One of the biggest gifts the water offers is the space it creates. This space is unique in it’s ability to manifest connection. It has me thinking about all the invisible things that unite us.

It dawned on me that I had allowed my attitude to become knowledge, that I adopted it as a reality.

If overthinking is a silent assassin, comparison is the thief of joy.

What helps you and what detracts you from a consistent swim or dipping practice? It is amazing how much we share in our struggle.

Have a read and let me what you think :)

We shed our inhibitions and beliefs on the shore because getting in the water and feeling alive is a practice we now hold as more important

“…how we still laugh and play like children in an ocean where our wrinkles grow deeper…”

Sometimes when the walls you have built around you start to crack, you need to stare into what is on the other side and just let the water flood in.

How my open water swim practice has taught me lessons in setting boundaries and self compassion.

Winter Solstice and the role of Water.

Like me, you may worry and be overwhelmed by this all and feel paralysed at the thought of what you can do. I implore you to see this World Ocean Day is not just as a day of celebration, but also as a day of action and awareness.

Blue Mind theory sheds light on the profound impact that our natural environment, particularly water bodies, can have on our overall health and well-being…it is so much more though than the words that attempt to describe it here. It is a felt experience, a feeling most people know when they imagine, speak of or are near and on the water. It is "...something deeply connected, an ancient idea that is encoded in our neurological connections…in every culture, every spiritual tradition, every sacred text...refers to the emotional benefit of healthy water".

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