The Atlantic Ocean is a turquoise blanket unfurled to the horizon beyond the white sand beach of the Grace Bay Club, a luxury resort in Turks and Caicos. My husband, Adrian, and I haven’t traveled as ...

After reading Deep, by James Nestor, I developed a zeal for freediving and its healing and restorative effects. At first, I wanted to compete. Freediving is one of the few sports in the world where ...

In reflecting on this accomplishment, Bruderer emphasized the profound mental and spiritual aspects of his freediving practice. “It was above all a journey into my innermost being as a human being,” ...

Free divers swim to extreme depths underwater (the current record is 214m, more than 700 feet) without any breathing apparatus. Champions can hold their breath for extraordinary amounts of time—the ...