Retreat Highlights
- Learn to connect and interact with marine life in both safety and respectfully with ocean megafauna guide, underwater photographer and environmental scientist Jono Allen.
- Dive deeper into unique behavior and personalities of large sharks and other marine life as we carefully position ourselves to achieve those once in a lifetime face to face encounters we dream of. The, gain insights into the secrets of shark photography
- Dive deeper into the scientific world of sharks and learn about human-shark relationships, about how to effectively protect our world’s magnificent predators and shark research efforts in the Maldives with special guest, conservation scientist and NatGeo Explorer Arzucan Askin.
No island in the Maldives compares to Fuvahmulah in regards to its abundance in marine life and magafauna. Known as “shark island” among locals and “Galapagos of the Indian Ocean” among international visitors, Fuvahmulah is home to a large variety of shark species, including the world’s large variety of shark species, including the world’s largest population of tiger sharks a resident population of almost 200 individuals, as well as witness to passing migrations of oceanic mantra rays. Mammals such as pilot whales, melon headed whales and dolphins also make guest appearances in deep blue waters of the island.
3 Diving Environment:
Tiger Harbour – As sandpatch frequented by dozens of Tiger sharks
Island Reef – Pristine corals and thresher sharks
Pelagic Blues – Open ocean boat dives and big surprises in the blue
Freediving & Dealing with Pressure Workshop
Delve deeper into your personal freedive journey with Australian representative and PADI Ambassadiver Adam Sellars by learning how to break free from the shackles of pressure, both underwater and on land.
Though the principles of meditation, the power of breath and breath hold discover the freedom of finding comport at depth.
“I want to show people the power within,” says Sellars “To show people how to deal with the pressures of life. To show people how much fun they can have in the Ocean on just one breath.”
Marinelife Encounters & Photography Workshops
Learn how to connect and interact with marine life in both safely and respectfully with ocean megafauna guide, underwater photographer and environmental scientist Jono Allen. Dive deeper into the unique behaviour and personalities of large sharks and other marine life as we carefully position ourselves to achieve those once in a lifetime face to face encounters we dream of. Then, gain insights into the secrets of shark photography.
Shark Science Workshops
Dive deeper into the scientific world of sharks and learn about human-shark relationships, about how to effectively protect our world’s magnificent predators and shark research efforts in the Maldives with special guest, conservation scientist and NatGeo Explorer Arzucan Askin.
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The Pressure Project Team
Adam Sellars
Over the past 5 years Adam Sellars has been on what could be described as a spiritual journey that has culminated in the colliding of two worlds that have shaped the person he is today. As an athlete Adam has always grappled with the pressure that is part and parcel of the sporting experience and the other is his own battles with the pressures in life which at one point threatened to cripple and derail his life.
The misunderstood sport of Freediving has opened Adam’s eyes to a new way of living and coping with the pressures and stresses of sporting, work, and his personal life, which Adam wishes to share with teams, organisations and individuals alike. The principles of meditation, power of breath and breath hold and the ability to embrace and withstand the powerful messages from the brain which limit us is what Adam has used to empower himself and others in his new path of helping people unlock their potential through releasing the shackles of pressure.
Adam has also worked with Multi-million dollar businesses within the corporate world Australia wide on subjects ranging from Trust based sales training to stress relief, clients such as Kawasaki Australia, Insurance Australia Group and in terms of sporting team’s sports ranging from Rugby teams and most recently members of the Australian and New Zealand Olympic and Paralympic swimming teams.
Adam has excelled in many sports at a high level but most recently has been selected to represent Australia in the Caribbean world cup of freediving after just two years of competing. Freediving unlike any other sport ignites a primal fear that if not controlled and harnessed can lead to poor outcomes. These self-defeating thoughts can be seen in many areas of our life and is unfortunately part of the human condition quite often with small incidental pressures being staked one on top of the other and then manifesting itself in stress which can result in sickness, mental illness, and or poor outcomes in any sphere of life.
This is the ‘why’ behind Adam’s Pressure Project and what drives Adam to release people from self-defeating thought patterns so they can live a full and happy life and or achieve goals through unlocking the potential often suppressed and sabotaged within.
Jono Allen
Trip Leader
Jono is a professional wildlife photographer, marine environment scientist, expedition guide and freediver. A deeply passionate ocean advocate he is storyteller for Ocean Culture Life and co-founded of Fuvahmulah Marine Foundation after rescuing an entangled whale shark together with local shark diving pioneer Lonu Nasheed and spending over 9 months documenting marine life in Fuvahmulah. Wether it be leading encounters with giant humpbacks in Tonga or apex sharks in the Maldives, Jono’s experiences are guided by one motivation: to facilitate unique connections with wildlife by providing guests with the opportunity to exchange eye contact, and experience that once in a lifetime moment of silent face-to-face dialogue with the giants of the sea.
Arzucan Askin
Special Guest and Scientist
Known as “Zuzu” by most, Arzucan is a Rolex scholar, a highly passionate conservation scientist, technical diver, sailor and National Geographic Explorer. With a deep love for sharks she is currently helping to expand scientific research on the sharks of Fuvahmulah. Her research work assesses human impacts on sharks in the Maldives, focusing on whale sharks and Tiger sharks for now. A Fellow of the RGS-IBG she has been part of multiple research projects and remote marine expeditions examining the complexity of human-ocean relationships and marine megafauna conservation from the Arctic to the Equator, working with a variety of species and experts. Supported by Rolex, she recently spent a year at sea conducting field research and becoming an Extended Reange Trimix CCR rebreather diver.