The Exhilarating Peace of Freediving | Guillaume Néry | TED Talks

翻译人员: Yinchun Rui 校对人员: Gu Yu

(Video) Announcer: 10 seconds.

(视频) 十秒

五，四，三，二，一

Five, four, three, two, one.

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开始

Plus one, two, three, four, five

一，二，三，四，五

six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

六，七，八，九，十

Guillaume Néry, France.

来自法国的纪尧姆·纳里

Constant weight, 123 meters,

恒重，123米

three minutes and 25 seconds.

3分25秒

全国纪录挑战

National record attempt.

70 meters.

70米

[123 meters]

［123米］

14米

(Applause)

（欢呼，掌声）

(Video) Judge: White card. Guillaume Néry! National record!

(视频）裁判：白卡！ 纪尧姆·纳里 全国纪录！

Guillaume Néry: Thank you.

（掌声）谢谢！

(Applause)

Thank you very much, thanks for the warm welcome.

谢谢！谢谢你们！

That dive you just watched is a journey --

大家刚才看到的这次潜水， 是一个旅程

a journey between two breaths.

一段发生在两次呼吸之间的旅程

A journey that takes place between two breaths --

两次呼吸

the last one before diving into the water,

一次是入水之前的最后一次呼吸

and the first one, coming back to the surface.

一次是回到水面之后的第一次呼吸

That dive is a journey to the very limits of human possibility,

这次潜水

是一个到达人类极限的旅程

a journey into the unknown.

是一个通向未知的旅程

But it's also, and above all, an inner journey,

然而，更重要的是 这是一个关于自我的旅程

where a number of things happen,

这场旅程中，发生了很多事情

physiologically as well as mentally.

身体的，和心灵的

And that's why I'm here today,

这就是我今天来到TED演讲的原因

to share my journey with you and to take you along with me.

我想跟你们分享这次旅程， 一起体验这奇妙的经历

So, we start with the last breath.

那么，让我们从最后一次呼吸开始

(Breathing in)

（深吸气）

(Breathing out)

（用力呼出）

As you noticed, that last breath in is slow, deep and intense.

这最后一次呼吸

如你们刚才看到的 特别绵长，深刻，强烈

It ends with a special technique called the carp,

在结束的时候 我用了一个叫鲤鱼呼吸法的小技巧

which allows me to store one to two extra liters of air in my lungs

这让我能在肺里多存储两公升的空气

by compressing it.

在离开水面的同时，我尽量压缩这些空气

When I leave the surface, I have about 10 liters of air in my lungs.

这样当我离开水面的时候 一共大概在肺里存储了10公升的空气

As soon as I leave the surface the first mechanism kicks in:

好，现在，我离开了水面

第一步我们要遭遇的是

the diving reflex.

潜水反射（diving－reflex）

The first thing the diving reflex does is make your heart rate drop.

潜水反射，首先

它会让我们的心率下降

My heart beat will drop from about 60-70 per minute

从60-70次每秒

to about 30-40 beats per minute

下降到30-40次每秒

in a matter of seconds; almost immediately.

这个变化发生在几秒钟之内

几乎是转瞬间

Next, the diving reflex causes peripheral vasoconstriction,

其次，潜水反射会引起外周血管收缩

which means that the blood flow will leave the body's extremities

这是说血液会离开身体末梢

to feed the most important organs:

而优先供应我们的主要器官：

the lungs, the heart and the brain.

肺，心脏，大脑

This mechanism is innate.

这个反射机能是身体的本能反应

我们无法控制它

I cannot control it.

If you go underwater, even if you've never done it before,

当你置身水中， 即使你从来没有过涉水体验

you'll experience the exact same effects.

这个机能也会自动启动

All human beings share this characteristic.

身为人类，我们天生就有这个本领

And what's extraordinary

而更奇妙的是

is that we share this instinct with marine mammals --

我们和所有的海洋哺乳动物一样 都天生拥有这个反射机能

all marine mammals: dolphins, whales, sea lions, etc.

