Alumna Mary Ellen "Melon" Dash ’76 Profiled in UMass Magazine
The story highlights the "Miracle Swimming" method she developed to teach adults to swim.
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Mary Ellen "Melon" Dash ’76
Alumna Mary Ellen “Melon” Dash ’76, who studied exercise science and nutrition from UMass Amherst, is profiled in the Fall 2023 issue of UMass Magazine in a story titled "Diving in with Melon Dash."
Miracle Swimming, the method that Dash developed, is based on what she calls The Five Circles, or stages of fear—ease, cold feet, fluttery tummy, heart in your mouth, and panic—a learning model that puts mental and spiritual presence, not physical action, at the center.