Surf Apnea Online Course
Introduction
What’s in the course?
The aim of the Apnea Survival – Surf Apnea course is to impart the knowledge and understandings necessary for participants to improve their breath holding and stress management during unexpected and intense aquatic immersions.
The course focuses on:
- Cellular respiration
- Psychophysiology of breathing and breath holding
- Increasing breath hold duration
- How to take a last breath
- Relaxation and focus techniques
- Stress and Fear management
- Breathing and breath hold training drills
These notes are an accompaniment to the Surf Apnea Powerpoint presentation and support the topics discussed in the presentation.
What to expect
As a result of participating in the Apnea Survival – Surf Apnea course can expect to:
- Be holding your breath. As the word Apnea means, “cessation of breathing” or to “pause breathing”. Breathing holding is simply pausing your breathing.
At the conclusion of the course you will have:
- Longer and less stressful breath holds
- An understanding of the breath hold journey
- More skilful breathing
- Improved response to intense situations
- Enhanced decision making when under stress
- Greater self-awareness and self-control