One breath is all it takes

I AM OFFICIALLY A QUALIFIED FREEDIVER!

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I’ve always been fascinated with the ocean. I became a life saver in my teens bouncing around in the waves followed by gaining my scuba certification after leaving high school, of which I became highly addicted too (just in case you didn’t already know).

Within a short period of time, I made my way up the certification chain to land myself now as a qualified PADI Open Water Diving instructor. The best part about teaching scuba is seeing the looks on my students’ faces when they finally relax and “get on my level” when it comes to breathing underwater. It’s a super incredible moment – like a proud mother.

however…

For the last year, I have been trialling this thing called freediving. It’s basically holding your breath while gliding down the depths of the ocean. Sounds pretty scary right? Imagine doing that! Well now, I will admit that I’m instantly hooked, just as I did with scuba. Must be an ocean-love thing.

The thing though, is that people ask whether I like scuba or freediving more. The answer to that is that you cannot compare the two. They are completely different. They use two different processes: one has an unlimited (well not quite) supply of air used to breathe underwater, the other uses one breath-hold. The only similarity between the two is that they deal with the same environment – the ocean.

 

So why not try today? Check out https://www.padi.com/courses/freediver and get your head around this crazy mad sport.

Ell xx

 

Photography: GnoMAD

 

 

Who am I?

Hey I’m Ell.

Let me tell you who I am in a nutshell:

~ I’m 22, blonde and live in the best city on earth – Melbourne, Australia.

~ I’m in my last year at uni studying a Bachelor of Science and majoring in Zoology.

~ I have aspirations of becoming a marine biologist.

~ I am a certified PADI Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor and get the most pleasure out of seeing someone enjoy the ocean as much as I do.

~ Although I prioritise food (chocolate especially), I value a healthy lifestyle and have personal fitness goals.

~ I am a social bird, but choose to dance over drink.

~ I play a variety of musical instruments, but mostly sing and play piano including writing my own music.

~ I accidentally always overcommit because I just want to do EVERYTHING.

~ I love life because life is worth living for!

 

So why a blog?

I will be posting things that I do purely for me and to have a good time! If you like me enough, you may witness some random quotes, dorky dilemmas, everyday adventures, fitness goal updates, covers of my fave songs, random videos I’ve made and LOTS of scuba diving stuff!

So that’s it from me.

Stay classy & stay sweet 

xx

Choice, not chance determines your destiny – Aristotle