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Women already worry about enough.

A lot of us move through everyday life with a background layer of vigilance running all the time.

Elevators.
Parking garages.
Ride shares 
Dark walkways.
Meetings where we are the only woman.
Being alone in unfamiliar places.
Knowing where the exit is.
Paying attention to who is standing too close.
Trying to decide whether something feels off.

That burden is already real before anyone ever steps into a freediving class.

And freediving classes already ask a lot of the nervous system.
You are learning new skills.
You are tracking your breath.
You are equalizing.
You are listening to instructions.
You are managing new sensations in the water.
You are working with pressure, gear, body position, safety procedures, and performance demands.

There should not also be a second job happening in the background where a student has to wonder:
Is this instructor getting too close?
Why did they touch me like that?
Was that necessary?
Why are they flirting with me?
Why am I suddenly uncomfortable?
Do I need to manage this?
Do I need an exit strategy here too?

A freediving class should not be one more place where women have to spend valuable energy assessing whether they are safe from the person teaching them.

That is why I care so much about safety in the dive space being more than physical safety.

It is also psychological safety.
Relational safety.
Physiological safety.
It is predictable structure.
Clear boundaries.
Consent before touch.
Explaining what will happen before it happens.
Giving students choice.
Not making them manage the instructor’s behavior on top of managing the dive.
Your students should be focused on learning how to dive.

Not on figuring out whether their instructor is a problem.

When I say my classes are safe for women, I do not mean that as a slogan.

I mean I think deeply about what helps a nervous system settle enough to learn.

When women feel safe, they have more room to learn, breathe, and actually be present in the water.
One less thing to worry about.

That matters.

That’s what I mean when I say my classes are safe for women.
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I used to think these moments were about holding my breath.

They’re not.

They’re about learning to be still.

To trust another diver, like @fintasticolga 🫶🏻🇻🇪
To let go of perfection.
To become part of something bigger than myself.

The photo is nice.

But my favorite part is what happened during it.

We laughed.
We tried again.
We kept playing. 
We had FUN. 

Maybe that’s what the ocean has been trying to teach me all along:

MAGIC LIVES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PERFECTION✨

#playoverperfection#freediving#findyourwild #impostersyndrome#underwaterphotography
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