Early Learning & Development · Greater Portland

Every person is on a heroic journey.

Traversing the distance between who we are and who we are meant to be: through swimming, movement, coaching, and the quiet work of building confidence.

Greater Portland · Serving the Pacific Northwest
Our Mission

Developing the Whole Person

Odyssey helps people face fear and move through it, to confidence and to coherence. "Early Learning & Development" isn't an age bracket. We are all learning, and all developing. Odyssey is a small practice devoted to the physical, intellectual, and emotional growth of the people I work with, children and adults alike. The skills that last a lifetime, courage, self-belief, resilience, are taught the same way they are lived: patiently, personally, and one person at a time. Swimming, movement, coaching, and speaking are simply how I get there.

What We Do

Our Programs

Four ways into the same work.

Private Instruction

Odyssey Swim

Private instruction that connects the mind, body, and breath to build a safe, natural, and fun relationship with the water. Each swimmer builds a lifelong skill and, along the way, skills that reach far beyond the pool: breathing through fear, noticing the body, quieting the mind. Fully individualized, safety-first, and shaped around every swimmer, at any age. The strokes come. What stays is the relationship: with the water, and with themselves.

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Odyssey Movement

The on-land counterpart to Odyssey Swim: a relationship with mind, body, and breath through movement, at a pace you set. Free monthly guided sessions begin this fall.

Start Where Your Body Is →

Odyssey Life Coaching

One-on-one coaching for students, young adults, and parents. A space to think honestly, critically, and authentically.

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Odyssey Talks

Speaking for schools, organizations, and communities, on authenticity, family and fatherhood, health and wellness, stillness, and purpose.

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Why Families Stay

Kindness and consistency, every single time.

Our four-year-old began afraid to get into the pool, and now can jump in, swim to the bottom, and safely swim front, back, and tread water. His approach centers on kindness and consistency.”
Jocelyn & Tom T. · Odyssey Swim Parents
Ready to Begin?

Start Your Odyssey

Whether you're a family seeking swim lessons, a school looking for a speaker, or an adult ready to move through something, your journey starts here.

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