Salty foods awaken the taste buds, encourage the flow of digestive juices, and aid in strengthening agni – the digestive fire.Įnhance the water element within you by consuming naturally sweet foods like dates, fresh fruits, milk, cashews and rice, as well as naturally salty foods like seaweed, celery, tamari, miso, and of course good quality salt itself. The water element is linked to the tastes of sweet and salty, perhaps the two tastes favoured by most people! When we consume naturally sweet foods, this tends to have a nourishing, calming, soothing and relaxing effect on the body and mind. Try the cold showers as part of the Strong Core Radiant Health program.Įnd your daily shower with a few minutes of cold water! Taste: Sweet & Salty Begin with a few seconds of cold, revitalising water whilst you’re in the shower to see how it feels. Humans have immersed themselves in cold water since the beginning of time, and by doing it regularly, we reconnect to a primal, wild part of ourselves. Now becoming more popular thanks to Wim Hof (the ‘ice man’), more and more of us are experiencing benefits like reduced anxiety, improved circulation, more energy, a stronger immune system, greater emotional and physical resilience, and a mood boost like no other. Whilst it’s important to interact with cold water safely – especially outdoors – regular cold water experiences can do wonders for the body and mind. If you still haven’t tried a cold shower or wild swim, it’s a joyful and a thrilling experience (trust me!) Try using the following practices to link your 5 senses to water, as well as some movement and breathing techniques to connect to this element too: Touch: Cold Water Therapy Whatever it is, water retains its mystery and fascination, and if we can start reconnecting to it in small ways in our own lives, we move ever closer to a sense of our ancient, natural human selves.ġ4 day free trial Join us Practices to tune into the Water Element Maybe it’s the vast expanse of ocean that remains unexplored, the tales of sea-travels, whirlpools, mysterious disappearing vortexes in the middle of the sea, or the mysterious deep dark depths with almost alien creatures swimming through them. Perhaps it’s the fact that water covers around 70% of the planet, mirrored in the way our bodies are around 60% water. Every time we connect to water and raise its energy within us, we also enhance these qualities in our minds and bodies. This second or sacral chakra is located around the lower belly and represents fluidity, femininity, sensuality, joy, an ability to ‘go with the flow’, freedom, as well as the power of creativity. Water and the Svadhisthana chakraĪs ancient Eastern wisdom teaches us too, water is linked to the Svadhisthana chakra. The Greek’s also saw water significant enough to worship its god Poseidon, with the Romans revering his counterpart Neptune.Ĭhinese Taoist thought considers water a representation of intelligence and wisdom, softness and flexibility, whilst also symbolising the transitions of birth and death, and a more feminine or ‘yin’ energy. Wherever water flows, life seems to spring up within and around it. In Egypt, the river Nile translates as ‘great water’, and is said to have been the lifeline of civilisations in Egypt since the Stone Age in a period known as Prehistoric Egypt, long before the pyramid-building Egyptians we know of today arrived. Water deities such as Ganga, Sarasvati and Yami all govern the rivers flowing through India, with Apam Napat representing the god of fresh water, such as lakes, too. In the East, the Ganges river is still thought of as holy. From bathing, fishing, travelling and drinking, to worship, mystery and power. In many ancient cultures, water was considered the centre of life adn held a divine energy. Do you flow like water? Are you rigid like ice? Are you hot and bubbling? Or are you feeling stagnant and sludgy? Whichever you most resonate with today, you can be sure that just as water changes and adapts constantly, so will you. We’ll look at how reconnecting to this vital aspect of nature can teach us important lessons about our inner and outer world. This time we’re exploring the adaptable and flowing water element. Everything in nature is made up of the 5 elements of earth, water, fire, air and ether.
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