By Karen Bergreen and Cynthia Kaplan

One of the delights of summer is outdoor swimming. Get your bodies in the water, people! Oceans, rivers, lakes, pools are all ripe for splashing around. Have you checked out the new pool at the Harlem Meer? Do it! If you don’t know how to swim, sign up for swim class but in the meantime, wear flotation devices! Swimming clears the mind, and is fun alone or in groups. And if you are one of those people who are like, “I can’t be seen in a bathing suit,” it’s time to get over it, because no one cares. Literally, no one. We are all just bodies. The important stuff is inside.

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