Have you ever wondered how can a human being hold his breath for over 8 minutes and experience no brain damage? dive, unassisted, to depths of over 214m on a single breath? FreeDiving is one of the most unique sports in the world. We are only now beginning to understand the physiological and psychological limits of the human body and with these discoveries new possibilities open. This talk focuses on the history of Freediving -from the Japanese sponge divers through navy divers and all the way to the recent competitive world of Breath hold diving. We will introduce the dive response which allows Freedivers to survive dives of over 100m and how these adaptations were discovered. Through amazing visuals and fascinating stories, Erez will share his path from discovering the sport to breaking the world record in 2001. The participants will learn techniques to increase breathing efficiency and will experiment with breath-hold. Once participants discover they can control their most basic functions – everything is possible.

Do you want to create a more productive and harmonious workplace? Benefits: Simple, easy to master, result oriented tools for enhancing productivity by Improving focus, relaxation and breath efficiency. promote relaxed and flexible staff able of providing service / results. Reduce absenteeism due to high moral and energy. Reduce stress levels in the team to increase productivity. In this talk, erez will shed light on the various aspects of breathing and its effect on all the systems in our body, including the way our senses get affected by inefficient breathing. We will introduce performance limiting and performance enhancing mechanisms and will develop strategies that will enable each individual member of the team to perform at his /her peak by streamlining the breathing process. Topics covered: Breathing physiology Breathing as a habit The full breath Maximising your breath potential Breathing for stress management Performance limiting factors / Performance enhancing factors Visualisation techniques for reducing stress and improving Self image. Breathhold training- introduction to the sport of Freediving By the end of the talk the participants will have a much better understanding of their breathing, ways to control stress and practical ways to measure and reduce stress.