Meditation and free diving: when the body meets the soul

Somewhere between the surface and the bottom, freediving teaches you that silence and tranquility are not places but states.

What do diving and meditation have in common

Both require complete focus on the present moment. Any distraction affects performance in diving and depth in meditation.

Full presence in diving

Underwater you cannot think about the future or dwell on the past. The body and its signals are all that exists at that moment.

How meditation helps you dive

Lowering Heart Rate
Regular meditators have a greater natural ability to lower their heart rate and this extends their dive time.

Anxiety management
Meditation trains you to monitor your thoughts without controlling them, and this is what you need in difficult diving moments.

Description of the diving experience from within

When landing in clear water and complete silence, where there is only the sound of your air bubbles rising, some people feel that they have reached the essence of what they were searching for.

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Free diving is a never-ending lesson in attendance. Every dive teaches you something new about yourself.