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Freediving Instructor and Master's Program Instructor at Freediving Israel School "In everyday life we run after our goals non-stop. We tend to forget to take a breath and stop, to experience ourselves, life, the experience of ourselves, and to truly sense, feel and appreciate that we are here now. This is what freediving means to me, this moment when I take my last breath and all that is left for me is to experience myself here and now. For me, the people were what attracted me at first, I met very special people who connect with themselves in a very different and unique way, and I knew I wanted to take and be a part." Turn on, tune in, drop out - Timothy Leary My favorite animal - Orca

Electrical engineer, physicist, high-tech professional and freediving instructor. Between worlds of technology and rational thinking, I found a different space in the water – a space for breath, presence and inner depth. For me, freediving is meditation in motion, a connection to the moment and to a body that remembers how to let go. As the hydrostatic pressure grows, old layers melt away – and what has always waited in the depths of consciousness finally surfaces, like a secret asking to be heard. I keep bridging worlds – head and heart, land and sea – and invite you to dive inward with me, beyond words, into a silence you have never known.

I'm Daniel, a freediving instructor and breathing instructor at Freedive Israel, a place that is a community and a family for me. I always felt that my pace was slower than everyone around me. Every time the school bell rang for recess, all the kids flew out, and I was the last to leave the classroom because it took me the longest to put my notebooks in my bag. I tended to see my pace as a weakness. Except in the water. Breath-hold diving, moving down and up through the water, the slowness, and the way time passes in the sea made me feel that something was finally in sync with my pace (: I came to freediving through the love of my life, and through him I also fell in love with freediving. We dove together and traveled the world, always with a mask and snorkel in our bag. For me, diving is a meditative tool that brings a pleasant quiet to my head and heart – more than anything else I've tried (and I've tried). As an instructor, I'm truly happy to get the chance, again and again, to introduce people to this amazing sport and to the quiet world of diving and breathing.

I actually started my freediving journey on dry land :) I practiced breath-holding, not for the challenge, but as a tool to deepen my self-awareness – as another kind of breathing exercise. When I discovered how profoundly water affects us, and the inner depth we can reach, I left everything and started learning to dive. Water is total: either we're outside and breathing, or we're inside and holding our breath. And you can't cheat. In that state we can see ourselves more clearly. And it's fun! It's freeing and empowering. Above all, it teaches us to choose to let go and accept what is happening in the moment, even when it's less comfortable. For me, it's a huge privilege to share this with others. Every time, I'm excited to see how much it teaches, and how it affects me and everyone who chooses to take a deep breath and jump into the deep water :) "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." ~ V. Frankl

As a child I spent a lot of time in the sea, but due to my fear of the depths I never went beyond the point where my feet left the ground. During my military service I was exposed to the world of breath-holding through the Wim Hof method, and after the military and after a trip to Israel, I came to Eilat and the Freedive Israel Club for a basic course, with the aim of overcoming my fear. The course for me was a deep and exciting experience that completely sucked me into the world of freediving and made me fall in love with the sea. After the course I continued to dive and explore what this thing meant to me, and after a while I became an instructor at the club. The sea for me is quiet and medicinal, a mirror that reflects the inner world and washes away sediment.

Freediving instructor and movement teacher. I came to freediving after a decade of extreme sports (skydiving). Since I started diving, the water has become my second home. I moved to Eilat following freediving and the desire to be close to the water. For me, the water is a space of floating, transparency and presence in the moment. I believe freediving is a way of life, an inner mirror that reflects exactly what is happening inside me. I love exploring the connection between body, breath and mind through freediving. In the water I'm most myself – quiet, free, breathing deeply, and teaching from the heart. True freedom begins when we stop fighting – in the water and in life. I don't just teach diving – I invite people to meet themselves in the depths, through breath and silence. Come dive with me

My connection to the sea began as a child born in Eilat. Over time this connection grew stronger, and the sea became a refuge for me, making me feel part of something vast and magnificent. Over the years I turned the marine environment into a way of life, whether surfing, diving or protecting the sea. I started my journey as a scuba diver (MD). When I was introduced to freediving, I quickly realized this was my place – the life I want to live. The serenity and calm, together with the powerful connection to myself and to nature, simply called to me. I came to this magical place called Freedive Israel, which brought me together with such special, good people who quickly became friends. The feeling of awareness together with uncertainty makes me feel so connected and unmasked in the water world. I'm a freediving instructor living in Eilat with my dog. Freediving is a big part of who I am; every day I learn anew and go deeper. Today I know and feel more than ever that I am part of the sea and it is part of me, and this belonging will exist forever. "It's not the length of life, but the depth of it."

In freediving I connect to the sensations in my body, and feel what the water tells me about myself that I couldn't hear well enough above the surface. I'm learning to let go of everything and reconnect to life 🦋

Daniel leads resilience and breath-therapy workshops, is a senior freediving instructor at Freedive Israel and a certified Buteyko method instructor. After meaningful service in the Paratroopers, he set out on a personal and professional journey during which he was exposed to the worlds of personal development, breathing and resilience. He was later recognized by the Ministry of Defense Rehabilitation Department as post-traumatic, and began a process of rehabilitation and growth through breathwork, freediving and cold exposure. Today Daniel accompanies people through processes of personal growth, building resilience and expanding their sense of capability, combining professional knowledge, practical experience and his own life story. From his personal and professional experience, he offers practical tools for coping with stress, uncertainty and life's challenges, and helps participants discover the strengths and resources that already exist within them.

From the very first time I sat in a course at the club, I felt this gift had to reach as many people as possible. How can it be that inside each of us there is so much strength and so many amazing abilities, yet the awareness is missing? And indeed, as I went deeper and deeper into diving, breath-holding, and understanding our body and how perfectly it is adapted to being in water – becoming an instructor was a step that was hard to avoid. The red mountains, the deep sea and the people around this gulf – all of it makes freediving a great passion for me. Take a moment, breathe deeply, close your eyes and let your thoughts flow and pass. Remember what really matters.

Even as a child I loved swimming down deep and trying to collect sand from the seabed – without knowing that this is actually what's called freediving. When I came to Eilat for my first course, I fell in love with the sea all over again – with the calm it gives and the quiet you can only find beneath the surface. At the end of the course a flight back to the center of the country was waiting for me, but fate had other plans and I missed it. Instead of boarding a plane, I went straight back to the sea – and I haven't left since. From that day on I moved to Eilat and dedicated my life to freediving.

I always looked for challenges and thrills and loved pushing myself to the edge, and the sea was my quiet place. I found refuge in the endless blue it offers, whether swimming, surfing, or just sitting and looking out at it from a high cliff or from the shore. At 14 I did a scuba diving course and fell in love with the underwater world. I started snorkeling and diving wherever I could. Then I discovered freediving – a completely different extreme sport. Through freediving I learned to let go, to relax, not to push but the opposite. I learned to breathe correctly, to lower my heart rate, and to reach the bottom – but this time with joy and calm. Every dive is an incredible experience – the feeling of disconnection, the meditative mode of diving along the rope, the quiet in the head, the big blue that grows darker the deeper you go. I became an instructor to bring this world and everything in it into my life – the calm of Eilat, the mountains, the sunsets and sunrises, daily work with breathing, relaxation, yoga, ice baths and of course diving underwater. We have the privilege of bringing more people into this amazing world and giving you life-changing experiences too. So just come dive!