Understanding Myoglobyn Instructor course handout Carlos Negrete Underwater Photography, Instagram posts and record attempts seem to be the main trend for Freedivers nowadays, let’s take a step back and look deeper into breath holding itself. The basics, triggers and secrets behind the best freedivers in the world (Hint: it’s not the Sperm whale) who can dive to almost 3 Kilometers deep and stay underwater for 1.5 hours. MDR and Apnea … Leer más
The Ancient Freediving Instructor course handout Rakel Calderer Chinchorro civilization (Chinchorro can be translate to fishing boat). One of the first evidence of freediving humans can be found more than 7,000 years ago to the Chinchorro civilization, the people who lived along the coast of the Atacama Desert in what is present day northern Chile and southern Peru. They are the oldest artificially mummified human remains, having been buried up … Leer más
Mindfulness Within Freediving: A tool for self-regulating our mental, emotional and physical health. Instructor course handout Arthur Song Introduction The goal of this paper is to analyse the practice of mindfulness, its benefits, and how we may apply this not only to freediving but to our relationship with ourselves and others in daily life. Mindfulness What is it? In his book “Clinical Handbook of Mindfulness”, Fabrizio Didonna describes it as … Leer más
Eco- friendly Practices in Freediving Instructor course handout Shivani Goberdhan To be a freediver is to make the water our home; our workplace, our playground, our sanctuary. In order to enjoy this space, we need to feel safe there, and to respect it in return. Logging so many hours, almost 6 days a week for a diver in training, we begin to have an impact on the environment. This, as … Leer más
Rethinking Relaxation Instructor course handout Sheena Mcnally Simple techniques with proven physiological effects Introduction The key to success in freediving is often stated to be relaxation; indeed, the AIDA manuals go so far as to say that, “Relaxation is probably the most important word in freediving.” (p. 2, AIDA 2 manual) Defined loosely as “a state of being at rest and at ease,” relaxation can be a difficult thing to … Leer más