EP: 27 - Cristina Zenato is using a Barrier to Breakdown Barriers - One Dive at a Time!

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About the Guest: Cristina Zenato is the Director of Training at Underwater Explorers Society, Founder of People of the Water (501c3 whose mission is to widen the conduction and distribution of training, education, research, in relation to water, ocean, and environmental issues), she is experienced working with different species of shark in the wild with specialization in safely handling Caribbean Reef Sharks (hold up… did I just say, safely handling…got to watch an incredible video of Cristina called THE SHARK DANCER), PADI Course Director and Author PADI stands for Professional Association of Diving Instructors -, extensive background in cave and technical diving (most of which she donates her time to the Bahamas National Trust), active member of Women Divers Hall of Fame, Youth Educator, & Personal Development Speaker and literally countless honors and awards… we gots to get on with the show.  Cristina also speaks 6 languages, she has accomplished 8000 + dives, 1600 + shark feeding dives, 600+ cave dives, 1000+ mixed gas dives and has been in countless moves, videos, and photoshoots.

TOTD: “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”  Albert Camus

In this episode Cristina discusses:
SEASPIRACY – 
Essential Teacher/Mentor – Ben Rose   
Ampullae of Lorenzini – electroreceptor cells that are jelly filled pores around the animals nose and mouth that when rubbed induce a relaxed state
Taking out her first hook of a sharks mouth
70% of the earth’s surface is water, ocean soaks up the earths heat and redistributes via the Great Ocean Conveyer Belt, the ocean absorbs at least 30% of Carbon Dioxide, in order to do so, THE CHAIN OF NATURE needs to be protected … and many other incredible thoughts and insight.

Thanks for listening and enjoy the show.