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I've always been a bit of a water baby. People would often say I'm part fish!
In my younger days, summer was spent at the cottage with a big part of the time in the water.
I spent my teen years playing water-polo and my first job was as a lifeguard, going on to be a swimming instructor.
A lot of time was spent in the water or around water but where I really experienced the healing power of water was in my recovery from a broken neck I got in a car accident . I was left paralyzed - you can read about my over coming paralysis here.
The water therapy was never offered as part of my recovery program by the hospital but was one me and my sister undertook on our own. I must say, I'm eternally grateful to my sister who stayed beside me through every step of my recovery. I won't have made the recovery I did without her.
My water therapy consisted of an almost daily visit to a local hotel pool which had a hot tub.. The hot tub would relax my muscles and the jets would massage the sore spots on my neck and back. This would loosen me up for my workout in the pool.
I still had the use of my arms so the first part of my workout was swimming, then I worked on my walking in chest deep water. Here there was no force of gravity pulling me down and I could exercise without any pain. I had been told I would never walk again but I was determined and the walking in the water worked the muscles needed for that mobility. I could maintain that walking movement, feeling normal for a bit on land before the forces of gravity started pulling me down. I kept working on this until I could walk with some aids (now I've got to the point where I don't need any aids any more).
Being in water can improve your emotional health and mental well-being.
For me, just getting away from the institutional setting of the hospital did wonders. Being I felt so at home in the water I could relax and have some fun. This became not only therapeutic for me but for my sister and son too. They could join me and forget about me being a patient and we could just enjoy ourselves.
When I returned to my country home, I bought a large hot tub/pool, big enough that I could continue my therapy.
I must say it was quite marvelous at the end of the day, to slip into the hot tub, outdoors, under the pine trees and to feel everything was okay! The aches and tightness would just melt away!
Do you feel that way having a relaxing tub? It can give you a physiological lift, especially if you set the mood around the tub with candles and peaceful music or try practicing mantra meditation in water. You may be pleasantly surprised by the soothing impact the sound vibrations have on you and your mantras can also affect the composition of water.
Dr. Emoto Masaru did an interesting experiment involving water crystals/structure and the power of thought.
Emoto said that water was a "blueprint for our reality" and that emotional "energies" and "vibrations" could change the physical structure of water.
Water serves as a transporter of energy throughout your body…carried by blood and bodily fluids, it is the means by which nourishment is circulated throughout our bodies…this flow of water enables us to live active lives.
Taken from Emoto book "The Hidden Messages in Water"
Learn more about this fasinating experiment below
The above video also shows a little on how drinking structured water (water that has gone through a process to bring it to form cyrstals (if it were frozen) like in Emoto's experiments), the affects it could have on one's blood cells.
That is another area, drinking water, where the healing properties of water can be felt.
The body needs water to:
- lubricate the joints. ...
- form saliva and mucus. ...
- boost skin health and beauty. ...
- cushion the brain, spinal cord, and other sensitive tissues. ...
- regulate body temperature. ...
- flush body waste. ...
- help maintain blood pressure. ...
- the airways need it.
Did you know too that moving water found in streams and at the beach, can counter balance the build up of positive ions in your body from exposure to WiFi, cell signals and such, with their naturally occurring negative ions.
Wi-Fi and Cell signals fall into the radio-frequency electromagnetic fields category, something the World Health Organization boldly declared a “possible carcinogenic”.
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In ancient times water was held for it's medicinal and therapeutic qualities -
In 2000 B.C. the Ancient Egyptians practiced bathing rituals in hopes of curing ailments. In the Old Testament people soaked in mineral waters for physical healing. The Ancient Greeks used water as a healing agent. Native Americans sat in sweat lodges as a way of purifying the body and mind.
And it is still carried on today with the many forms of hydrotherapy. The miraculous water - a necessity of life!
Have you felt the healing power of water? Or perhaps you have your own Natural Medicine story to tell. We'd love to hear about it. Share it in the Natural Medicine Wisdom Challenge!
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