Dr. Juan Valdivia-Valdivia was a neurosurgeon in Michigan, knee deep in medicine and the high stress world of academia when he took his first freediving class at the age of 39. Right away, he was hooked, and moved to work at a private practice in Florida so he could be closer to the water. "Freediving isn't just a sport it's a lifestyle. It's a shortcut to mindfulness. You become free of thought and are just in the moment. And there is nothing more beautiful than that"