FREEDIVING & YOGA SCHOOL
A simple story...some passions...some dreams... Why not fulfill them?
The Freediving school is borned in Bora Bora French Polynesia in August 2018 thanks to 2 passionate freedivers keen for sport education, teaching, well being practice and most of all to share their passion of the blue.
BBF&Y is a school whose primary concern is to protect the marine environment. Our concept is simple: to enable as many people as possible to discover the beauty of the underwater environment, but also its fragility, in order to perpetuate our approach to preserving this environment.
We're lucky enough to be a family-run school where you can practice freediving in idyllic surroundings all year round... We can't ask for more.
The warm and turquoise waters of Bora Bora's lagoon as well as the beauty of the Pacific Ocean's blue offers us an outstanding show every day.
Sharing the passion of the blue is what they have best to offer !
BORA BORA
FRENCH POLYNESIA
Come and live a unique freediving experience in the middle of the Polynesian biodiversity.
Bora Bora, the "Pearl of the Pacific", has everything a heavenly destination has to offer, furthermore, an extremely varied wildlife has been thriving in her waters.
As for the real stars of the Lagoon, the ones every marine life lover is attracted too, We give you the Manta rays!! We can see them all year long and they'll never stop beeing stars in Bora Bora, even so some times, they want some peace and quiet and avoid us a little bit.
However, they are not the only ones living in the "Pearl of the Pacific". Indeed, inside the coral gardens, you will find an enchanting wildlife and cross a variety of multicolored fish, sharks, Leopard rays, turtles, barracudas, big eye trevallys...
WHAT IS
FREEDIVING ?
Apnea in a purely literal point of vue means to hold your breath.
However, it is much more than a simple discipline where you learn to hold your breath. Depth, self knowledge, constant weight, fins, monofin, observation, security, way of life, exploration...
We can practice freediving in different ways. As a sport or as a hobby. Underwater, holding your breath is an adventure that you can't forget and it is unique for each person.
Let the adventure guide you and discover who you are...
THE TEAM, WHO ARE THEY ?
Emilie
Freediving yogi instructor
MEF1
CMAS Instructor
Instructeur Trainer AIDA
SSI Instructor Level 2
BPJEPS of Freediving
Yoga Teacher – RYT 200h Yoga Alliance
Arthur
Freediving instructor, scuba instructor and commercial diver
AIDA Instructor
Licence STAPS
MF1
BEES 1 degré
Scaphandrier Classe II A
Emilie
Originally from Sanary sur Mer in the South of France, Emilie has been freediving since she was a child. After 8 years in the hotel industry as a wellness care trainer and spa director, she stopped her professional career in Bora Bora to open a freediving and yoga school.
A trip to India enabled her to deepen her knowledge and techniques to become a yoga teacher, before embarking on the Freediving Instructor adventure. She has trained as an AIDA, FFESSM, CMAS and SSI instructor.
Thanks to her experience and knowledge, Emilie has now become an AIDA freediving instructor trainer.
Arthur
Arthur has joined Emilie on the Polynesian trail in 2019.
After graduating from STAPS with a degree in sports training, he has been a seasoned diving instructor for over 10 years. He is also a professional scuba diver, just as passionate as Emilie about the sea and its treasures.
As hir primary vocation is teaching, he is keen to see his students evolve with concepts such as mental preparation and the development of their kinaesthetic and proprioceptive abilities.
He gradually trained as an AIDA freediving instructor and now devotes 100% of his time to BBF&Y students with Emilie.
THE SCHOOL
First of all, a human story which created a family and friendly freediving school.
Thanks to their shared experience and their desire to share their knowledge, Arthur and Emilie have developed their own training concept. You'll follow AIDA training courses, but with a philosophy of progression based on serenity, ease, relaxation and well-being.
At BBF&Y, you won't hear about numerical goals, but about technical and mental objectives that will gently lead you to success and personal development.
A 2nd freediving school was also born in Sanary sur Mer in the south of France. Indeed, the Mediterranean Sea is where both have their most precious marine memories. They are determined to protect it and help as many people as possible to discover it, with the utmost respect for the environment.
ORGANIZATIONS
Today, there are a lot of organizations that propose different freediving certifications.
At BBF&Y you will have the possibility to be certified "AIDA" (International Association of Apnea Development).
You will practice and learn: relaxation, release and well beeing, static, dynamic apnea and depth, but also security and rescue, freediving techniques (fin swimming, equalization...), self knowledge and most of all the observation of underwater animals.
