Psychologies

Into the blue

Imagine having a 30lb steel tank strapped to your back, a skin-tight wetsuit clinging to your body, and only being able to breathe through a pressurised tube. You plunge yourself into indigo water and start to sink, the weight around your waist pulling you beneath the surface and into the abyss. It’s not an obvious place to seek inner peace, and scuba diving certainly isn’t for everyone; it’s a sport that should only be undertaken after the right training, in safe conditions, and with a qualified instructor. But once you’re comfortable, it can yield huge and surprising benefits for the mind as well as the body.

Personally, I’ve never felt more at one with the world than I do when I’m diving. It’s a safe space for me, a happy place, where worries and stresses are left behind. I started diving

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