Go With The Flow

“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It’s always ourselves we find in the sea.” — E.E. Cummings

Water. We all need it. We need it to feel good and to survive, both as a human being and a civilisation. It’s one thing we ALL have in common, regardless of race, religion, culture or continent. Whether we lead a country or sweep the streets, water is vital. 

But beyond the physiological need, water holds a deeper connection. In water we see ourselves reflected back. The seas are ever changing, some days they sparkle, blue and calm, at other times they’re stormy and towering waves crash the shore. Like human emotions they fluctuate and change, they ebb and flow. 

There’s something magical about looking out over a vast sea, the expanse of a wide horizon always just out of reach. The hypnotic movement and sounds, the deceptive force that belies a calm surface that draws you near but not without caution, a primordial instinct. The fact that this water has been here since the dawn of time, and will be here long after we have gone.
I’d like to share with you some words from a lovely song by Xavia Rudd called Follow the Sun.
Take a stroll to the nearest water’s edge, remember your place. 
Many moons have risen and fallen long, long before you came.

These words remind me that outside the confines of our homes and work and complicated lives, we are all part of something much bigger. Earth’s connection to the moon, the gravitational pull of the tides - we are connected to the Universe, to a place of unfathomable scale and mystery and possibility. 

Why not use your daily shower or bath as a time to reconnect to the universe. Use the beautiful cleansing properties of water as a meditation. Here is a short meditation I love to use when I want to wash away cares and worries and feel revitalised and rejuvenated. 

• Start by imagining the water raining down upon you is a blue healing liquid.
• Now imagine this powerful blue healing liquid swirling from your head, through your body, all the way to your toes and down the drain. 
• As the water flows and swirls through your body, through every limb and organ, focus on any areas of pain or aches, concentrate the healing liquid here for a while, imagine it’s healing power working deep into your muscles, bones and cells.
• Let the blue healing liquid wash away all your concerns, stresses, pain and negativity. Visualise the blue healing liquid turn brown as leaves your feet, taking with it all your cares, worries, aches and pains.

Lots of love, Zoë xx

* Source: wellbeing.com