There are many layers in the architectural or spatial void and in the peak performances of free diving that hold such potential for creation and bodily transformation. French freediving champion Guillaume Néry can descend to 125 meters and return in a single breath. Combining aesthetics, performance, cinema and exploration, Néry practices his discipline as an art form, and it has become his way of life. Professionals report that maximum performance in static apnea without "breathing underwater" is achieved when fewer avoidance tactics are used to mitigate or escape threshold moments, such as when the body screams for breath due to accumulation of carbon dioxide in the blood (Pellezarri and Tovaglieri 2004). Through mindfulness, awareness, and focused concentration, the underwater performer can increase discomfort tolerance and reduce anxiety, thereby increasing static breath-hold performance capabilities (Housley 2007). Unlike the Taoism of “breathing under water”, the emptiness of the mind is open to the mind. subconscious to examine oneself in the reflection of nature as an impartial observer. “Unobstructed movement, involving the whole self, inside and out, draws every part of me, visible and invisible, toward the light...this is what it's like to breathe underwater, and also in - above the water. » (Emerson 1993: 3). For highly conditioned apnea professionals like Néry and Pellezarri, the liminal aquatic performance of inhaling versus exhaling, breathing or not breathing, is symptomatically comparable in psychophysical and psycho-ecological terms. Why Aquabatics is not weightlessness: and differs from aero and aerial performance. The embodied performance experience of Aquabatics is particular to the activities and perceptions of the body in the aquatic domain..... . middle of paper ...... Interactive Entertainment Conference: Matters of Life and Death 24--30 .Privette, Gayle (1983) "Peak Experience, Peak Performance, and Flow: A Comparative Analysis of Positive Human Experiences." » In Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45(6): 1361--1368. Pullen, Kirsten (2010) "More than a mermaid: Ether Williams, performance and the body", in Women's Studies: An inter-disciplinary Journal 39 (8): 877--900. Ross, Helen E. (1990) “Orientation and Movement in Divers,” in The Perception and Control of Personal Motion, edited by R. Warren and AH Wertheim, Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 463--486.Sarah Jane Pell Online (2014) http://www.sarahjanepell.com accessed June 1, 2014.Sydnor, Synthia (1998) “A History of Synchronized Swimming.” Journal of Sport History, 25: 252--267.White, Frank (1998) The Big Picture: Spatial Exploration and Human Evolution. AIAA.