"Soft, smooth, quiet, confident, serene, peaceful: all those hint at the intense pleasure well-trained freedivers feel. Imagine coasting below the waves, playing 'pass the leaf' with wild dolphins, flying in formation with giant manta rays or simply joining a school of fish. Without mechanical breathing apparatus, you're truly free - free to flow effortlessly into the womb-like, enveloping water, free to join the ocean not as an interloper but as a welcoming friend."