‘Exposure to cold water also activates the vagus nerve, which can help lower blood pressure, reduce stress, and improve ...

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 ...

The “wild swimming” trend — aka open-water swimming, or taking dips in lakes, rivers, streams or even the sea — isn't exactly new. Still, it has been increasing in popularity over the past decade, ...

Beaches across Sussex and Kent will be welcoming sea swimmers for their mass annual dips during the festive period. Swimmers ...

It started with a cold-water plunge, and now outdoor, natural swimming is an obsession of mine. With 15,000 lakes and a robust water-quality testing system, Wisconsin is great for wild swimming. It ...

Bragging rights and an adrenaline rush aren’t the only reasons to start the year with a frigid swim. A dip in icy water ...

Waterfall selfies, river dips and dawn swimming in the ocean, it seems like wild swimming is exploding across Wales, why not ...

Oh, those summery days of spring! The sun is warming up for its main gig in a month or two, beads of sweat are forming on your forehead, and you'd like nothing better than to cool off somehow. How ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). There’s no better way to immerse yourself in nature than by going wild swimming. Every spot tells its own story: tidal pools fed by ...

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 ...