Triple Awareness: A Freediving Relaxation Technique

Our mental health has never been as important as right now. While that may seem like a generic segue into the COVID-19 crisis, this adage is true regardless of the external situation. There is no better time to weed your mental garden than right now.

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The Benefits of doing a Freediving and Yoga Retreat

In the day-to-day world of distraction, chaos and constant stimulation, it is very difficult for us to stop, breathe and practice stillness. The more we put off these practices, the more the “garden" of our mind gets overrun with silly weeds.

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How to Choose the Best Freediving Fins

Choosing your first set of Freediving fins can be confusing, especially when you are new to the sport. The salesman might throw a lot of fancy terms around, but we urge you to stick to the basics and find a fin that works for you.

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The Four Main Types of Freediving for Beginners

Quiz results are in, and it seems like there is some confusion about some of the different disciplines in freediving. While “names" are not necessarily of great significance, these types of freediving are more importantly differentiated by the skills they teach, and how students can learn from each to improve their training.

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Freediving and Daily Stress: Through the eyes of a lifelong educator

Graham Hookey is an educator, an author and a decorated columnist. Recently retired from a teaching and administration career of almost 40 years, he shares how mindfulness and freediving can be an effective way for us to learn to better handle day to day stress.

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Meditation and Visualization Techniques for Isolated Freedivers

Freediving is often given a likeness to “underwater meditation”. Even for a beginner level freediver, simple mental techniques such as visualization, Vipassana meditation and mantra work can be used to overcome obstacles that may arise while learning the fundamentals of the sport.

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5 Reasons Surfing and Freediving are Best Friends

Surfers, meet freediving. Surfing and freediving are two long lost siblings, waiting to be reunited to achieve maximum potential. From breath-holding to water confidence, read on to learn how these two sports are complementary to one another.