{"id":3452,"date":"2019-06-11T08:52:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T05:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alon-freediver.co.il\/?page_id=3452"},"modified":"2019-07-15T22:14:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T19:14:56","slug":"my-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.alon-freediver.co.il\/en\/my-story\/","title":{"rendered":"My Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Inspired by the movie \u201cMan from Atlantis – a Human Diver\u201d, my father and I experienced snorkeling diving at the Red Sea.<\/p>

After I became a scuba diver, as a teenager, I had started free diving, mainly for the purpose of spearfishing,<\/p>

at the Mediterranean Sea, plunging to a depth of 6-10 meters (18-30 ft.).<\/p>

At the end of 1997, when I became 21 years old, I realized that freediving is actually a sport.<\/p>

After searching I found my first freediving teacher \u2013 Erez Beatus (a former world record holder<\/p>

for unassisted category).With great excitement I had graduated three day course and<\/p>

dove to 20 meters (60 ft.) and managed to hold my breath for just over 2:30 minutes.<\/p>

For months after the course I was still overwhelmed by the feeling that I had discovered<\/p>

something very powerful within me.

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At the end of 2001 I had graduated from Wingate Institute<\/p>

(Israel\u2019s National Centre for Physical Education and Sport) as a Hydrotherapist and a Swimming Instructor.<\/p>

During 2002 I traveled to Sardinia (Italy) where I have extended my knowledge while attending<\/p>

a 7 days course with a freediving legend and the holder of few world records –<\/p>

Umberto Pelizzari, who also established the organization of World Education Freediving<\/p>

Apnea Academy. Pelizzari, who studied freeediving from Jacques Mayol,<\/p>

whose main teaching was to combine Freediving with Yoga. During the course<\/p>

I became familiar with the monofin diving style and succeeded to dive down to 42 meters.<\/p>

In January 2003 I became an authorized Yoga teacher (Shivananda) in South India and from<\/p>

there I went directly to the Yoga center in Eilat in order to practice and teach Yoga.<\/p>

I lived and breathed the yoga-diving for a period of 18 months. During that time<\/p>

I discovered the incredible connection between yoga and freediving. The Yoga-Diving connection,<\/p>

for me, is the most proper way to become a free diver. Using the Yoga technique for posture, breathing,<\/p>

concentration, mental ability and relaxation made me a meditative diver. At that time I was able to dive 50 meters.<\/p>

I became a Freediving Instructor of F.D.I (Free Diving International) during 2005 and started teaching freediving in<\/p>

Eilat during 2006.<\/p>

In 2007 I was certified as a Freediving Judge, authorized by A.I.D.A (a worldwide federation for breath-hold diving,<\/p>

which manages and oversees the recognition of records, organizes competitions, and sets the standards for freedive education).<\/p>

Freediving have become a life style for me. Now days I teach freediving in Eilat, participate in international<\/p>

and national competitions, as a competitor as well as a judge and I am the holder of 3 of Israel\u2019s National Records in 3 different categories.
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