Private Swim Lessons with Karla Mlachak

35 years ago, I was scuba diving and suffered an injury to my ears. Since then, I have not gone deeper than 12 feet in the water, and more recently, not deeper than 9 feet. I gave up an activity that I loved over a fear of a repeat injury. Last week, I hired a private scuba guide and slowly reintroduced myself to a favorite love. Please please please say yes to any activity that you once loved and say yes to overcoming ingrained fears. We are way stronger and more capable than we give ourselves credit for . Say yes to the water and say yes to living a life unafraid.

The summer of 2017 marked the beginning of my private swimming lesson program. I started with 3 families, with big sisters as my first students, and then the baby sister, and in 2024, I finally had the chance to help the parents become swimmers, too. How amazing is it to bring the joy of swimming to an entire family? What an incredible journey we've all shared. I began and ended with the same family and taught hundreds more along the way. We are all

Wherever there is water, there must be a dedicated watcher to help keep swimmers safe. I choose Murphy as my extra set of eyes!

The swimmer for life rules are stated that someone has to take you for ice cream when you first learn to go completely under the water. An amazing and huge heaping of ice cream joy to Master Oliver!!!!! 2 times, flying through the air and then going under on the second verse of ring around the rosy. “Cows in the meadow, eating buttercups, thunder, lightning, we all POP UP!

Our newest 💚Green is for Go member has joined our community! Hello and welcome to Ms. Payton!!!She started as a shy swim sister, happy to sit on the steps with her Mom, while her big brother worked toward earning his own
💚Green is for Go. Too soon, this young, confident, capable, happy and super strong swimmer effortlessly graduated and became a

Where will the joy of water take you? For me, it was to Cleveland Metroparks so that my amazing daughter, who is certified to teach kayaking/paddle boarding and sailing could teach her old Mamma a thing or two. Katie Mlachak is my favorite instructor❤️❤️❤️❤️

We have a swim and Library mascot! Puss n boots is here to help cheer us on our swimming and reading journey. I’m so excited!!!!

It’s very cool when I find out that one of my swim family’s owns her own business, and I can support her the way she has supported me. If you are in need of custom tailoring, reach out to Camrin. She does gorgeous work.

I’m not sure which is harder: waiting for your swim lesson to start, or waiting for the swim lesson schedule to come out. We have many wonderful events happening this summer and I think I will start lessons mid to late June. Please reach out via text or email if you are interested. I can’t wait to see you all again.

My joy for the ocean and water started when I was an infant, when my parents left Ohio and became expats. My dad wanted to live on the ocean and snorkel, and my Mom was game for an adventure. I grew up digging in the sand with her and doing dolphin rides through the ocean with him.
Let’s all play and splash, go under, do water handstands and cannonballs. Let’s have the best time in the water, and show our young ones what an amazing relationship is awaiting them.