old. She was very afraid of putting her head underwater. With every week of privates and sometimes more, along with some group classes she was hooked on swimming. We teach technique before speed so we do not have to work on bad habits. Her goal was to compete in 25 yards of a butterfly when she was 8 years old. She won! During these high school years, she continues to do privates as much as she can and is quite a competitive high school and year-round swimmer with much dedication, consistency, and training. She loves to fly!
I had a great fear of the water in all of my growing-up years. The actual term for this is aquaphobia, which means persistent and abnormal fear of water. My whole life changed when I learned to be confident in the water. If you have aquaphobia you are not alone! My adult students come out of my program stronger swimmers than their friends who have learned to swim on their own or with swimming lessons that didn't teach technique.