所有的海洋哺乳动物： 海豚，鲸，海狮，等等

When they dive deep into the ocean, these mechanisms become activated,

当它们潜游到海洋深处

这个机制就会自动启动

but to a greater extent.

当然，他们的这个功能

And, of course, it works much better for them.

比我们人类的远为强大

It's absolutely fascinating.

这绝对是件很神奇的事情

Right as I leave the surface,

那么现在，我已经离开了水面

nature gives me a push in the right direction,

在这个与生俱来的神奇功能的帮助下 我自信满满地出发

allowing me to descend with confidence.

So as I dive deeper into the blue,

当我慢慢沉入深蓝的大海

the pressure slowly starts to squeeze my lungs.

水压会开始缓慢地碾压我的肺

And since it's the amount of air in my lungs that makes me float,

因为是肺里的空气让我能在水中浮起

the farther down I go, the more pressure there is on my lungs,

潜入越深，碾压越厉害

the less air they contain and the easier it is for my body to fall.

肺里的空气越少，身体下沉就越容易

当达到某一个点的时候 大概是35到40米深的时候

And at one point, around 35 or 40 meters down,

我已经不需要刻意使力

I don't even need to swim.

My body is dense and heavy enough to fall into the depths by itself,

我的身体已经有足够的重量和密度

让我可以自由的沉入到海底

and I enter what's called the free fall phase.

这时我们达到了俗称的自由落体阶段

The free fall phase is the best part of the dive.

这个自由落体阶段 是整个下沉过程中最美妙的时刻

It's the reason I still dive.

于是我继续下潜

Because it feels like you're being pulled down

这时我们感觉到来自最深渊的引力

and you don't need to do anything.

我们不再需要做任何动作

从35米到123米的过程中

I can go from 35 meters to 123 meters without making a single movement.

我完全放松 身体不再有任何的自主运动

I let myself be pulled by the depths,

我放任自己被深渊牵引 感觉就像在水中飞翔

and it feels like I'm flying underwater.

It's truly an amazing feeling -- an extraordinary feeling of freedom.

这感觉很奇妙

我想这就是自由的感觉

And so I slowly continue sliding to the bottom.

就这样 我缓缓的滑向最深的深处

40 meters down,

40米，50米

50 meters down,

and between 50 and 60 meters, a second physiological response kicks in.

50米到60米之间， 我们迎来了生理上的第二个感受：

My lungs reach residual volume,

这时候我们的肺里的气体容量 已经达到了肺残气量

理论上当肺里的空气低于肺残气量

below which they're not supposed to be compressed, in theory.

我们的肺就不能继续压缩

And this second response is called blood shift,

这第二个生理反应叫血移

or "pulmonary erection" in French.

法语中叫“érection pulmonaire"

我个人愿意说“血移”

I prefer "blood shift."

(Laughter)

So blood shift -- how does it work?

下面我们来说说“血移”

那么“血移”是个 什么样的生理机制呢？

The capillaries in the lungs become engorged with blood --

当肺里的气压降低后， 肺泡壁会自动充血

which is caused by the suction --

so the lungs can harden

这个自我保护机制 使得肺的两壁变得坚固

and protect the whole chest cavity from being crushed.

能保护整个胸腔不被外部的气体碾压

It prevents the two walls of the lungs from collapsing,

防止肺的两壁被挤压到一起

from sticking together and caving in.

这也是所有海洋哺乳动物 都具备的一个机能

Thanks to this phenomenon, which we also share with marine mammals,

I'm able to continue with my dive.

为此，我能接着潜行

60, 70 meters down, I keep falling, faster and faster,

60米，70米

我一路深潜，越来越快

because the pressure is crushing my body more and more.

与此同时， 水压也不断地挤压我的身体

Below 80 meters,

从80米开始

水的压力明显增强

the pressure becomes a lot stronger,

and I start to feel it physically.

我开始感觉得到这个压力

I really start to feel the suffocation.

物理上开始真正地感觉到水压

You can see what it looks like -- not pretty at all.

大家请看视频-- 物理上大概是这样的，不是特别雅观

腹部隔膜完全回缩

The diaphragm is completely collapsed, the rib cage is squeezed in,

整个胸腔都向内塌陷

and mentally, there is something going on as well.

