Alchemy athlete and Hungary's deepest woman, Fatima Korok, recently posted a message on her social media to all her friends in the freediving community.
The Power Of Visualization
"Before I do a deep dive, I do the dive a 1000 times in my head. I used to believe in the power of my imagination already as a kid. Whenever I was preparing for a school exam or a synchronized swimming competition or for a play when I was a musical actress, I imagined how I want the things to be, as it if it has happened already. It usually worked. When I was loosing weight, I did the same. You can use the superpower of your subconscious mind to visualize anything you want to plan, to achieve, to make your goals and dreams come to life. Everyone has an imagination so use this magic power to attract positive things in your life. Visualization is basically a conscious and controlled day-dreaming. With concentration, faith and desire it is the key to create the new reality you really want to live. Fun fact: I visualized 80+m dives last year before the world championship so many times, that I actually believed that I did them with bifins already.
I have started to focus just on bifin dives a few weeks ago and wanted to reach my best performance. After some research I realized the dives I did in the past weeks were all personal best dives. Visualization can trick your mind especially if you have a fish memory (like me). Thanks to Raphael for being my safety, for the perfect setup and lovely sessions. Any celebration is postponed after the competition though, now I will try to make those dives official, attempting new national records here at the @freedivingworldsharm on the last freediving depth competition of the year. I wish good luck and beautiful dives for everyone! The most important thing is to have a good mental and physical health condition. If you take care of yourself you will be able to keep doing what you love, take care of others, progress, enjoy and be happier and safer. Listen to your body, take enough rest days, recovery time and fuel yourself with well-balanced nutrition. Be conscious. Do your best. Overtraining is not fun neither an accident or injuries".
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