Freediving or Apnea (Apnoia meaning “without breathing” in Greek) is a very old activity, as ancient as humanity itself. People were diving with one breath in order to pick up their food.
In our modern times, we practice apnea for pleasure first. The great freedivers like Jacques Mayol or Umberto Pelizzari and many others, are used to say that the most important is not about the depth achieved or even the time. You start to be a real freediver when you start to forget that you are holding your breath. A big fusion between you and the water. A deep dive in your mind and your body. This beautiful evolution will allow you to learn proper techniques of relaxation and breathing. The breathing is the first thing to re-learn and to re-feel properly. You will see big changements in your life in many levels (relational, personnel, energetic). Combined with Yoga and meditation practice, it could be an amazing re-birth!
We offer two kind of courses : certified courses – Apnea Academy (the education system of the awesome Italian Umberto Pelizzari) and AIDA, from beginner to the master assistant instructor- and not certified courses, just a home-made course, according to the needs of everyone, an alternative way 🙂 and we love it !
Would you like to know this “amazing feeling of peace and lightness” ? In a safe and healthy practice you could become addict of these sensations. A new junkie of the blue depth. A way to learn breathing, to slow down, to play and to have fun, a way to discover yourself and to make peace (if you need!) with your mind and your body by learning how to control them and how to let them go in the same time.
Come and experience the blue magic ! Join the apnea family, join our Kumbaka family! ☺
The Initiation Course, AIDA 1* – 18 000 xpf – 9am/4.30-5pm
You are not sure about your feeling with apnea ? You just want to try it in a short way ? This day is for you !
The initiation day is a seven hours class divided in two parts, in classroom and in water. First we see some basic knowledge about physiology and ears equalization… Then you will learn how to breath properly before and after diving. Then a dry static session on Yoga mats followed with a static session in the water, and to sum up the day, an open water session at a ten meters depth line with the buoy and the boat.
The general purpose is to develop basic skills, knowledge and safety procedures necessary to enjoy freediving safely within the limits of your experience.
In brief, it’s a beautiful course to have a sufficient glimpse to fall in love with apnea !! Aaha 😉
The level 1 / AIDA 2* / Apnea Academy Level 1
44 000 xpf / 3 days, 8am/9am to 3pm/4pm, (Material, course, boat, pics, certification included)
You are comfortable in the water and love being in the water (swimmer, scubadiver, surfer, spearfisher and others…), this course is for you.
The level 1 is the foundation freediving course covering the necessary skills and knowledge for a non competitive recreational freediver to safely freedive with or without a guide line. It’s designed to be a freediving beginner course for students who are already confident and happy in the water.
It’s a three days course where you will learn interesting things in theory (physiology, physic, safety, rescue…) and a lot in practicing; with a pool session to train the static and the dynamic with fins. And then in the ocean with three sessions with the buoy and the guideline to learn two different ways to go down, the free immersion and the constant weight with fins, and some rescue skills . Max. depth is 20m.
The purpose of the course for the student is to get used to the skills, knowledge, planning, organisation, safety procedures, techniques, hazards and enjoyment of breath hold freediving.
To sum up, this course is full of many interesting things to learn and to practice.
You will enjoy your first free fall, on few meters… And after that you will just want to keep going deeper and deeper !! 😀
The level 2 / AIDA 3* / Apnea Academy Level 2
54 000 xpf / 4 days, 8am/9am to 3pm/4pm, (Material, course, boat, pics, certification included)
The level 2 is an intermediate course which builds on the skills learnt during the level 1.
It is designed to cover the necessary skills and knowledge for a recreational freediver, to be able to freedive safely with or without a guideline. The aim of this course is to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to plan and participate independently in freediving activities with equivalent experienced freedive buddies. Max. depth 30m.
The course is also designed to develop new skills and a higher knowledge of safety procedures and techniques for freediving such as the buddy system, free falling, Frenzel equalizing, training tables, the risks of increasing and decreasing pressure and how to minimize these risks.
The course is three days and half. And you are happy, happy to freefall more and more !!! 😀
The level 3 / AIDA 4* / Apnea Academy Level 3
74 000 xpf / 5/6 days, 8am/9am to 3pm/4pm, (Material, course, boat, pics, certification included)
The level 3 is designed to continue a freediver’s training beyond the level 2. This course is made for freedivers who want to continue freediving beyond a recreational level.
You will get used to techniques, knowledge and safety (buddy system) procedures for deep dive, such as exhale diving and mouth fill equalizing. But the main focus stays the self release!!!
You will develop your skills within the main categories of freediving; Static Apnea, Dynamic Apnea, Constant Weight, Free Immersion and Variable Weight, even though the main focus is on Constant Weight. Max depth is 40m.
Besides the in-water skills, you will be introduced to full body stretching, lungs stretching including packing and reverse packing, cross-training and a balance diet that will benefit your freediving development.
Please contact us for more details 🙂 – +689 89 58 46 17