于此同时，在心理上也有个小诀窍

You may be thinking, "This doesn't look enjoyable.

在这个境况下你也许会说， “这好像有点儿难，怎么办呢”

How do you do it?"

If I relied on my earthly reflexes --

依照我们日常的生活经验，

what do we do above water when there's a problem?

如果我们平时遇到一些困难， 我们是怎么做的呢？

We resist, we go against it.

我们会想办法克服困难， 我们会对抗，努力，战斗

We fight.

Underwater, that doesn't work.

然而，在水下， 这可有点儿行不通

If you try that underwater, you might tear your lungs,

如果在水下我们想对抗水压， 我们极有可能会造成肺撕裂

spit up blood, develop an edema

以及吐血，水肿等症状

and you'll have to stop diving for a good amount of time.

而不得不在 相当长一段时间内停止潜水

So what you need to do, mentally, is to tell yourself

那么我们该怎么做呢？

最好的办法就是告诉自己， 顺应自然

that nature and the elements are stronger than you.

在心里承认自然之力强于个人

And so I let the water crush me.

于是，我任由水将我吞噬

I accept the pressure and go with it.

我接受这水的压力，

任它所为

At this point, my body receives this information,

同时，我把这个讯号传达给我的身体

and my lungs start relaxing.

我的肺开始放松

I relinquish all control, and relax completely.

我完全交出了对身体的控制权

整个人放松

The pressure starts crushing me, and it doesn't feel bad at all.

于是漫漫水压将我席卷 可是我一点儿也不觉得难受

I even feel like I'm in a cocoon, protected.

我好似被包裹在一个蚕茧当中

完全被保护的感觉

And the dive continues.

于是我可以继续深潜

80, 85 meters down,

80米，85米，90米

90,

100.

100米

100 meters -- the magic number.

100米，这是个神奇的数字

在所有的体育运动中， 100米都是个神奇的数字

In every sport, it's a magic number.

For swimmers and athletes and also for us, free divers,

游泳，田径 潜水也是

对于所有的自由潜水员来说 100米是一个梦想

it's a number everyone dreams of.

Everyone wishes one day to be able to get to 100 meters.

所有的人都希望有一天 可以来到100米的深处

And it's a symbolic number for us,

对潜水员来说 100米也是个颇有象征意义的数字

because in the 1970s, doctors and physiologists did their math,

因为在20世纪70年代 医生们和生理学家曾做过科学计算

他们断言100米是人类的极限

and predicted that the human body would not be able to go below 100 meters.

人的身体将不能越过100米的深度

Below that, they said, the human body would implode.

超过这个深度，人体将崩溃

And then the Frenchman, Jacques Mayol --

然后，有一个法国人 雅克·马约尔,

you all know him as the hero in "The Big Blue" --

如你们都知道的， 他是“深蓝王国”的英雄

came along and dived down to 100 meters.

他越过了这个极限

潜到了100米

He even reached 105 meters.

然后又到了105米

At that time, he was doing "no limits."

那时候，他用的是无限制潜水方式

即下潜时负重， 这样可以有更大的下潜速度

He'd use weights to descend faster and come back up with a balloon,

而返回的时候借助充气气球 就像你们做录像里看到的那样

just like in the movie.

Today, we go down 200 meters in no limit free diving.

现在，无限制潜水 我们可以达到200米

I can do 123 meters by simply using muscle strength.

而我，挑战的是123米 裸潜，不借助外力

And in a way, it's all thanks to him, because he challenged known facts,

这一切一定程度上要归功于他

因为他挑战和打破了 人们习以为常的认知

and with a sweep of his hand, got rid of the theoretical beliefs

因为他在挥手之间

横扫那些固念理论

and all the mental limits that we like to impose on ourselves.

打破了我们强加给自己的心理极限

He showed us that the human body has an infinite ability to adapt.

他向我们展示了，我们的身体 有适应无限可能的潜力

So I carry on with my dive.

我继续往下坠落

105, 110, 115.

