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Blue Mind: The Healing Power of Water

Soothing, Calming and Energising

By ๐•‚.๐”ธ. ๐•ƒ๐•ฆ๐•ฉ๐•– ๐•„๐•–๐••๐•š๐•’ Published 2 years ago โ€ข Updated 2 years ago โ€ข 4 min read
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Water has calming and healing benefits,ย whether itโ€™s visual or you hear it, the trickling sounds of running water effects our brains in a major way, it responds byย releasing a torrent of neurochemicals, which stimulates and naturally relaxes us by increasing blood flow to the brain and heart.

Meditation and Contemplative Effects

You can meditate very easily when you are surrounded by a burst of rain or breaking waves, because water will alterย ย your brain wave patterns, so that you drift into a peaceful and meditative state of mind, it results in mental clarity, feeling rejuvenated and stimulated enough to sleep soundly at night.

Creatively Inspired Using Water

When we are less focused on our schedules and routines, as we move away from chaos or noise in general, hearing the soothing sounds of water isย when our brain switches to rest mode, leading us to focus inwardly, then instantly we have the ability to unleash our creativity in an inspiring and expressive way, as our brain switches to rest mode, so our active thoughts are calmer andย thatโ€™s when positivity is at its peak!ย 

Itโ€™s refreshing that water has a calming effect on most people only by hearing it as the relaxing impact is amplified.ย 

My Review of Blue Mind

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Dr Wallace J. Nichols is an Author, Activist, Scientist, Community Organiser and Father, his inspirational writing and images portrays his love of nature. Dr Wallace J. Nichols has a deep connection with nature he often take long walks and speaks with clarity and passion, why this Blue Mind is such a great read.

This is a really interesting read Dr Wallace J. Nichols explains The Blue Mind Effects in full detail itโ€™s gripping, thought provoking, and educational with each section is thought provoking as itโ€™s tightly packed with intriguing Blue Mind science, knowledge and factual information. This novel is available to buy from Amazon.

The Blue Mind Synopsis

Blue Mind is landmark best selling book by Marine Biologist Dr Wallace J. Nichols on the remarkable effects of water in all of its shapes and forms on our health and well-being.ย 

Why are we drawn to lakes, rivers, oceans and pools each summer? Why does being near water set our minds and bodies at ease? Inย Blue Mind, Dr. Wallace J. Nichols revolutionizes how we think about these questions, revealing the remarkable truth about the benefits of being in, on, under, or simply near water.

Blue Mind not only illustrates the crucial importance of our connection to water-it provides a paradigm shifting "blueprint" for a better life on this Blue Marble we call home.

Here are some deep insightful extracts from Blue Mind by Wallace J. Nichols

Blue Mind, a mildly meditative state characterized by calm, peacefulness, unity, and a sense of general happiness and satisfaction with life in the moment.

We are beginning to learn that our brains are hardwired to react positively to water and that being near it can calm and connect us, increase innovation and insight, and even heal whatโ€™s broken.

Our wild waters provide vast cognitive, emotional, physical, psychological, social, and spiritual values for people from birth, through adolescence, adulthood, older age, and in death; wild waters provide a useful, widely available, and affordable range of treatments healthcare practitioners can incorporate into treatment plans.

Surfers probably exhibit more blue mind than anyone. They are attuned to the water, used to watching it carefully for hours on end, reading its changes, looking for the smallest indication that the next wave will be, if not the perfect wave, at least rideable. They are in the water as well as on it they know the power of a wave to slam them down to the bottom, leaving them scraping the sand, rocks, or reef, holding their breath for dear life, fighting upward against the whirling energy to break through, gasping yet still looking seaward for the next chance to hop on their boards and take the ultimate fifteen or thirty or sixty second ride.

Neuroscience confirms that storytelling has unique power to change opinions and behavior.

Itโ€™s estimated that 80 percent of the worldโ€™s population lives within sixty miles of the coastline of an ocean, lake, or river.

Water is medicine for those who need it most...and everyone else.

I wondered whether water is a mirror for our darker emotions as much as it is an engine for our happiness. Water quiets all the noise, all the distractions, and connects you to your own thoughts.

Preserving, protecting, and restoring our waters are tasks for many lifetimes, and sometimes the effort can seem overwhelming. But as long as we stay connected with all of the many, many blessings that water provides, and continue to keep that love in the forefront of our minds and hearts, as long as we remind ourselves to hope, then our stories will help connect others to water and encourage them to do what they can to help care for this beautiful Blue Marble world.

You can buy Blue Mind here

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