hi, i'm tess.

how exactly did that happen? funny story. in 2022 i was determined to become a more confident ocean swimmer. having grown up in the mountains, my relationship with the big blue was naturally… limited. i signed up for ocean swimming lessons, or so i thought. what i'd really signed up for was a freediving course.

it was hard to believe how much freediving felt like home. it fit seamlessly with my yoga + meditation practice, and brought me the community i'd been craving after nearly two years of living in sydney.

not long after, i got very keen to learn more about the lungs + breathing muscles, and geeked out on the physiology of it all (ask my coworkers at the hospital about the in-services they get from me, lol).

with my new knowledge and curious mind, i started adding lung stretches + breath holds to my yoga practice. and so the unofficial, official practice of apnea yoga was born. i plan to keep exploring gentle breath holding + lung health for many years to come.

see you by the sea, xx