105，110，115

The bottom is getting closer.

逐渐接近底部

120,

120米

123 meters.

123米

I'm at the bottom.

我终于到达终点

And now, I'd like to ask you to join me and put yourself in my place.

这里，我想邀请大家跟我一起体验

请大家稍稍想象一下，您是当时的我

Close your eyes.

请闭上眼睛

Imagine you get to 123 meters.

想象您到达123米的海洋深处

The surface is far, far away.

水面是那么那么那么遥远

You're alone.

您孤身一人

There's hardly any light.

四周几乎没有任何光亮

It's cold --

寒冷

freezing cold.

像冰川那样的寒冷

The pressure is crushing you completely --

水压几乎要将你碾碎

13 times stronger than on the surface.

（毕竟这里水的压力是海洋表面的13倍）

也许你第一念头会说

And I know what you're thinking:

"This is horrible.

“这是什么鬼地方？！”

What the hell am I doing here?

“我一定是疯了”

He's insane."

“为什么跑到这里来？！“

But no.

非也！

我当时完全不是这么想的

That's not what I think when I'm down there.

When I'm at the bottom, I feel good.

实际上，当我在海底最深处 我感觉很好

I get this extraordinary feeling of well-being.

那是一种非同寻常的幸福感

Maybe it's because I've completely released all tensions

这也许是因为 我早就完全摒弃了所有的紧张

and let myself go.

完全把自己交给了海洋

I feel great, without the need to breathe.

总之我感觉十分惬意 一点不觉得自己需要呼吸

Although, you'd agree, I should be worried.

不过，你还是要承认 还是有一点点需要担心的

I feel like a tiny dot, a little drop of water,

我感觉自己是这么渺小

floating in the middle of the ocean.

就像汪洋大海中的一滴水

And each time, I picture the same image.

每次，我的脑海里总是浮现出这幅图像

[The Pale Blue Dot]

The Pale Blue Dot, 意思是蓝色的小圆点儿

It's that small dot the arrow is pointing to.

大家看到的箭头指向的， 这个小小的蓝色的点

Do you know what it is?

你们知道这是啥吗？

It's planet Earth.

这就是地球

Planet Earth, photographed by the Voyager probe,

这是旅行者号从40亿公里以外的太空 拍摄的地球

从那里看， 地球，我们的家

from 4 billion kilometers away.

And it shows that our home is that small dot over there,

就是这样一个蓝色的点

漂浮在虚空当中

floating in the middle of nothing.

That's how I feel

这有点儿像 我在123米的海洋深处感受到的

when I'm at the bottom, at 123 meters.

I feel like a small dot,

我感觉自己就是一个小小的点

a speck of dust, stardust,

如一粒尘埃 或一颗星辰

floating in the middle of the cosmos,

漂浮在茫茫宇宙当中 漂浮在虚无当中

in the middle of nothing, in the immensity of space.

漂浮在无穷当中

It's a fascinating sensation,

这真是一种令人着迷的感觉

because when I look up, down, left, right, in front, behind,

不管我看向任何一个方向： 上，下，左，右，前，后

I see the same thing: the infinite deep blue.

都是无边的蓝， 那么深邃

Nowhere else on Earth you can experience this --

你在陆地上找不到任何一个地方 能给你这种感受 ——

looking all around you, and seeing the same thing.

环顾四周，所见相同

It's extraordinary.

这是如此奇妙

And at that moment,

与此同时

I still get that feeling each time, building up inside of me --

我又清晰地感觉到 与生俱来的

the feeling of humility.

对自然的敬畏

Looking at this picture, I feel very humble --

每次看到这个图片， 我都觉得十分卑微

just like when I'm all the way down at the bottom --

正如我当时在海底深处

觉得自己如此渺小

because I'm nothing,

I'm a little speck of nothingness lost in all of time and space.

我就是一颗尘埃 遗失在时空的无涯里

And it still is absolutely fascinating.

然而这一切 是那么迷幻

I decide to go back to the surface, because this is not where I belong.

于是我决定返回水面 因为这不是属于我的地方

I belong up there, on the surface.

