Yoga for Diving

Benefits of Hatha Yoga for divers:

·        encourages proper breathing

·        improves air consumption

·        helps stress management before and during dives

·        improves bouyancy control

·        improves mental alertness and ability to learn

·        teaches how to consciously relax

·        improves use of peripheral vision and other senses

·        increases flexibility of joints, ligaments and muscles

·        stretches the back and shoulders as counter to tank

·        improves overall fitness including cardiovascular

·        helps with overcoming fears

·        meditative state is improved underwater – diving enhances your meditation practice and vis versa

·        increase awareness of self and nature and your interrelation

·        helps to still your mind

·        helps to deal with emotional and/or stress reactions underwater; ie. Respond, not react

·        learn compassionate interaction with team members and nature

·        helps you to expand your consciousness underwater.  You can dive in an heightened state of awareness, platform to personal growth and spiritual transformation

·        enjoy your dives more – staying in the present makes the most of each dive

·        change the goal oriented and competitive dive plan to one relaxed awareness of each moment

·        you will see more mico life underwater