I'm Gail Straub and you're listening to She Explorers.

This week I'm so excited to be launching the first in a series of interviews inspired by our new book, Women in Water,

which is available for pre-sale now and launches March 20th in stores.

Over the next couple of months, you'll hear from six women who contributed to the book

starting now with Bonnie Choi author of Why We Swim.

When I would ask people questions about their relationship to water, I had to then ask myself those questions.

And sometimes I would ask myself those questions while I was swimming, which was an entirely new experience because I usually would just get in the water and go and go on autopilot.

But it was lightning to ask myself, what am I sharing, what am I thinking about?

Where are my thoughts drifting? Why are they circling back?

Bonnie's book, Why We Swim, dropped at the perfect time. It was April 2020 when we were all looking for guidance on how to move our bodies in ways that took us out of our heads and into our element.

Why we swim is a must read, whether you think of yourself as a swimmer or not.

It takes you to the source of our innately human relationship with water and

weaves together history, science, and Bonnie's own personal story to propel us on the journey.

I wanted to start this special, she explores Women in Water Series with my conversation with Bonnie,

because she truly is an expert on why we gravitate

to the ocean, lakes, and other waterways that provide us with so much.

Before we jump in, I do want to flag that we had some technical difficulties with

recording. We hopped on multiple times to try to get it to work so once we did we ran with it but the sound quality leaves something

to be desired trust me though it's worth it to tune in Bonnie and I talk about

why we swim her own start to swimming, how swimming helps us feel free, and so much more.

But we start by talking about a delightful tweet that Bonnie had shared earlier that day.

Bonnie this morning I was just scrolling on Twitter and I saw a tweet from you that said

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