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Yoga Diver Malta
Take mindful diving from theory into the water
A one-day Yoga Diver course with land-based yoga, breathing practice and two coached open-water dives in Malta.
Refine your breathing, buoyancy, trim and underwater awareness in a small group with enough time for personal coaching.
One full day
Two open-water dives
Four to eight divers
€260 per person
Courses run in Malta. The final dive site is selected according to weather, sea conditions and the needs of the group.
Yoga meets scuba
A different way to prepare, breathe and move underwater
Yoga and scuba share many of the same foundations: body awareness, steady breathing, focused attention and purposeful movement.
During Yoga Diver, we use these practices on land first, then apply the awareness they create across two coached open-water dives.
This is not about performing yoga underwater. It is about becoming more aware of your breathing, buoyancy, trim and surroundings, so the dive feels calmer, smoother and less rushed.
Awareness in motion
Use buoyancy and trim as practical tools for focus and control
When you stop trying to force calm and begin paying attention earlier, small changes start to connect.
Your breathing becomes steadier. Your movements become quieter. Your buoyancy becomes more precise. And the dive begins to feel like an experience rather than a task.
PADI distinctive specialty
Yoga Diver brings land-based practice into real scuba training
The PADI Yoga Diver Distinctive Specialty introduces practical elements of yoga, breathing and meditation, then shows you how to apply the awareness they create across two open-water dives.
We explore the course through knowledge development, discussion, land-based movement and breathing practice, equipment refinement and coached underwater exercises.
The aim is simple: help you become more comfortable in your body, more aware of your breathing and more deliberate in the way you dive.
The aim is simple: help you become more comfortable in your body, more aware of your breathing and more deliberate in the way you dive.
Release unnecessary tension
Learn to notice tension in the jaw, shoulders, hands, chest and hips before it follows you into the water.
Understand your breathing
Explore diaphragm awareness and selected breathing practices on land, then carry that awareness into natural, continuous regulator breathing.
Refine buoyancy and trim
Use stillness, breath timing and body awareness to make smaller corrections and hold a steadier underwater position.
Train underwater awareness
Practise meditation, visual focus and the Body, Breath, Environment Scan while neutrally buoyant.
One rule never changes
We never practise breath holding underwater.
Selected pranayama exercises are taught on land to build breathing awareness, calm and familiarity with the diaphragm. During scuba diving, you breathe continuously and follow standard safe-diving practice at all times.
Start at your own pace
Begin with the Yoga Diver e-learning
The online course introduces the foundations of yoga and shows how movement, breathing, meditation and focused awareness can support your scuba diving.
It includes the Yoga Diver student material, instructional content and downloadable guided relaxation and meditation audio.
The e-learning is valuable as a stand-alone learning experience.
You can complete it whether you are already a diver, learning to dive or simply curious about the connection between yoga and the underwater world.
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Learn in your own time Work through the online material before joining the practical course in Malta.
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Guided audio resources Use the included meditation and relaxation recordings as part of your personal practice.
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Continue into the water Use the e-learning as your knowledge development before completing the practical Yoga Diver course.
Certification requirements
Minimum age of 10 years.
Open Water Diver certification or equivalent from any recognised training agency.
No previous yoga experience is required.
What you will work on
Practical skills that change how your dives feel
Yoga Diver combines land-based preparation with two coached open-water dives, so every practice has a clear purpose underwater.
Start the dive settled
Use a guided surface relaxation before each descent, so you begin the dive feeling present rather than rushed.
Refine your equipment setup
Review your BCD or wing, weighting, cylinder position and trim so your equipment works with your body.
Understand your breathing
Explore the diaphragm, full yogic breathing and how breath timing influences buoyancy and comfort.
Improve buoyancy and trim
Use stillness, breath timing and awareness to make smaller corrections and hold a steadier position.
Practise underwater meditation
Complete focused awareness exercises while neutrally buoyant, using breath, visual focus or silent concentration.
Build a repeatable routine
Leave with practical habits you can use before, during and after future dives without adding more task load.
Meet your instructor
Diving taught through breath, awareness and experience
I’m Robin Bull, a scuba instructor, technical diver and 500-hour yoga teacher based in Malta.
I have spent more than two decades diving and over ten years teaching across São Tomé, Mauritius and Malta, with more than 3,000 dives behind me.
After completing my yoga teacher training in Nepal and discovering Vipassana meditation, I began searching for instructors who were genuinely bringing yoga into the way they taught scuba.
That search led me to the Yoga Diver Distinctive Specialty.
Today, I teach the official Yoga Diver course while bringing my own experience as a scuba instructor, yoga teacher and technical diver into the practical training.
We work on the details that often decide how a dive feels: breathing, weighting, equipment setup, buoyancy, trim, body awareness and the state you carry into the descent.
My aim is not to make scuba feel more complicated. It is to help you remove unnecessary effort, notice earlier and become more comfortable in your own diving.
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
PADI Freediver Instructor
Tec 50 Trimix Diver
500-Hour Yoga Teacher
3,000+ Dives
Mindful diving in practice
Less effort. More awareness. Better diving.
3,000+
Dives
10+ years
Teaching
3 countries
International experience
September and October 2026
Upcoming Yoga Diver course dates in Malta
Each scheduled course runs over one full day and includes the land-based session, two open-water training dives, certification, tanks and weights.
Groups are limited to four to eight divers so there is enough time for individual coaching.
