Emma Farrell (born 1973) is a British

freediving Freediving, free-diving, free diving, breath-hold diving, or skin diving, is a mode of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing rather than the use of breathing apparatus such as scuba gear. Besides the limits of breat ...

instructor, and the author of the book ''One breath: A Reflection on Freediving''. She started freediving in 2001 and has been teaching since 2002. She was head of instruction at the UK's DeeperBlue freediving club from 2004 until her resignation in 2009; she now runs her own freediving training company, GoFreediving, which teaches the SSI freediving programme. In 2007, she was stated to be one of only ten freediving instructor trainers in the world. Emma has explained that control over one's own mind and self-relaxation are key to free diving.

Career

She has dived on the

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television series ''Britain’s Secret Seas'', and taught

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to freedive for UK Channel 4's ''River Cottage''. She has also taught actors

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and

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to freedive. In May 2012 she featured as the freediving expert and teacher for UK Channel 4's ''

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'' show.Article in the ''People'' about Roxanne Messenger on ''Hidden Talent'', dated 6 May 2012
/ref> Leading up to the 2012 Olympics, she was asked by UK Sports to work with top-level swimmers and cyclists including Keri-Anne Payne, Annie Last,

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, Cassie Patten, Michael Rock, and

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. Emma created a unique program of yoga and freediving techniques to improve their breathing, lung function, and lactic acid tolerance, confidence, and performance. After the London games, she was invited to work with the UK Paralympic team in the run-up to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, where she helped coach Ellie Simmonds,

Alice Tai Alice Rose Tai (born 31 January 1999) is a British paralympic swimmer. Tai competes in the SB8, SM8 and S8. She has represented Great Britain at European and World Championships and at the Commonwealth and Paralympic Games, gold medals at a ...

, Susannah Rodgers,

Hannah Russell Hannah Russell (born 5 August 1996) is a British Paralympic swimmer competing in S12 classification events. In 2012, she became British S12 champion in the 100m backstroke and qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games where she won a silv ...

, Stephanie Slater, and others to gold medal glory. She is currently working with gold medal-winning Paralympic athletes in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

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DeeperBlue websiteChannel 4 Hidden Talent Series 1 Episode 2
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