This week we are joined by Julia Watts on the show and it's a fun one!
Julia is a non-competitive freediver who is currently in Bali completing a 300 hour yoga training course.
She has been freediving for many years and really took her freediving skills to the next level while living in the ocean playground that is Hawaii.
Over the past few years I've learned about how big an impact the way you breath can play on your health, so once I heard Julia's background, I had to get her on the show to discuss this more.
In this episode we talk all things breath and breathing, nasal v mouth breathing, talk about freediving and some of the crazy experiences Julia as had doing that and given
her background had to touch on yoga to. As usual it’s a nice mix of conversation and knowledge.
Hope you enjoy :)
You can find Julia on Instagram: @julia_watts
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Disclaimer: this podcast represents the opinions of Eoghan and his guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice.
Time Stamps:
0.47 –Intro.
1.30 – Doing a breath hold prior to the podcast, defining a big breath, nasal breathing and whether the breath is stressing you or calming you.
6.35 – Why do a breath hold and it’s important in freediving. C02 tables.
10.45 – How long Julia can hold her breath for, freediving and how she got into freediving.
14.00 – Julia using her time freediving as a time for meditation.
15.49 – Diving for depth and the freefalling affect.
18.25 – Learning how to free dive and explaining equalizing.
25.29 – Things you learn while doing a freediving course , blackouts and hyperventilation.
29.49 – What Eoghan knows about breathing and talking about Wim Hof.
33.24 – Where Julia learned more about breathing yoga or diving, and her yoga experience and her thoughts on yoga.
39.35 – Darkness underwater, swimming in the dark, general freediving and freediving stories.
45.50 – How freediving and yoga transfers to managing stress and other forms of strength she is doing.
48.35 – Nasal breathing in exercise and mouth taping.
53. 45 - Julia doing her yoga training in Bali.
56.35 – Importance of language for coaching.
57. 55 – Favourite advice received.
