A collection of my favorite posts
Life surrounded by nature is something I was raised to embrace. Growing up in a country town in the middle of nowhere encouraged me to open my eyes and heart to the natural world, and make up my own mind […]
Photo by Grayson – Monterey, California When I’m underwater on a single breath of air I feel I’m putting myself right where I belong, going with what it is that I know is right for me. Freediving, exploring, challenging myself […]
Infinitely Bound Beneath the surface, I’m encircled In sparkling specks of wonder. Filtered light, made gentle by the depths, Form sunset colors down under. I plunge from a world of land and sky, To one where scattered waters rave. […]
An inspirational/motivational video about freediving and intuition. By challenging yourself and experiencing nature first-hand you can better sense this amazing world around us and your incredible place within it. My 1st motivational video. Please leave a comment! Credits: Produced by: […]
We are really lucky in that we can choose to build relationships, friendships and the community around us, as we pursue our goals and passions in life, which I think is a key step in choosing to be happy […]
Ever wonder what freediving life is like in the French Riviera? Two freediving girls, Julia from Switzerland and Renee from the US, show you what the small coastline town of Saint Raphael has to offer…. AND IT’S AWESOME! Freediving Girls: […]
Being an avid freediver, water lover and creative type, I’ve arranged a collection of underwater photos to recall and share my earliest underwater experiences in Africa. The photos were taken in Tanzania from January – March 2014, a liminal time, juxtaposed of self and sea […]
It was 6:15 am when my alarm went off on August 25th, 2016, the first day of the 5th annual RedCcup competition. The day before, I had announced a 55 meter constant weight dive, which was scheduled for precisely 11:20 […]
Last training day before the competition, I woke up rested yet sleepy at the same time, I’d fallen asleep while listening to Erick Brown’s Sports Hypnosis audiobook which had plunged me into a very “deep, deep, sleep,” all night long […]
Woke up tired today, I slept little and we started diving one hour earlier in order to avoid the crowds and get back sooner to work. During my morning meditation, I noticed my mind was having difficulty focusing (more so […]
Freedive Ascent I ascend from the ocean floor, Through shafts of wondrous sunlight. My mind dabbles in a state of pleasure, And in marvelous rebellion. Defying mind, breath and pressure, I’m enveloped, In a liquid element, Travelling to the edge […]
Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water. – ALBERT SZENT-GYORGYI (DISCOVERER OF VITAMIN C) I approach a superb and mystical universe, rippling with animated sea goldies upon a wall of obscure and bulbous corals. Drowned colors range […]
See what it’s like to freedive off the coast of remote Pemba Island, in this creative and exciting underwater film. Renee illustrates her incredible exploration, freediving along Njou Gap’s Trigger Wall, crossing paths with various fish and critters of all […]
My feet, mounted in Cressi fins dangle over the edge of the boat, while I scan the blue for movement, desperate for any sighting of the creature that has lured us to the remote and rugged Mafia Island, 95 miles […]
Nothing is more fantastic than free-diving in the waters of my own beautiful homeland. Floating face down on the surface of Walden Pond, in the world I forcibly left behind, instructor, Nick Fazah, from East Coast Divers is by my […]
The sea falls down around me, then lifts me to the top of a coral wall. I gaze at the underwater landscape, a scene where novelty never declines, and am caught in a metamorphosis. The world passes away, while I […]
Landing on Pemba Island feels as though we’ve been catapulted backward in time. Apart from the occasional new model vehicle, it could easily be the 1960’s. Retro architecture juxtaposes the Arabic mosques and traditional African style. As we leave the […]
As the sun rays shine through, blue chromis viridis fish shimmer in the shifting shadows. I look at them, glinting and teaming with life, before remembering where I am. I inquire. The goal; to get at what’s so interesting about […]
