My Sacred Space
“We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.”
The sea has long enchanted human kind – perhaps through its unexplored mystery, power and continual ability to provide useful resources.
Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part. I'm always happy when I'm surrounded by water.
I have subconsciously been using ocean therapy since I was a child. Since I can remember, I would get up every morning and walk down to the beach just to stare out into the ocean. The energy I would receive back from the sea always gave me a peaceful feeling – there was a deep spiritual connection. The ocean provides a level playing field for everyone to connect.
The ocean is a complete sensory immersion leaving us with no choice but to remain in the present.
The ocean provides perspective in a way that nothing else in nature therapy can. It is constantly changing and shifting right before your eyes, which is engaging from both a physical and psychological perspective. It forces us to learn to quickly adapt and take in new information as the environment changes before us.
The ocean bombards us with multi-sensory stimulation, we feel the grains of sand, we taste and smell the salt, the wind rushes over our face and body, we hear the waves break and move and feel the water on our skin. It is complete sensory immersion leaving us with no choice but to remain in the present.
It is this awakening of present state consciousness that is the element that we experience.
The ocean makes me feel really small and it makes me put my whole life into perspective… it humbles you and cleanses your soul, I feel born again when I get out of the ocean.
Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away.