September 2026
20
Sunday
Yoga Diver, Malta
Enquiries open
September 2026
27
Sunday
Yoga Diver, Malta
Enquiries open
October 2026
11
Sunday
Yoga Diver, Malta
Enquiries open
October 2026
18
Sunday
Yoga Diver, Malta
Enquiries open
Weather and sea conditions:
all dates are planned in advance, but the final dive site and in-water schedule remain weather dependent. If conditions are unsuitable, we will move the course to the safest available site or arrange an alternative date.
Request your preferred date
Tell me which Sunday works for you
Send me your preferred course date, certification level, approximate number of dives, date of your most recent dive and whether you need equipment rental.
Enquire on WhatsApp
Your place is confirmed once availability and course logistics have been agreed.
Dive with me in Malta
Choose the diving experience that fits you
I offer private coaching, small-group training and guided diving for certified divers who want a more personal, considered way to explore Malta underwater.
Yoga Diver course
A one-day specialty with land-based yoga, breathing practice and two coached open-water dives.
Private dive coaching
One-to-one or private small-group sessions focused on buoyancy, trim, breathing, confidence and dive comfort.
Guided diving
Relaxed shore or boat diving in Malta, Gozo and Comino, planned around your experience, pace and interests.
Custom dive days
Build a full day around yoga, diving, local food, sightseeing or a Gozo dive safari, with optional transport arranged.
Let’s plan your dives
Tell me what you want from your time underwater
Send me your dates, certification level, recent diving experience and what you would like to work on or explore. I’ll suggest the best course, coaching session or guided-diving plan for you.
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Free Mindful Diver resource
Start your next dive before you enter the water
Get the free Mindful Diver Body Scan, guided audio and 60-Second Surface Reset.
Practise the full sequence at home for seven days, then use the short version at the surface before your next descent.
- Two-page Body Scan guide.
- Full guided audio practice.
- 60-Second Surface Reset.
- Free seven-day Mindful Diver email series.
Frequently asked questions
Yoga Diver course questions
Everything you need to know about the e-learning, practical training, certification and joining me in Malta.
A PADI Distinctive Specialty is a recognised specialty course built around a specific area of diving that sits outside the standard PADI specialty range.
Yoga Diver combines knowledge development, land-based yoga and breathing practice with two open-water training dives.
Once you complete the required course elements and performance requirements, you earn the PADI Yoga Diver Distinctive Specialty certification.
The practical course runs over one full day and includes:
- Yoga Diver e-learning completed before the course.
- Land-based movement using the Sivananda Surya Namaskar sequence.
- Selected breathing practices and diaphragm awareness.
- Guided relaxation and meditation.
- Equipment, weighting and trim review.
- Surface relaxation before each descent.
- Buoyancy, trim and breath-awareness exercises.
- Underwater meditation and focused-awareness exercises.
- Two coached open-water training dives.
Breathing exercises are practised on land. We never practise breath holding underwater.
To complete the in-water certification, you must:
- Be at least 10 years old.
- Hold an Open Water Diver certification or equivalent from a recognised training agency.
- Be medically fit to dive.
- Be comfortable enough in the water to complete two open-water dives.
The course works well for newer divers, experienced recreational divers and technical divers. The coaching is adapted to your experience and what you want to improve.
A refresher may be recommended before the course if you have not dived recently.
No previous yoga experience is required, and you do not need to be particularly flexible.
The land-based practice is adapted to the people in the group. The purpose is not to perform advanced postures. We use simple movement to improve body awareness, mobility, breathing and preparation for diving.
Tell me about any injuries, mobility limitations or medical considerations before the course so the session can be adapted appropriately.
The Yoga Diver course costs €260 per person.
The course includes:
- Yoga Diver e-learning.
- Full land-based yoga and breathing session.
- Two open-water training dives.
- PADI Yoga Diver certification.
- Tanks and weights.
- Personal coaching throughout the day.
Personal dive equipment is not included. Equipment rental, boat fees, Gozo transport or special-location supplements can be arranged separately when needed.
The practical course takes place in Malta.
The exact dive site is selected according to weather, sea conditions, diver experience and the training exercises planned for the day.
Calm shore-diving locations are usually preferred because they allow us to take our time, complete the surface preparation and work through the underwater exercises without rushing.
Yes. The Yoga Diver e-learning is useful as a stand-alone learning experience.
It introduces the history and foundations of yoga, movement, breathing, relaxation, meditation and how these ideas relate to diving.
Divers and non-divers can complete the online material. You only earn the PADI Yoga Diver Distinctive Specialty certification after completing the required practical training and two open-water dives with a qualified Yoga Diver instructor.
Yes. You can join a scheduled small-group course or request a private course for yourself, a couple or a group.
Private dates depend on instructor, dive-centre and site availability. Send me your preferred dates, certification level and recent diving experience, and I will confirm the best available option.
Yes. You can add up to six guided integration dives after the course at €60 per dive, including tanks and weights.
These dives give you more time to apply the Surface Reset, breathing awareness, buoyancy, trim and underwater focus without the structure of a formal training dive.
Equipment rental, boat diving, Gozo trips and special-location charges are separate.
Choose one of the scheduled September or October course dates, or send me a WhatsApp message to request a private date.
Include:
- Your preferred dates.
- Your certification level.
- Your approximate number of dives.
- The date of your most recent dive.
- Whether you need equipment rental.
- Anything specific you would like to work on.
Once your place is confirmed, you will receive access to the e-learning and the practical course information.
Still have a question?
Send me a WhatsApp message with your dates and diving experience. I’ll help you decide whether Yoga Diver is the right next step for you.
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