??? My first scuba dive in Phi Phi Island. The session was tailored to me.

Going through any challenging experience that is far outside one’s comfort zone invariably brings with it numerous life lessons.

You don’t get any certificate after this diving, it’s not a PADI course, but it gives you an experience of the thrilling underwater world. Are your concerns rational?Once you understand your fear, try to visualize what overcoming it looks like. In March 2011 she quit her stewardess job and hasn't stopped ever since.

Many times I am more scared than you can even imagine.And since my foot got stuck in corals when snorkeling in the But trying to be vegan as much as possible since summer of 2013 has cleared out my sinuses and health-wise I was able to dive.Well, I was approached by OK Divers Bali, a company owned by Slovaks and Czechs (my home country and the country where I studied) to visit them in Bali. I promise to do better next time.Alex is a crazy Slovak girl who made traveling the reason of her life. But I won’t lie- I did feel quite shitty for not getting certified (especially since I’d cleared all the tests).After the dives, while everyone was chit-chatting about the low visibility and how they’d underestimated how difficult it would be to equalize underwater, one of them turned to me and exclaimed .

However, getting indulged in a water sport that not only takes you to tranquillity and is no less than a meditation, is what scuba …

I always wanted to try scuba diving but for some reason, I’ve been putting it off for a while. Adventures, Scuba Dive. He asked me to come back before the diving season ends and do a few more dives with him to build my confidence before he submits my papers to PADI.I could see what a huge expectation mismatch there was between what I thought I’d be doing and what the course actually entailed, and all I craved by the end of it (the last day of the course also happened to be my birthday!) I am very afraid of waves so it was a big challenge for me.I’m from Poland & I like scuba diving. Where is the fear stemming from? It was my first-time scuba diving, and I had zero knowledge on how to swim.

Post was not sent - check your email addresses! i want to do that but i am a little scared because for me is hard to swim sometimesI know what you mean. And that is just an understatement!”Why was I so crazy doing something I was so scared of to death?” was the only thought on my mind.I was not only just about to overcome my claustrophobic fear and fear of water (I know, it sounds weird as you see me so much on the beach/by the pool) but also my health problems I’ve had for most of my life.I was so not happy how I could not breathe easily in the pool. Any way, keep on Putting Another Dollar In (to your training).Some very relevant observations and experiences however be very wary about recommending dive schools you have no direct exposure to, it can backfire and your knowledge of PADI and SSI courses should really be left to the professionals that deliver them.Thanks Simon!

Visualizing success is often half the battle won, as it instills a certain degree of confidence and hope, rendering what you’re seeking to do as a realistic possibility.All emotions, including fear, impact our breath. How do you respond to it? Breathe correctly. We were with Robert Borja and his son Felipe and my instructor Ate Vanela.

A group of divers were with us on the boat so seeing them, and then also seeing some people practicing in the pool, just stirred up my feelings even more.”No way I am putting the tank on me and jumping into the water.” I thought to myself.When finishing my tropical fruit breakfast, Lucia came to my table and started explaining to me the basics about breathing and how the lungs work using balloon vs. lungs comparison. Over the course of the next few weeks, I looked back at the experience and pondered over what I could have done differently to have had a more pleasant experience. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. After reading your article, I want to do scuba dive – now I don’t have enough money to go to trip.

Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email.You had a good instructor. It’s not possible to describe the orgasmic feeling.I didn’t know where to look first! You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. INR 24,000. in Murudeshwar, Karnataka, where the visibility is better, but the course costs slightly more at approx. I truly had an amazing time and the instructor was really nice and patient with me. My photos don’t do it justice.Because there was more and more water in my mask and some current was moving us sometimes too close to a lot of pillars, I did not enjoy this dive as much as the first one. Thank you so much for believing in me!The whole Discover Scuba Diving experience took us from 9 am to 1 pm and then a tasty lunch was served in the Colonial restaurant at the OK Divers Resort.

Now, water can flow or it can crash. I never doing scuba dive, so I try to make my dream come true. We stayed underwater for about 62 minutes down to 18 meters. ***Disclaimer: Sorry I didn’t take more photos/videos to show you the amazing underwater world I could see but the most important thing at that time was to be able to breathe properly without freaking out. The more she talked, the more freaky it sounded to me.But knowing more about what to do and how it all works should have calm me down, instead. Plus, more than 60 world travelers share their best secrets about how they stay fit when traveling. I understood that at the end of the day, This week (three months later), I came back to Goa to complete two dives with my Instructor. However, listening to how to get the water out of the mask underwater seemed like a mission impossible to me.Then a briefing in practice followed in the swimming pool.