我毕竟属于那儿， 上面的世界

So I start heading back up.

我开始上升

I get something of a shock

从决定返回的那一刻开始

at the very moment when I decide to go up.

我就遭遇一个很大的冲击

First, because it takes a huge effort to tear yourself away from the bottom.

首先，我必须十分费劲

才能离开海底往上移动

It pulled you down on the way in,

因为那将我拽入深渊的巨大引力

在我试图上浮时同样存在

and will do the same on the way up.

You have to swim twice as hard.

所以我必须双倍奋力

Then, I'm hit with another phenomenon known as narcosis.

其次，我会遭遇到另一种生理现象： 氮麻醉

I don't know if you've heard of that.

你们也许听说过它

It's called nitrogen narcosis.

我们称之为深渊的狂喜

It's something that happens to scuba divers,

这对水肺潜水者比较常见 自由潜水者也会时常遭遇

but it can happen to free divers.

It's caused by nitrogen dissolving in the blood,

这是由溶解在血液里的氮引起的

which causes confusion

它使得人在深度潜水时

between the conscious and unconscious mind.

有点儿意识混乱

A flurry of thoughts goes spinning through your head.

你会脑海里充斥着各种念头

思绪万千将你萦绕

You can't control them, and you shouldn't try to --

完全不受大脑控制

事实上我们也不应该试图控制它

you have to let it happen.

不妨听之任之

The more you try to control it, the harder it is to manage.

任其驰骋

因为你越是努力控制它 它就越是难以驾驭

Then, a third thing happens:

第三个难题是： 我特别想呼吸

the desire to breathe.

I'm not a fish, I'm a human being,

毕竟我可不是鱼

and the desire to breathe reminds me of that fact.

我是需要呼吸的人类 想要呼吸的欲望特别提醒我这个事实

Around 60, 70 meters,

所以回到60到70米的时候

you start to feel the need to breathe.

这个欲望变得特别清晰

再加上另外的两个因素

And with everything else that's going on,

这时候你特别容易完全乱了阵脚

you can very easily lose your ground

and start to panic.

堕入恐惧的陷阱

When that happens, you think, "Where's the surface?

这时候你也许满脑子的念头就是

“水面在哪里？我要呼吸！ 立刻，马上！”

I want to go up. I want to breathe now."

You should not do that.

可千万别这样！

Never look up to the surface --

不要试图看向水面， 不光不要看，连想都不要想！

not with your eyes, or your mind.

You should never picture yourself up there.

不要试图构建回到水面的画面

You have to stay in the present.

一定要把注意力集中在当前

I look at the rope right in front of me, leading me back to the surface.

我保持着直视前方，那根绳子

绳子就是把我拉回水面的纽带

And I focus on that, on the present moment.

我心无杂念， 唯有那根绳子

Because if I think about the surface, I panic.

因为如果我老想着水面 我会陷入恐慌

And if I panic, it's over.

一旦我恐慌 一切就完蛋

Time goes faster this way.

这样，时间好像突然间快起来了

And at 30 meters: deliverance.

到了30米处，终于，解放啦 我不再是一个人

I'm not alone any more.

The safety divers, my guardian angels, join me.

我的安全队友，我的守护天使 在这里迎接我

They leave the surface, we meet at 30 meters,

他们专门下来 在30米处与我汇合

and they escort me for the final few meters,

然后他们会一路护送我 直到最后一米

where potential problems could arise.

最后这一段 也许有些潜在的问题会发生

Every time I see them, I think to myself,

每次我见到他们

"It's thanks to you."

我都会想： ”多亏有你们！”

It's thanks to them, my team, that I'm here.

因为有他们，因为我的团队 我才可能完成这一切

It brings back the sense of humility.

又一次 我由衷地觉得自己的卑微

Without my team, without all the people around me,

没有他们，没有我的团队 没有所有这些支持我的人们

the adventure into the deep would be impossible.

我不可能完成深渊探险

A journey into the deep is above all a group effort.

