Ein Vorschlag für Tauchbasen
Mindful Diving Center — Präsenz ins Tauchen bringen
Green Fins hilft Tauchenden, das Meer zu schützen.
Mindful Diving™ hilft Tauchern, dabei ganz gegenwärtig zu sein.
Ein naheliegender nächster Schritt
Viele Tauchcenter engagieren sich bereits für Nachhaltigkeit, Meeresschutz und verantwortungsvolles Tauchen. Mindful Diving™ ergänzt eine weitere Dimension: Wie erleben wir den Tauchgang? Statt einer weiteren technischen Zertifizierung eröffnet Mindful Diving eine Haltung für das Unterwassersein. Sie beruht auf Präsenz, bewusster Wahrnehmung, Verbundenheit und Sinn. Sie ergänzt bestehende Ausbildungen von SSI, PADI, Green Fins und anderen Organisationen.
Das Rahmenkonzept
VORHER
Bereite deinen Geist vor, bevor du ins Wasser gehst.
Atmung · Intention · Wahrnehmung · emotionale Bereitschaft · Verbundenheit mit dem Meer
BELOW
Verändern, wie wir unter Wasser sind.
Präsenz · bewusstes Atmen · Tarierung · Beobachtung · Nichteingreifen · Verbundenheit mit dem Meeresleben
BETWEEN
Bring die Erfahrung zurück an die Oberfläche.
Reflexion · Wahrnehmung · Austausch · Integration · aus dem Tauchgang lernen
DARÜBER HINAUS
Lassen wir das Tauchen unsere Art zu leben prägen.
Verbundenheit · Wohlbefinden · Umweltverantwortung · Sinn · bewusstes Handeln
Was Mindful Diving™ deinem Center geben kann
- Ein besonderes Erlebnis für Gäste.
- Eine tiefere Verbindung zwischen Tauchenden und Meer.
- Werkzeuge, die sich in bestehende Briefings und Tauchgänge integrieren lassen.
- Eine neue Qualität für die Arbeit von Tauchlehrern und Guides.
- Ein Rahmen für Erfahrungen, die Bedeutung haben und bleiben.
- Anerkennung als Mindful Diving Center.
Mindful Diving ersetzt weder deine bestehenden Zertifizierungen durch Ausbildungsverbände noch Umweltprogramme oder Sicherheitsstandards. Es baut darauf auf.
Warum jetzt?
Immer mehr Tauchende suchen heute Erfahrungen, die über das Beobachten von Meereslebewesen hinausgehen. Sie möchten sich verbunden und gegenwärtig fühlen. Teil des Ozeans sein, statt ihn nur zu besuchen. Ein Tauchgang kann technisch ausgezeichnet und ökologisch verantwortungsvoll sein. Und zugleich tiefgreifende Veränderungen anstoßen. Mindful Diving schafft die Bedingungen für eine solche Erfahrung.
Ein mögliches Pilotprojekt
01
Vorstellen
Eine kurze Mindful Diving-Einheit für deine Tauchlehrer und Guides.
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Erfahrung
Ein geführter, achtsamer Tauchgang mit einfachen Übungen zur bewussten Wahrnehmung.
03
Reflektieren
Das Erlebte nach dem Tauchgang kurz einordnen.
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Entdecken
Wie Mindful Diving das Gästeerlebnis und die Weiterentwicklung der Tauchlehrkräfte in deinem Tauchcenter ergänzen könnte.
Alle Tauchverbände lehren, was unter Wasser zu tun ist. Wir entwickeln einen Weg, auch zu vermitteln, wie man dort bewusst anwesend sein kann.
Center partnership
A clearer guest experience. A practical center partnership.
Give your team a shared readiness check, a considered briefing and a short reflection after the dive. Start with one guest package, learn from its delivery, then grow at your own pace.
Centers, PROs and partners: roles and fees
Center / operator
Owns guest bookings and diving operations. Agrees the guest price, logistics, instructor and payment allocation. Its membership does not affiliate its whole team.
MDI PRO
An individually affiliated professional. Teaches and assesses within verified authority; earns the agreed teaching fee. PRO-1 covers MD-1/MD-2; PRO-2 adds MD-3. MD-4/MD-5 need Institute arrangements.
Federation / community partner
Contributes experience, convenes members and helps shape the pilot. May work with an operating host without becoming a center. Agrees attribution, costs and public endorsement. Partnership alone grants no teaching rights or standard referral reward.
Diver / participant
Receives one clear inclusion and cost summary, uses an individual email and completes the applicable learning, practice and assessment. A community demonstration does not award certification.
Membership is separate from enrollment and teaching: Founding PRO €111.00/year; Seed €190.00 in the first year. Confirm Founding eligibility, renewals and previous payments. Seed and the audited Seal are distinct services. Certification credits are also separate from teaching fees.
