Renee, and all the pros out there, I have a question about an exercise that I like a lot but have no idea if it makes sense or not. I developed it out of box breathing and another exercise. 4 seconds inhale - is constant Hold, exhale, and 2nd hold begin at 4 seconds but increase 1 second each round Example 4, 4, 4, 4 4, 5, 5, 5 4, 6, 6, 6 ... I go all the way up to 4, 20, 20, 20 and then all the way back to 4, 4, 4, 4 The hard part begins for me at about 15 going up and ends at about 10 going down. The reason why I have a constant 4 second inhale is, because the original exercise calls for equally long inhales but those kill my spirit because the slow inhales are extremely hard for me... So what do you think? Hot or not? And why? Looking forward to your answer. Cheers Martin

If you'd like to share, any training somehow related to this Community that changed the way you look at Freediving or Breathwork / Yogic breathing? Mine was 'slow dives'. I was already an open water swimmer, and decided to start freediving as I looked to go down under into the slower world underwater. I never wished for great depths or numbers, yet when I started, I was struck by time since everyone appeared to ask and gauge advancement with such. My biggest 'aha' moment was when I started what I call...doing slow dives. Here I felt Trust - the mother of being. After a few years, knowing that relaxation being the centre of it all, I understood by experiencing it. Sort of switched as I went on a dive, completely free of time, as I decided to immerse down almost as slow like a sloth. It was told to me a couple of years back, by a local guy whilst freediving he saw me wrestling with this time concept. He sympathetically asked me: "What am I doing? That's not freediving...start being like a sloth". I managed to imprint that echoing line, only time after. Almost by a switch. In that dive, it felt like the sea contained me, not that I was in it. But part of it.

Hi Renee, 😃 I was just listening to your freediving podcast. In the episode about low oxalate eating you address the dangers of taking in higher rates of oxalate. Who knew that they can be found in our so called "super foods"!? 😬 You mention as well that you are doing a carnivore diet - this was from November 2021 Do you still stick to the carnivore style or did that change over time? Do you have more detailed insight about food and supplement intake for freedivers today? Looking forward to your intel! Thank you 🙏

I have two exercises I do from time to time while walking (not on streets of course) 1. Hold your breath and walk as many steps as you can hold your breath. Next round try to be better... 2. Do "box breathing" while counting steps. 4 steps in, 4 steps hold, 4 steps out... Do this for 10 rounds, increase to 5 steps, 6, and 7 and then back to 6,5, and 4 What exercises do you do to improve your breath hold - except freediving ;)