My Story
People today are burdened with life. It is stressful. It is difficult. The conditions of life in our world today can change on you, quickly setting you back and making it difficult to navigate and enjoy.
I bring you my lifelong experience underwater. A place that can be stressful, difficult and sometimes dangerous for a human to be. But you can find peace.
I can give you the ablility to find confidence and the peace of mind you will need underwater and in life. You will learn to dive underwater and more importantly dive into your life and achieve the things that you once thought were impossible.
People today are stressed-out, unhappy and too often afraid to fully live their lives. Going underwater presents these same variables but you are forced to deal with them in a logical way that makes you comfortable, confident and able to succeed.
When you can find peace underwater you can find peace in any part of your life.
I was born a Pisces in 1975 and I have been a water lover my whole life. Growing up in Michigan, The Great Lakes State, I spent my summers up north at my Grandparents cottage and was always drawn to the lake. The mystery of what was beneath the surface always captured my imagination.
I was 15 years old when I learned to scuba dive.
Diving was a curiosity that turned into a lifestyle, a passion and living for me. I have spent my entire adult life working in the scuba diving business, at a dive shop, on a dive boat and teaching others to dive. Scuba diving has allowed me to express myself as well as find myself. Traveling to the far reaches of the globe to swim with sharks in Pacific Ocean, deep shipwrecks of the cold Great Lakes, underwater caves or to the colorful coral reefs in the Caribbean. Here, I have met divers from all over the world that have taught me things about myself, about the world and about life.
Early on as a diving instructor I saw an issue with the education model that most divers first learning are exposed to. To make diving more accessible to the world, the content and proficiency that was necessary became less and less as the dependence on equipment replaced the need to be artful and able. For many this was an acceptable trade-off. I however sought out a different path. One that was complete, more philosophical and was a way to make diving more like an art form. A complete way of thinking, planning and communicating that relied on personal ability, teamwork and experience.
For years I have seen divers who used to dive, tried it once, got out of it…, etc. and knew something was missing in the education and experience building for student divers. This brought me to where I am today. A focus on personal skills, team skills and experience. Buoyancy control and mastery of the three-dimensional world first, before any new skills. Comfort, confidence and competence at all levels of diving.
I hope to be able to share this love for the underwater world with you.
James Mott
I bring you my lifelong experience underwater. A place that can be stressful, difficult and sometimes dangerous for a human to be. But you can find peace.
I can give you the ablility to find confidence and the peace of mind you will need underwater and in life. You will learn to dive underwater and more importantly dive into your life and achieve the things that you once thought were impossible.
People today are stressed-out, unhappy and too often afraid to fully live their lives. Going underwater presents these same variables but you are forced to deal with them in a logical way that makes you comfortable, confident and able to succeed.
When you can find peace underwater you can find peace in any part of your life.
I was born a Pisces in 1975 and I have been a water lover my whole life. Growing up in Michigan, The Great Lakes State, I spent my summers up north at my Grandparents cottage and was always drawn to the lake. The mystery of what was beneath the surface always captured my imagination.
I was 15 years old when I learned to scuba dive.
Diving was a curiosity that turned into a lifestyle, a passion and living for me. I have spent my entire adult life working in the scuba diving business, at a dive shop, on a dive boat and teaching others to dive. Scuba diving has allowed me to express myself as well as find myself. Traveling to the far reaches of the globe to swim with sharks in Pacific Ocean, deep shipwrecks of the cold Great Lakes, underwater caves or to the colorful coral reefs in the Caribbean. Here, I have met divers from all over the world that have taught me things about myself, about the world and about life.
Early on as a diving instructor I saw an issue with the education model that most divers first learning are exposed to. To make diving more accessible to the world, the content and proficiency that was necessary became less and less as the dependence on equipment replaced the need to be artful and able. For many this was an acceptable trade-off. I however sought out a different path. One that was complete, more philosophical and was a way to make diving more like an art form. A complete way of thinking, planning and communicating that relied on personal ability, teamwork and experience.
For years I have seen divers who used to dive, tried it once, got out of it…, etc. and knew something was missing in the education and experience building for student divers. This brought me to where I am today. A focus on personal skills, team skills and experience. Buoyancy control and mastery of the three-dimensional world first, before any new skills. Comfort, confidence and competence at all levels of diving.
I hope to be able to share this love for the underwater world with you.
James Mott