See all fees and termsPlan the first cohort · fees, people and next steps
Build a draft together. Blank costs stay ‘To agree’. Download a copy before leaving; this page does not save your draft or contact anyone.
Center collects: retain the reward in MDI’s net invoice. Codes follow payment confirmation. Full-price eligible first enrollments only; team training, repeats, discounts and bundles are excluded. One credited partner per enrollment.
Group estimate · 1 person
- Guest total (before any separately agreed extras)
- To agree
- Online tuition included in that total
- €111.00
- Center reward
- €50.00
- Independent PRO referral
- €0.00
- MDI allocation
- €61.00
- Practical balance after entered teaching / operating costs, before taxes
- To agree
MD-1: 2 published supervised water sessions
- Confirm entry requirements and assessor authorization before booking practical delivery.
Use a group summary here; collect participant names and readiness information through the secure process. Confirm any agency course, its fees and instructor authority with its provider. Agency dives do not automatically fulfil MDI session requirements.
- Name the coordinator and authorized PRO; confirm prerequisites and the session/assessment plan.
- Agree inclusions, exclusions, taxes, payer, payment date, weather, cancellations and refunds before taking bookings.
- Collect each participant’s own name/email through the secure roster; confirm online access and practical dates.
- Record delivery, verify academic work separately, reconcile payments and review the first cohort before setting the next rate.
DRAFT - confirm the written agreement before booking. This estimate does not issue an invoice, grant access or certify a participant.
Your center earns €50–€250 for each eligible paid MD level, as shown below.
| Level | Online price | Center earns | Net MDI invoice |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD-1 | €111.00 | €50.00 | €61.00 |
| MD-2 | €111.00 | €50.00 | €61.00 |
| MD-3 | €222.00 | €100.00 | €122.00 |
| MD-4 | €333.00 | €150.00 | €183.00 |
| MD-5 | €555.00 | €250.00 | €305.00 |
Eligible MD-1, MD-2 and MD-3 enrollments include the MDI certification fee when assessed by an authorized PRO at the credited center; no additional €11 or €22 credit is deducted. MD-4 and MD-5 practical training, assessor and panel arrangements are agreed separately with the Institute. Buying online access does not grant teaching or trainer authorization. You set your guest water-session price, pay the delivering PRO the agreed teaching fee, and retain the balance before other operating costs and taxes.
Plan each level and its assessment
- MD-1: Entry pathway: online learning, required supervised water sessions and assessment by an authorized PRO.
- MD-2: Confirm MD-1 readiness, complete advanced learning and water assessment. PRO-1 or PRO-2 within their verified agency rating.
- MD-3: Confirm the preceding levels; arrange the Leadership Practicum and an authorized PRO-2 or Institute assessor.
- MD-4: Confirm the preceding levels and active agency instructor rating; agree an authorized Instructor Trainer, Teaching Practicum, portfolio and sign-off with MDI.
- MD-5: Confirm MD-4 and Institute admission; agree the Trainer Academy, supervised MD-4 cohort, portfolio and panel review. Trainer authorization is an Institute decision.
One center reward per learner per level, after payment and access activation. MDI-collected rewards become payable after a 30-day refund hold and are settled monthly following payment review. Complimentary places, team training, repeat enrollments, bundles, discounted purchases and seat packs do not qualify. A center reward and a PRO referral share cannot apply to the same enrollment. Refunds reverse the reward; a dispute pauses settlement pending review.
Choose the payment route for each booking. MDI collects through your center link and pays the reward monthly. Or your center collects one guest payment: select the level and request named seats, accept MDI’s net invoice and receive email-bound access codes once payment is confirmed. The level’s EUR reward is retained in that invoice, never paid twice. Both the course and net invoice are in EUR; no currency conversion is needed.
Independent PRO referrals remain 20% under the PRO terms. The center booking link you open before checkout selects the center; use a PRO link for independent referrals. Water teaching and certification permissions remain separate from earnings.
Supervised water sessions
Keep three amounts clear: the online course and center reward, the agreed PRO teaching fee, and diving logistics. A center can collect one guest payment and pay the assigned PRO the agreed teaching amount. Boat, equipment, instructor dive costs, travel and any taxes must be itemized in the quote. Complimentary online access does not include practical instruction.
There is no universal water-session tariff. Introductory pilot rates apply only to the named cohort; future rates are agreed after review. MD-4 and MD-5 require a bespoke total quote and Institute approval of the teaching or assessment plan.
- 01Check the learner’s preceding levels; agree the authorized teacher or assessor, who invoices and all practical costs.
- 02Add each team member’s name and email; nominate the instructor who will complete the pathway.
- 03Complete the online learning and arrange required water training and assessment.
- 04Launch one guest package; review the first delivery and its settlement together.