Shasha Crow

24hr Swim chapter 3:

We all pulled together, took care of each other, completed all the swims and left feeling once again like we were the best of teams. Thanks to all our donors for getting us up to the projected target of £1000 for Level Water to provide swim lessons to thousands of disabled children across the country.

This event is full to the brim of big-hearted everyday people taking on a challenge in a beautiful location at Watersedge lake. None of us are pro swimmers. We just want to make a difference and share time together doing so. We are grateful of you who have cheered us on and donated, we know we’ve done you proud despite more than the usual number of injuries!

Get ready for next year, we are already signed up and if anybody wants to sponsor our intrepid team drop me a line.

Captain Shasha over and out🫡

24hr swim chapter 2:

We swam (“all day and all of the night”) taking it in turns to do an hour at a time. We also took turns being there for entry and exit of each swimmer for reassurance and support. Special mention to Abbie the elder or “Mama Abbie” who was there to support more of the 24 sessions than should have been humanly possible!

We took in lakeside views, doggie cuddles, acoustic setlists, sunset swims and the very magical starlight and twinkling of tow floats in the water ✨

Around midnight Minty and Beck saw a strange UFO in the night sky. A string of lights closely spaced in a perfect line, brightly shining and blinking out one by one. Minty’s shoulder started to ni**le. By 3am it was evident that Minty had sustained a rotator cuff injury and could not continue swimming. Nick stepped in to volunteer for her 7am.

There’s still time to donate! Link in bio 🫶🏼

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This weekend Flow State Crew joins many other teams swimming the 24hr Level Water swim relay at WATERSEDGE® . This is our second year as a team and we are so excited to start on Saturday!

Your swimmers are:
Captain Sha Sha Crow


Thea Scott




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You can learn from anything. The question is do you want to?

They don’t have to be wise to teach you a lesson.

Choose your learning by discerning.

Facing the Invisible 👀

Sometimes I feel so well that I forget that I’m a spoonie. I manage my condition so well that you wouldn’t even know what I’m dealing with. I actually hate writing that. It sounds so dramatic like “you have no idea what I’m dealing with!!” Which is, I think, how so many of us feel regardless. We are chronically NOT designed for how this society functions.

This past few weeks I’ve been struggling to stay out of the red recovery-wise and despite a day off yesterday my recovery is incredibly low today. Whoop thinks I trained this morning because of the effort it took me just to walk around teaching my HIIT class first thing. Sometimes I joke I’m getting away with being lazy because everything takes so much more effort but it’s actually not funny.

For years I wondered about the connection between hyper mobility, autoimmune/chronic conditions and gut issues. Well Dr Jessica Eccles has done significant research on this and linked not only these but ND too. Add childhood trauma to that and, well, life is going to be a struggle for a long time.

I’ve been dropping some balls lately (totally unintentionally) and I do so hate letting people down. I’ve been working almost without days off while studying for my diploma this past year and now I generally manage most of a day off a week. It’s not enough is it. Trouble is it’s high season work wise and in my area you have to work when it’s available.

Bills must be paid. But it seems I’m more in debt to myself and my body is making it known. So if you have messages coming through from your body, please listen. I say this fully conscious of my own hypocrisy in this moment. Book days off ahead. Book holidays. You will thank yourself for it later. I’m learning that even if I feel I can’t afford it, I definitely can’t afford not to rest. And this is a practice, in the day, the week, the month and beyond.

This life is a gift, let’s live as well as possible for as long as possible. We need to change the world for future generations and it starts here in this body. Love you # # #

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