Hey everyone! Welcome to Water Tip Wednesday! I’m Jackie Troller with Oceantroller snorkeling and freediving, providing you with a tip on how to pick the right snorkel.
Should your snorkel have a splash guard? Nope. Should your snorkel have a flex tube? Nope. Should your snorkel have a swivel? Nope. Should your snorkel have a dry valve? Nope. Should your snorkel be simple? Yup! Everybody’s got choices. My choice is to KISS – keep it simple… silly. You don’t want to buy a snorkel with all these bells and whistles. In my opinion, they’re just fail points that are going to eventually get water in your snorkel anyway. The trick to keeping water out of your snorkel is how to clear your snorkel, which we covered in last week’s episode. When looking for a proper snorkel look for a simple “J” snorkel, without the bells and whistles. That’s your water tip for this week.
Never dive alone. Oceantroller out.
For Veterans and suicide prevention, my friends made an incredible freediving video for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The video reminded me I still have yet to post about my inspirational journey aboard SV Blue Moon, in search of the late Paralympian rower, Angela Madsen.
As a Veteran herself, Angela was a huge advocate for Veterans. It’s easy to think Veteran’s have all the benefits they could ever need, but that’s far from the truth. There are HUGE gaps and deficiency in Veteran health care. Something that I didn’t understand until I read Angela’s book, “Rowing Against the Wind”. In honor of both these causes, I will be posting about our journey for Angela over the next few days…
Thrilled to have such an awesome crew show up to learn how breathing can help in activities beyond freediving. When we consciously use our breath, we can take control of our body and mind, more than most people realize. I find if funny we rely on so many external sources to trigger “happiness chemicals” in our brain, such as our TVs, phones, notifications, booze, drugs, etc. Especially since, we can change our brain just by changing our breathing.
Special thanks to Uloha for hosting this presentation and for being Oahu’s best supplier of hiking and camping gear.
You’re on a beautiful mountain hike, the wind is blowing through the trees and the birds are singing. Except you can’t hear any of that over your own huffing and puffing. Better yet, you’re trying to hide your fierce breathing from your friends. Is this something you’ve experienced? I HAVE!
Most people consider breathing to be an involuntary act, that we’re born doing naturally. Well, it is, but you can also consciously control your breathing. Conscious breathing has numerous health benefits, and will reduce that feeling of being “gased” on hikes.
Through becoming a freedive and yoga instructor, I’ve learned various breathing methods, that inadvertently improved my breath control while hiking. I’m honored to share some of these techniques with Hawaii’s hikers at ULOHA’s talk story event, on Monday, May 20, 2019. You can check out more details about this FREE event on the flier below, or RSVP @ https://ulohabreathebetter.eventbrite.com
Our freediving courses are a combination of classroom, confined water, and open water sessions, to bring you hands on experience and safety so that you can safely test your limits. Check out the video below to get a sneak peak into what we’re all about.