这次深渊探险 其实是我们整个团队共同完成的

So I'm happy to finish my journey with them,

和他们一起完成最后一段旅程 我很幸福

because I wouldn't be here if it weren't for them.

因为有他们 我才可能走这么远

20 meters, 10 meters,

20米，10米

my lungs slowly return to their normal volume.

我的肺又慢慢的恢复了正常容量

Buoyancy pushes me up to the surface.

浮力又回来了 一直陪我回到水面

Five meters below the surface, I start to breathe out,

离水面5米处 我开始呼气

so that as soon as I get to the surface all I do is breathe in.

这样一旦回到水面 我就立刻可以吸气

And so I arrive at the surface.

当我回到水面

(Breathing in)

（深深吸气）

Air floods into my lungs.

新鲜空气终于又充斥了我的肺

It's like being born again, a relief.

这是一次新生

一次救赎

It feels good.

这感觉，真好！

Though the journey was extraordinary,

旅程当然很不一般

I do need to feel those small oxygen molecules fueling my body.

可我也确实需要感受到 这些小小的氧气分子

充斥我的全身

It's an extraordinary sensation, but at the same time it's traumatizing.

这是一种奇妙的感觉

但同时这也是一种创伤的体验

It's a shock to the system, as you can you imagine.

这在感官上是一次冲击

请想象一下：我穿过无边的黑暗 终于看到光明

I go from complete darkness to the light of day,

from the near-silence of the depths to the commotion up top.

我穿过寂静的深渊 回到尘嚣

In terms of touch, I go from the soft, velvety feeling of the water,

而在触觉上， 我从海水柔软的怀抱中出来

to air rubbing across my face.

粗粝的海风拍打我的脸

In terms of smell,

在味觉和嗅觉上

there is air rushing into my lungs.

海风钻进我的肺

And in return, my lungs open up.

于是我的肺重新打开

They were completely squashed just 90 seconds ago,

而在90秒之前，它们还被海水无情碾压

and now, they've opened up again.

现在终于可以尽情张开

So all of this affects quite a lot of things.

所有这一切 都要慢慢恢复秩序

I need a few seconds to come back,

我需要几秒钟 才能完全缓过神来

and to feel "all there" again.

回到现实当中

But that needs to happen quickly,

然而，这一切需要恢复得特别快 因为裁判就在那儿

because the judges are there to verify my performance;

等着评判我的表现

I need to show them I'm in perfect physical condition.

我需要呈现一个 很好的身体状态

You saw in the video, I was doing a so-called exit protocol.

如你们中视频中看到的： 我需要走一个所谓的结束流程

Once at the surface, I have 15 seconds to take off my nose clip,

完全回到水面以后 我有15秒的时间取下鼻封

give this signal and say (English) "I am OK."

给出信号

说“I'm OK”

Plus, you need to be bilingual.

所以你看 你们还要求你会双语

(Laughter)

（笑）

On top of everything --

想想看，在我刚裸潜了123米后 让我说双语，还真是不太善良 （笑）

that's not very nice.

Once the protocol is completed, the judges show me a white card,

当结束流程完成以后 裁判发给我一张白卡

and that's when the joy starts.

欢庆的时刻到啦！

I can finally celebrate what has just happened.

我终于可以为我刚才的经历庆祝

So, the journey I've just described to you

刚才我向大家讲述的经历

is a more extreme version of free diving.

是一次有点极端的自由潜水经历

Luckily, it's far from just that.

正常的自由潜水不是这样的 远远不会是这样

For the past few years,

三年以来，我都一直尝试 想体验潜水的另一面

I've been trying to show another side of free diving,

因为每次媒体提到自由潜水

because the media mainly talks about competitions and records.

总是离不开竞技和纪录

But free diving is more than just that.

而实际上 自由潜水远远不止这些

It's about being at ease in the water.

自由潜水， 是在水下完全放松

It's extremely beautiful, very poetic and artistic.

是一种极致的美丽 诗意，和艺术

So my wife and I decided to film it

于是我和我太太决定 拍摄全过程

试图从另一个侧面来展现自由潜水

and try to show another side of it,

mostly to make people want to go into the water.

