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Yoga
World-famous yogi Kino MacGregor visits Atmosphere
When we found out that world-renowned yogi Kino MacGregor and her equally famous husband Tim Feldmann were coming to Manila to hold a yoga workshop, we were very excited to host them for a holiday in Atmosphere. Together they run Miami Life Center and when they don’t spend time in Florida, they travel the world to share their knowledge and passion with yogis everywhere. During her time here, Kino recorded a few movies and let us take up some of her time with photo shoots – and Tim graciously held a yoga class for a few staff members. Click here to watch movies. of Kino and here to read about their work at Miami Life Center.
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Dive center News
New Expanded Camera room
With so many underwater photographers coming to Atmosphere to shoot our famous critters, we needed to expand our space for them and their cameras. Our already excellent camera room with air guns, personal lights, 110 and 220 volt charging stations for each diver had to become bigger. Said and done, we have now expanded and comfortably fit 15-20 photographers, each with their own personal workspace and storage boxes.
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Fitness
Train harder! Circuit Training at Atmosphere Resort
Adding to our yoga and diving, we now offer circuit training at Atmosphere a few times per week, with our certified Personal Trainer Joel. Classes are held on the treetop platform overlooking the sea and with a nice breeze to cool you off. Everyone is welcome – classes are good for all levels and intensity will be based upon fitness and experience. Classes include body conditioning resistance training, weight training and high intensity aerobics to build strength and muscle toning.
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Marinelife
Frogfish February delivers big time!
As most of our diving guests know, February and March are intense months for Frogfish lovers with more species and sightings than most of us can imagine. Our marine biologist Daniel has been very busy teaching his PADI Frogfish Specialist course and we are proud to say that on one course dive in March, Daniel and his students saw 10 different frogfish species in one day! Not ten frogfish - ten species!
Two of the highlights were a juvenile hispid frogfish, a rosy frogfish and the first sargassum fish in a year, a smaller than 1 cm juvenile.
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F&B
Our wine list just got much bigger…
With a dedicated wine cellar in our Boutique, we pride ourselves in having a nice collection of wines from all over the world. However, we have just more than doubled our selection and can now offer more than 50 wines.
From Italy and France in Europe, over to New Zeeland and Australia and then to Chile, Argentina, South Africa and California! Join us for a wine tasting at Atmosphere!
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Spa update
Join our yoga retreat in May
Our next yoga retreat at Atmosphere will be held May 22-29 during which time you can chose between a 3 day or a 6 day retreat. September is when the next scheduled retreat takes place, but if you are a group of people and keen to deepen your practice another time of the year, contact us.
Yoga at Atmosphere involves a mix of asana practice, relaxation, meditation, Sanskrit chanting, yoga philosophy and nutrition workshops. It is a great way to combine a beach side vacation with a holistic approach to well-being. If you want to pencil yourself in for either of these dates please email yoga teacher Rae and for more information, have a look at the yoga retreat section of the website.
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PADI Courses
Two busy PADI IDC’s to start the year
It has been a busy start of the year with PADI Instructor Courses taking place in both February and March. Instructor Development Philippines with Course Directors Gaby and Tim and all their staff instructors have had their hands full. A great time was had by all and here are a few photos of our new instructors, ready to take on the world! Congratulations to Li, Gold, Daisy, Richard, Matt, Lavinia, Jackie, Michael, Richard, Florent, Sophie, Paul, Caroline, Gibson, Joey and Krystle!
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Win a free Atmosphere dive holiday with Suunto!
As a diver you have probably seen some pretty amazing places. But have you been able to share your excitement with your non-diving friends? Explaining the experience certainly isn’t always easy. To overcome this, you now have a chance to invite a friend, who is not yet familiar with diving, on a diving trip to the Philippines to explore the underwater world with you! Together with dive computer brand Suunto, Atmosphere is giving away a free week-long holiday including flights and a PADI Open Water Course.
Post a picture of an unforgettable diving moment and tag your new-to-diving friend to the post and also tag #DiveWithMe and @suuntodive. Click here for more info!
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Social Media
This is Atmosphere!
New video By Scuba Diver Life
Watch Nadia Aly from Scuba Diver Life enjoy the best of Atmosphere Resorts and Apo Island in the Philippines. This short video says it all – don’t miss the aerial of the main pool with divers doing confined water, it is truly spectacular! Thank you Nadia for this movie – and see you soon!
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Live-aboards
Raja Ampat with the Siren Fleet in May 2016 - two spots available
An unforgettable experience – Atmosphere’s trip to Raja Ampat in May onboard the S/Y Indo Siren is drawing close. 10 days onboard the luxury live-aboard of Worldwide Dive & Sail await you May 20-30, with a huge variety of diving: From pelagic drift dives to magical muck dives. The Siren Fleet and Atmosphere Resorts pledge to make the ten day experience luxurious and unforgettable. More info here. If you're interested in joining, please contact us.
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Movies
Please Behave! We are passionate about our underwater environment
At Atmosphere, we believe that preserving the environment is more important than getting "that amazing photo" or holding on in a current. Our Diving Etiquette Movie shows some great examples of what to do and not do at Atmosphere Resorts.
There are a lot of critters hiding in the sand and a lot of fragile corals here in Dauin. Be careful around them, be respectful of animals and other divers on your dives. Don't touch, don't move but keep taking amazing natural photos of our critters.
Video by Steve De Neef
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Photographer of the Month
Dauin, Apo island and Oslob underwater – by Carolyn Davies
We have had quite a few underwater photographer groups the first few weeks of 2016 and we have seen some stunning photos of Dauin’s critters on the LCD screens of our guests’ cameras. One of those guests is Carolyn Davies, who came to Atmosphere with a group from Blue Water Dive Travel in March. She has some killer shots and we wanted to give you the chance to see some of them!
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PADI Certifications January-February 2016 
Seal Team Diver
Lilja S Kroon Reed
Scuba Diver
Cheng Liu Peng
Open Water Diver
Anna Trane, Karin A Frey, Lynn Smith, Paul A Smith, Nikolai E Soudek, Nanxi Gai, Zi Li, Mathan Kot, Julian Schweizer, Nina Nesnidal, William Oestling, Elisa Fremaux, Romane Philippron
Adventure Diver
Michael Smith
Advanced Open Water Diver
Ivo Enenkl, Nathaniel D Smith, Reshef Swisa, Florian Messmer, Sebastian Glink, Livia Hinterhäuser, Kai Heng HeXue Jiao, Chen Zouming, Jean-Philippe Thomassin, Elena Reyes, Sélim Chabane, Nikolai E Soudek, Layla Abramowitz, Jussi Havulinna, Jialin Wu, Yuan Cai, Ke Chen, Nina Nesnidal, Julian Schweizer, Dorrit Büttner, Ralph Z Zipperlen
Frogfish Specialist Diver
Simon Tam
Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver
Florian Messmer, Raphael Kot, Ian Lloyd T Calugcugan, Randy J Wadele, Josena M Wadle, Saimon L Salac, Houng thi van Nguyen, Sebastian Glink, Livia Hinterhäuser, Christoph Dreyer, Nathaniel D Smith, Karim Chabane, Selim Y Chabane, Jussi Havulinna
Peak Performance Buoyancy Diver
Sonia Jouan
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