“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea." - Isak Dinesen
Along with a well earned sweat, a good cry, and a soak in the sea, I find wind healing, especially when it's blowing hard against my body and through my hair as I walk barefoot along the shoreline.
When I do, it seems to me that the wind is actually blowing through me and clearing away stuck stuff. Have you ever felt that?
It gets even better when I can add garden walks in the mix with the wind and the sea.
Where do you find healing power?
The real thing is best. But the next best is a virtual, imagined experience.
If the elements I describe sound soothing, appealing, and healing to you, please consider reading The Twelve Gifts from the Garden if you have not already done so. Or read it again.
Let yourself feel transported into the tropical botanical garden that is alongside the sea on Sanibel Island.
Use your imagination to feel wind and gentle breezes. Breathe in the floral scents. Notice the sound of bamboo swishing and knocking. Sit on a bench and listen to nature's music. Let your eyes feast on the beauty of the dappled light rays that seem to dance in rhythm with the bamboo percussion performance. Feel the warmth of the sun's glow on your face and shoulders.
Several stories take place on the beach and in the gulf water. Read "What My Toes Find" and be amazed, as I was.
Whether it's this destination, a hike on the Appalachian Trail, a Mediterranean cruise, or a ski retreat, go somewhere in your imagination, someplace healing, someplace you love. And nurture your health, hope, and well-being.
With love and imagination,
Charlene
PS - The seascape featured above is the beach alongside the botanical garden at Sanibel Moorings.
THE EIGHTH GIFT IS IMAGINATION. May it nourish your visions and dreams. - from The Twelve Gifts of Birth, celebrating 20 years
