@@hxneyxqueen5572 i let pressure build up in my lungs as i have both my mouth and my soft palate closed. i then cover one nostril and proceed to release my soft palate with a sudden burst of air. i rinse and repeat with each nostril until i feel as though my nose is clear enough or to where i give up on one side. im not sure if she does the lung thing i do but where she closes both nostrils and releases one to get that burst of air instead of closing her soft palate, or if she just blows as hard as she can without building up pressure to release first. yet again she never clarified if she knew how to blow her nose in the beginning first so i feel like im just going insane
So helpful thank you! I’m going to teach this to all my underwater clients and models. I want them to not just look comfortable but also BE comfortable and enjoy the experience ❤
Thank you! I just ordered the sinus saver and am so excited to try. One of my excuses for not living my mermaid dreams, hopefully another barrier broken 💜
Hello! Closing the soft palate came by instinct for me too, but it DOES NOT cause strong vacuum enough to prevent my nose getting filled up by water, only prevents my throat from having water in it. However, there are tons of people, who had an other instinct kick in... Which is equalizing pressure with the help of the diaphragm, regulating just enough air to keep water out, without releasing a bubble... Do you have any acquaintances who can do that? I wanna be able to do it...
@@TheMermaidSewist I have been practicing for 2 and a half month already, and nothing happens... I mean the instinct doesn't kick in. All the other people who I know and can do it learnt it in a day or two... very humiliating I'd say.
@@TheMermaidSewist But how come it is so easy for a lot of people, while for others it's impossible? Are we anatomically retarded or what? Can you ask your scuba friend? I cannot tell you other skills in life among average people that has this wide range of difficulty in learning.
You are not stupid. Think about the ability to roll your tung, or lick your elbow, or wiggle your ears. Some people have a harder time learning these things simply because their physiology is different from the person who picked it up in two trys. It says nothing about your intelligence or competence. My scuba friend has a deviated septum, and so creating the vacuum is super easy for him. It is not instinctual at all. You have to practice, and modify for what works for you. Some people can never do it! Just because it isn’t possible with their physiology.
Ok so I thought that closing the soft palate just keeps water from going down the throat. So you would be sinus flooding but not coughing on water when surfacing because you would be keeping the water out of your throat (and blowing it out your nose). From an anatomical standpoint, I don’t see how closing the soft palate can block the sinuses at all. Let me know if I’m missing something you said. I’ve been figuring this out myself now and hope to make a video about it someday too because we don’t have much info out here about it (other than your awesome video!).
Ain't that the question of the century?! Everyone who is usually in the water is battling with this question. I like your explanation, would have to just wait till the next time in the swimming pool to test it. One question - Have you ever considered trying synchronized swimming? I think you'll be really great at it.
last time i swam was after 3 years of not swimming and i tried to blow air through my nose as i went underwater and it felt like it was blocked and now im realising i think i was doing K thing whole time unaware of it xd
What I do is go under water, and a few air bubbles come out (not exhaling) and then I somehow stop it, I think something is closing, but I kind of do it naturally. When the air bubbles are coming out, it’s a little uncomfortable, but when I stop them, it’s like your free. It doesn’t burn and I don’t “taste” it. When I come up, I blow the water out. I don’t know if I’m storing the water in my sinuses, or if it’s just in my nostrils. It’s not hurting/burning, and I don’t “taste” it. The problems with this is when I come up, I have to angle my head down, close some valve in my throat (I think), and blow out forcefully. If I skip one of these steps or do one wrong, the water goes down my throat and that feels nasty. The other problem is my sinus hurt later on in the day.
Closing the passage between your nose and your throat (what, in the video, I am calling he soft pallet) feels more natural for some than others. It sounds like you have figured it out on your own. When the air bubbles stop it means you have created a vacuum in your nose by closing your soft pallet. It keeps an air bubble and doesn’t let water in. When you break the surface of the water, you actually break the vacuum and the water goes up your nose. It is similar to how you pick up water in a straw by putting your finger over one end or when are pouring from a bottle and it comes out in glugs instead of a smooth pour. Air is fighting to get in and liquid is trying to get out and it causes a momentary vacuum.
I see. It took me 5 years to figure it out, but I figured it out in 10 minutes last week. I just probably never got passed that 2 or 3 seconds when the water is getting in your nose before I figured it out.
Yes, sounds to me like you are closing your soft palate. So you’re still flooding your sinuses-you’re just keeping the water from going down your throat, which is key.
Which brand of noseclips? I recently got my first (official mertailor tail WOO) And ive been trying to swim without any gear like nose clips. But im not sure which brand to get
Thank you!!! Im starting training to becone a mermaid and im ususally ok with some water up my nose untill i do too many flips and it hurts... i like the sinus saver idea, at least for training.. or even a cute one and people could just think it's a piercing right? :p i already have my lip pierces so! great tips will try then all thank you!!
Absolutely. I am at that point now. It really depends on how well you tolerate it, what is in the water (chlorine burns way more than a salt water pool) and how you are feeling that day. I just make sure I always have air to blow out my nose when I surface. It will also make you sneeze a lot the first few times
Zouzou Semaan Yes it does. The same mechanism that closes it off is what protects your airways from aspirating or breathing in water. Blowing out it is creating positive pressure to open that valve and once you have blown air out your sinuses are open and have a negative pressure until/unless you close that valve again
@@TheMermaidSewist okay thanks ma'am. yeah i meant free diving. i can't dive without water getting into my nose.. so i hold my nose and dive. can you suggest me something i can do
Sorry for the short response before, I really didn’t understand exactly what you were asking. When you are diving at any depth more than 10 feet, a dive mask that covers the nose is an essential piece of equipment because it protects your nose and allows you to equalize the air space by your eyes. If you are not wearing a mask at all, there are various nose plugs or nose clips that can keep your nose closed just like you would pinch them with your fingers.
@@TheMermaidSewist thanks ma'am for your suggestion. yeah i tried the nose plugs and they work amazing. so then how come some people just dive without mask or nose plugs ( 10 feet and above)
