YOGA DIVING ECO DIVEMASTER The dive and tourism industry in Sinai is responsible for the destruction of most of the fringing reef in Sharm el Sheikh and nearby. And we are losing reef and marine life quickly now in Dahab with the event of expanding mass dive tourism. So Yoga Diving, Dahab, is teaming up with M.A.T.E. Dahab (Man And The Environment) to do something about this global as well as local problem. Yoga Diving's innovative Dive Master course will integrate MATE's profit-return conservation activities into the Dive Master program. While getting your PADI professional certification you can learn reef and marine biology from professional marine biologists and conservationists. You can learn how the reef ecosystem lives and how we can sustain it. Instead of becoming part of the problem of destructive, non sustainable tourism, you can become the wave of the future-holistic diving and tourism practices! You can learn to take alternative diving back home and start your own holistic dive activities. Our DM course includes yoga techniques for better buoyancy, awareness and safety. We teach how to lead dive groups responsibly without damaging the reefs. Through MATE's program you will be able to take your diving to a new level of understanding that you can pass onto others! As well as having the possibility to work as a dive pro you can also become a part of the future of diving. This future is inevitable if diving is to continue at all. Either we learn how to manage our diving holistically and responsibly or mass tourism will continue to contribute to the destruction of that which we want to enjoy as divers. Course Outline: Yoga Diving Eco-Dive Master Duration: 4 weeks: August 1st-August 29. Number of dives on the course: 40. Number of yoga classes: 8 Prerequisites: PADI Rescue Diver or equivalent. PADI EFR or equivalent. Required texts: PADI Dive Master Manual, Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving. Total dives required before certification: 100. Each week will include instruction on yoga techniques for diving, ethical considerations for diving, ecological awareness and study. Week one includes: seamanship and swim proficiency , confined water demonstrations, buoyancy, mapping, rescue techniques and dive master theory. Week two includes: dive guiding and navigation, decompression theory and practice, physics and physiology, dive briefings, conducting open water dives. Week three includes: conducting PADI programs independently, free diving, assisting PADI Open Water/ Advanced courses, physics and physiology, conducting deep dives, night dives. Week four includes: Ecological knowledge and reef conservation techniques and theory (run by MATE), practice and assessment of guiding and assisting on PADI courses, future goals and career planning. Course will be run following PADI standards and PADI professional certification will be given at the end of the candidate's successful completion of all PADI requirements and exams. A current fit-for-diving medical statement is required (at least 6 months current) before beginning the course. Housing assistance will be provided on request. Future work placement assistance in Sinai provided upon request. Cost: 950 Euro: includes all tuition, tanks, weights, transport to dive sites. Instructors: Boris Majkic, Monica Farrell, Ian Penberthy More information: Farrell_monica@hotmail.com; zendivers@yahoo.com, www.yogadiving.com, www.mate-dahab.com, www.zensea.com Profits from this course go towards reef conservation projects in Dahab. Sponsored by MATE and Yoga Diving  |
 Poolside at Bedouin Moon Hotel  Yoga Room at Bedouin Moon  Bedouin Moon Gardens   monica farrell |
