Diving doesn't start in the water - it starts in the nervous system. In this basic course you will learn how to significantly improve your presence, calmness and safety when diving through targeted breathing and relaxation techniques. Diving is not just a physical experience, but also a mental one - if you can consciously control your nervous system, you will experience deeper, more relaxed and more efficient diving. Course content: - Physiology of breathing: We explain how breathing and circulation interact and how you can improve your breathing efficiency - Breathing awareness & pranayama exercises: Gentle exercises to feel and direct your breathing and reduce stress responses - Prolonged exhalation & passive breathing pauses: methods to activate the parasympathetic nervous system, lower heart rate and calm the nervous system - Deep relaxation: body scan and progressive muscle relaxation to reduce muscular and mental tension before diving - Mental techniques from apnea diving: Visualization, focus and mental preparation for the dive - Breathing and relaxation routines before and after the dive: practical tools to reduce stress, promote recovery and improve performance in the water The course is aimed at all divers who want to dive more consciously, safely and relaxed - whether recreational divers, tech divers or freedivers. The exercises can be easily integrated into everyday life and into any dive preparation and will help you to experience your dives with more calm, control and enjoyment. At the end of the course you will not only have a better understanding of your breathing and relaxation techniques, but also a repertoire of routines that will support you before, during and after every dive. Price CHF 120.-.