Beneath the Surface

<p><strong>Beneath the Surface: Exploring Breath Body and the Wild Within</strong> is an exploration of the deep both within the ocean and within the self. Through the lens of freediving wilderness and personal reflection this book delves into the transformative power of breath the relationship between human beings and the natural world and the way immersion in the wild can shape identity healing and survival.</p><p>Born on a remote Alaskan island raised in the forests and mountains of the Pacific Northwest and drawn to the ocean as both sanctuary and teacher I have spent my life seeking connection through movement climbing peaks exploring deep waters and existing in the spaces where land and sea meet. But when my body changed and the physical freedom I had always known was no longer a given I was forced to reconsider what it means to belong.</p><p>This book is not just about freediving it is about survival in all its forms. It is about the lessons found in deep quiet places the balance between control and surrender and the way nature holds us even when we feel untethered. It is a meditation on conservation on the creatures that share this planet with us and on the responsibility we carry to protect them.</p><p>Accompanying the text are <strong>photographs that serve as both documentation and expression moments of immersion captured in light and shadow images that reflect the stillness movement and vastness of the ocean and wild places.</strong> The interplay of words and images offers a layered experience allowing readers to not only read about the ocean's depths but to feel them.</p><p>At its heart <strong>Beneath the Surface</strong> asks what it means to exist in the space between inhale and exhale between movement and stillness between past and future. It invites the reader to reconsider their own connection to the wild to ask where they feel most alive where they feel most at home and how in exploring nature they might also find themselves.</p><p>Only the cover used AI to assist in the images. No photography used AI.</p>