Yoga and freediving school

I started practicing hatha yoga and freediving in 2010, and since then in my life these two activities have complemented each other. Very quickly, freediving turned from an exciting hobby into a way of knowing yourself, harmonising life and filling it with new meanings. In 2013, I completed an instructor course with Natalia Molchanova, and from that point on I have been actively working as a freediving instructor, teaching people to love water and find themselves in it. Over the years, I have trained over 200 people, from complete beginners and non-swimmers with a fear of water and breath-holding, to competitive freedivers. Thanks to my work as an instructor, I managed to visit many places on the globe, from the White Sea to the Philippine Islands, diving in different conditions whether it’s boiling hot or freezing cold, in different oceans, seas and even mountain lakes.

Gradually, my passion for depth and the desire to better understand the training process led me to sport freediving. Starting in 2019, I have become the champion of Russia in deep disciplines, participated in many competitions, including Cups and World Championships, become the national record holder in CNF and FIM, and in 2020 I set three world records in freediving in mountain lake Cherik-Kel in Kabardino-Balkaria.

Having gone through the challenges of competitive activity, I realised that the main driver in freediving is not ambition, but the very love to freediving and the interest in finding out one's limits, and the process is more interesting than the result. For the same reason, I like to work with people with different innate abilities. Seeing the changes leading to a certain result is the ultimate joy of the teacher, and this result does not have to be measured in meters or seconds. Freediving teaches us to feel and understand ourselves better, which is much more important than external parameters. That is why in my practice and teaching I use yoga methods and I believe that freediving, like yoga, helps in achieving a state of inner balance and harmony. Based on this vision I founded the FreeBalance school of freediving and yoga.

As an instructor at the FreeBalance school, I teach freediving and hatha yoga: I organize outdoor yoga and freediving events, conduct regular yoga classes, freediving classes in swimming pools, master classes in yoga, relaxation techniques and various aspects of freediving. I also train future freediving instructors, giving them the opportunity to acquire a difficult but very valuable profession - to teach diving and make others happy

I have been friends with water since childhood. I came to freediving from competitive swimming, believing that I was already well acquainted with the water, but here I discovered a new layer for myself: depth. After all, doing freediving, we begin to get to know our real selves, we learn all the subtleties of our soul.

I have been teaching swimming to children and adults for over 10 years. In my classes I look for an individual approach to everyone. One of the specialities in my work is working with hydrophobia.

As an instructor at the FreeBalance school, I teach swimming and freediving to children and adults, I conduct regular classes and courses in Moscow pools.

My path to health began over 13 years ago. It was then that I first got acquainted with yoga. After several years of regular exercise, my body has changed - it has become stronger and fitter, the discomfort in my back has disappeared.

And one day I was invited to replace the yoga instructor at the fitness club. The experience was so successful that I, without much hesitation, started to work there, combining teaching yoga with the work of a leading consultant in a recruiting agency.

After some time, having decided to continue my education in the field of yoga therapy and rehabilitation, I studied and defended my diploma at the leading yoga therapy institute (ITSO) and left my office job. Since then, I have been happily doing what I really love - helping other people find a healthier body.

To date, I have gained a lot of experience in conducting individual and group yoga classes, consultations and classes in exercise therapy and yoga therapy.

And in 2017, I fell in love with breath-hold diving. It was completely unexpected and unpredictable, because I had never liked diving. Moreover, as it turned out at the very first session, I had a panic fear of depth. On the first day of the open water course, I looked down in horror into the frightening abyss, and on the last day, I could dive down relaxed, dissolving in the sensations of my own body. I am sure that a bright and indescribable feeling of freedom and depth arose and continues to grow, thanks to my wonderful teacher Olga Davydova.

Freediving is not only my great love, but also a great tool to make your life and your yoga practice more conscious. I think that yoga and freediving complement each other perfectly. Deep relaxation techniques in yoga help to achieve quick and effective relaxation when diving, and the flexible body, thanks to yoga, is able to assume a comfortable position under water, providing a better glide down, in depth.

My water journey began at an early age. I was engaged in sports and synchronised swimming, completed the CMS category. Winner and finisher in open water swimming. In 2013 I graduated from a medical college with a degree in Emergency Medicine, where I was led by the idea of the synthesis of water and medicine. Since 2012 I have been teaching swimming lessons for children and adults. Since 2015 I have been practicing adult and children's massage. In 2018, I joined the adaptive swimming club "I swim", thanks to which many children and adults with developmental disabilities have found the happiness of learning to swim. Since 2019 I have been a student of the Association of Water Body-Oriented Practices, in 2021 I received the status of Watsu provider. In 2021 I graduated from the RSUPC undergraduate degree in Physical Rehabilitation.

In 2014 I took a basic course in freediving, but the self-development and study of myself through freediving began in 2020, thanks to a meeting with Olga Davydova. Plunging under water, you meet with yourself, with all the fears and prejudices. Water washes away all false shells and returns you to the present moment.

As an instructor at the FreeBalance school, I teach swimming to children and adults, including children with special needs, I conduct children's freediving, I conduct watsu sessions - deep relaxation in the water.

From early childhood I was engaged in sports swimming, qualified for the CMS category, became a sustained winner and prize-winner of the championships and cups of Moscow and Russia. In 2015 I completed a bachelor's degree in Adaptive Physical Education and in 2017 I completed a master's degree in Adaptive Sports.

Since 2012 I have been teaching swimming lessons for children and adults. In 2017, I founded the adaptive swimming club “I swim”, actively developing the direction of adaptive swimming for children and adults with special needs.

At the beginning of 2020, I began to get involved in freediving. In 2021, I fulfilled the standards and received the title of Candidate Master of Sports in underwater sports - Dynamic Without Fins (DNF).

As an instructor at the FreeBalance school, I teach swimming to children and adults, including children with special needs, and I train freedivers in the pool.