Jacob is a certified Water Safety Instructor and Lifeguard Instructor. He was a competitive swimmer from 8-22 years old in Illinois, South Carolina, Vermont and on the inaugural varsity swim team at Bard College.

 

Jacob is passionate about teaching and how learning to swim can become a potent metaphor in developing independence. Beyond self growth, he emphasizes the lifelong, low-impact conditioning that water exercise uniquely provides to invigorate and commune with our entire body. Now entering his fifth year of swim instructing,

 

Jacob has experience with students 6 months to 60 years old, beginners, those who live with embodied water trauma, coaching swim clubs, as well as for the Special Olympics.