{"id":191,"date":"2024-03-21T15:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iaau.staging.noisebirds.com.au\/active-advice\/?p=191"},"modified":"2024-08-20T12:08:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T05:38:14","slug":"dwain-fitzsimmons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insuranceadvisernet.co.nz\/active-advice\/dwain-fitzsimmons\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwain Fitzsimmons &#8211; Breath Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"191\" class=\"elementor elementor-191\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78e8ed5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"78e8ed5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ed5c0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ed5c0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen things go wrong, which they will, you need to be prepared.\u201d Dwain Fitzsimmons trains blind surfer Matt Formston to deal with the inevitable wipeout and being trapped underwater- a bad situation at the fearsome Nazar\u00e9 break, even more terrifying when you\u2019re blind.&nbsp;<br><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dwain is a critical member of blind surfer Matt\u2019s team of advisers. His breathing and stress management techniques enable Matt to stay calm and focussed. 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Being calm is the most important thing \u00a6 it's more mental, a breath-hold, than physical.\"<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Dwain Fitzsimmons<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d700647 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"d700647\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=uf5YRghib5E&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66384d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66384d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to Dwain\u2019s experience and coaching, Matt can hold his breath for 6 minutes, compared to the average person lasting under one. This was a crucial part of the planning and preparation stage to de-risk a very risky situation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10c8d34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10c8d34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/insuranceadvisernet.co.nz\/active-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dwain1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-846\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insuranceadvisernet.co.nz\/active-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dwain1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/insuranceadvisernet.co.nz\/active-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dwain1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insuranceadvisernet.co.nz\/active-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dwain1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insuranceadvisernet.co.nz\/active-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dwain1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insuranceadvisernet.co.nz\/active-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dwain1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insuranceadvisernet.co.nz\/active-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dwain1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c62a41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c62a41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insurance Advisernet\u2019s network of advisers and support helps our customers stay calm, focused and resilient in even the most trying of circumstances. 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