主要是想激起我们大家走入水中的兴趣

Let me show you some images to finish my story.

接下来我想给大家看一些图片

然后我会做一个小小的总结

It's a mix of beautiful underwater photos.

这是一些水下的照片

(Music)

（音乐）

I'd like you to know that if one day you try to stop breathing,

对了，还想告诉大家 如果有一天你想尝试停止呼吸

you'll realize that when you stop breathing,

你会发现停止呼吸

you stop thinking, too.

就是同时也停止思想

It calms your mind.

心灵完全放空

Today, in the 21st century, we're under so much pressure.

在21世纪的今天 我们总是感到很大的压力

我们经常用脑过度， 恨不能一小时想一万件事情

Our minds are overworked, we think at a million miles an hour,

we're always stressed.

总是处于焦虑当中

Being able to free dive lets you, just for a moment,

如果能去潜水的话，

至少在这个过程当中 能帮助放松我们的身心

relax your mind.

Holding your breath underwater

屏住呼吸潜入水中

means giving yourself the chance to experience weightlessness.

让我们有机会体验到失重的感觉

It means being underwater, floating,

漂浮在水中

with your body completely relaxed, letting go of all your tensions.

完全放松你的身体

放松所有的压力

This is our plight in the 21st century:

这是21世纪的新世纪病： 我们背痛，颈椎痛，到处都痛

our backs hurt, our necks hurt, everything hurts,

because we're stressed and tense all the time.

因为我们总是处于紧张和焦虑当中

But when you're in the water,

如果您试试潜入水中 让自己完全漂浮

you let yourself float, as if you were in space.

就像在太空中一样

You let yourself go completely.

完全放松自己的身体

It's an extraordinary feeling.

你会有一种奇妙的感觉

You can finally get in touch with your body, mind and spirit.

最终你会发现你可以

和自己的身体，心灵和灵魂都建立联系

Everything feels better, all at once.

身心灵都得到平静

Learning how to free dive is also about learning to breathe correctly.

学习潜水

其实也是学习更好地呼吸

我们一直都在呼吸 从我们出生的第一次呼吸开始

We breathe with our first breath at birth, up until our last one.

直到我们的最后一次呼吸

Breathing gives rhythm to our lives.

呼吸就是我们生命的节奏

Learning how to breathe better is learning how to live better.

学习更好地呼吸 就是学习更好地生活

Holding your breath in the sea, not necessarily at 100 meters,

潜水 并不一定要去到100米的深处

but maybe at two or three,

下潜两米，三米，戴上护目镜 穿上一双蛙鞋

putting on your goggles, a pair of flippers,

means you can go see another world,

你会看到另一个世界

another universe, completely magical.

另一个宇宙，它是如此神奇

You can see little fish, seaweed, the flora and fauna,

你会看到数不清的鱼 看到海藻

看到各种动物和植物

you can watch it all discreetly,

你可以随意地观察这一切

sliding underwater, looking around, and coming back to the surface,

在水中漫步，信步浏览 然后再回到水面

leaving no trace.

大海没有我的踪迹 但我曾经来过

It's an amazing feeling to become one with nature like that.

这般和自然融为一体 是如此奇妙

And if I may say one more thing,

如果我必须要说点什么 来结束今天的演讲：

holding your breath, being in the water, finding this underwater world --

去潜水，来到海底

置身于水的世界 这是一次重新认识自我的过程

it's all about connecting with yourself.

You heard me talk a lot about the body's memory

正如我刚才所看到的

我多次提到身体的记忆

that dates back millions of years, to our marine origins.

这可以追溯到数百万年前 我们的祖先在海洋生活时的远古记忆

The day you get back into the water,

一旦你来到到海洋深处

when you hold your breath for a few seconds,

你潜入几秒钟

you will reconnect with those origins.

你就感觉到自己跟 这些远古记忆相联结

And I guarantee

我可以向您保证

it's absolute magic.

这绝对绝对是很神奇的体验

I encourage you to try it out.

请一定要去试试

Thank you.

谢谢！

(Applause)

（掌声）