Last week Joe and Helen had the honor of hosting the Montgomery Aquatic Race Club. We feel blessed how this amazing group of swimmers returned for their Summer camp 2023 at Soma Ranch. The opportunity to share Nia in several ways (on land, in the studio and in the pool) is a dream come true.

This was a "full circle", "living life" moment for Helen, who grew up as a competitive swimmer, trained as a PE teacher, certified as an international Nia technique trainer and created/founded Soma Ranch with her husband Joe. All of this came together as they hosted a summer camp for swimmers at Soma Ranch.....

Teaching Montgomery Aquatic Race Club swimmers about how to be somatic in the pool, how to apply the sensations of fitness into their strokes and how to be mindful as they swim in the pool and through life is a JOY!!

With meal times together, group work, “dry lands, late night “Marco Polo” in the pool, time with horses, dress up in silly hats for Mexican fiesta dinner, s’mores around the fire, these wonderful young people stayed active, engaged and were a joy to be with.

The coaches are incredibly creative and caring. They utilize many spaces, inside and out, around Soma Ranch, changing things up each day and coming up with unique ways to keep the campers happy and engaged.

They had a clever and very fun way of getting some Soma Ranch Selfies by creating a scavenger hunt….

They requested we NOT adapt our menu too much, to allow the campers to take safe risks, experience something different, explore new tastes and healthy options. We are stunned with how much they chow down on vegetables, give new things (like quinoa, chia pudding, spearmint infused water) a go and seeing campers taking a photo of the “protein balls” with the intent to share with their parents when they go home, is the icing on the cake.

They used our new big screen TV. Filming the swimmers underwater then, using their iPad for crystal clear images on the big screen. Coaches were able to pause images, show form in the water and swimmers are able to have an image of how they move through water.