Under Water: How Holding My Breath Taught Me to Live

Claire Walsh spent her twenties living the life she thought she was supposed to live, all the while playing hide—and—seek with depression. In her thirties, finding herself single and living with her parents, she decided it was time to chart a different path.

In Central America, Claire discovered freediving, plunging up to 60 meters below the water’s surface without the use of breathing apparatus. It taught her the power of breathwork, but more importantly it taught her how to find freedom in...