Jules of the Sea Freediving

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Julia Donath - Freediving Instructors International

Julia has enjoyed the pristine oceans of remote islands in the Pacific, diving & researching conservation development and environmental justice with communities across Australia, the Solomon Islands, & the Tasman Sea. She worked as an Ocean Lifeguard & Junior Lifeguards Instructor for 7 years, loves surfing, & is passionate about ocean safety & connecting others to the sea. Her freediving journey began in the murky, cold, rarely-explored kelp forests off of California's rugged central coast, & later bloomed during her college education in Environmental Studies at U.C. Santa Barbara, the University of Queensland in Australia, and Solomon Islands National University. Pursuing freediving alongside an environmental science education showed her its powerful ability to connect people to the ocean & themselves & instill positive change ~ a discovery that later deepened, as freediving helped her heal from trauma & PTSD. Julia now works as a full-time teacher at a project-based, interdisciplinary charter school in Kona, where alongside earning her teaching credential, she helps high school students explore community & global solutions to our world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. Her love for the ocean has shaped her curiosity about the world, inspiring freediving & surfing ventures in faraway waters, & her teaching vision is that education, nature, & community are all intertwined. She loves to help others find confidence, growth, & joy in the ocean, & as an F.I.I. Level 1 Instructor, it is her dream to share the life-defining wonder that a connection to the ocean offers us all. Julia teaches Lv. 1 freediving classes on weekends & school breaks in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, & hopes to offer courses in her Central California home soon. She is in the process of creating an accessible Lv. 1 course experience specifically offered for survivors of domestic violence on the Big Island of Hawaii, in hopes of offering healing & drawing awareness to this issue in our community. Contact her directly for availability, training sessions, & private courses! :)

Contacts

Phone
+18056022221

Address:
74-5577 Palani Rd #4835, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740

Website:
https://www.freedivinginstructors.com/fii/courses_by/252