Swimming in formation

Today I dreamed that I was back in school for swimming class. The pool is actually like a pond, with lily pads at one end, except it is pool-sized. The area where it is in is beautifully landscaped, like it is a garden of sorts.

The day is cold and gray but we do not feel chilled in our swimsuits. There are small groups of students gathered together. I do not know anyone and just observe how everyone behaves.

Teacher tells us what to do: he wants us to swim in formation, organized in rows. He calls for "anchors." Now in 3D life, I know I used to be afraid of swimming (a phobia from nearly drowning/suffocating in the womb just before I was born), so this is precisely why I am one of the first to jump in. In the dream, I am certain I will not drown and die anymore, no matter what happens.

So I step up to the front and become an anchor for others who take their places behind me. Other teams/families are also forming alongside us. We learn to swim in the same way, in synchronized fashion. Doing so seems to generate waves in the pool the way he wants them/needs them.

After (before?) learning this, we gather in our formal clothes for a celebration of sorts. We are lighting the sacred candle and everyone is excited and very happy. The air is full of expectation. This is a big event everyone has been preparing for a long time now. I feel glad to have caught it myself.