One breath

Know that place by knowing which, everything else can be known.

Ken Kiriyama

Breath  ·  Stillness  ·  Freediving
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20 m · the light softens

Twenty-one years teaching the breath. Seventy metres on a single one.

Ken Kiriyama teaches freediving as a practice of attention. His work joins depth training with pranayama, yoga and meditation, so that the dive becomes the quietest part of the day rather than the hardest.

He trained under Umberto Pelizzari, has dived for the National Freediving Team of Denmark, and has taught in Dahab, Cebu, Okinawa, the Maldives, Salvador and Copenhagen. Before the water came martial arts, ballet and modern dance, competitive cycling and open-water swimming.

  • Apnea Academy Freediving Instructor, under Umberto Pelizzari
  • AIDA International Freediving Instructor
  • National Freediving Team of Denmark
70mConstant weight
67mNo fins
7:40Static apnea
34bpmResting heart rate
40 m · the blue turns to ink
What Ken does

Private instruction, by arrangement

Freediving

Courses from first descent to depth, with daily yoga and pranayama. Physical and mental potential, explored on the line.

Dahab · Maldives

Pranayama

Breathing technique for breath hold, concentration, relaxation and cleansing. No prerequisites.

Workshop series

Meditation & yoga

Effective technique, and how to integrate it into an ordinary day.

Copenhagen · Salvador

Retreats

Multi-day immersions in water, breath and silence, for small groups.

By season

Leaders & companies

Meditation programmes tailored to a leadership team or a business.

On request
60 m · silence
Testimonials

In their words

Ken is the best teacher in this field that I have encountered. He has so much intuition and sensitivity.

Fátima Santiago

The meditation has brought me inner peace and I’m seeing life with more clarity now.

Gabriela

Your class is a gem. Very precious experience for one who loves the subtle.

Jahlyn Karuna · Yoga teacher

I was instantly brought back to that special feeling of relaxation and great inspiration.

Kaori Yamashiro · Okinawa