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OCTUBRE 2020 AeroMexico
En su libro, Blue Mind, Wallace J. Nichols habla de los enormes beneficios que estar cerca (o dentro) del agua tiene para nuestra salud física y mental.
Nunca fue intención de Wallace J. Nichols escribir un libro.
Se crió en la Costa Este de Estados Unidos; de niño era introvertido y se sentía más cómodo pasando horas cerca del mar.
“Era mi lugar feliz, ahí dejaba mi estrés terrenal”, cuenta.
Más tarde, se convirtió en biólogo marino y su carrera le ayudó a confirmar sus creencias: “ya sea que estuviera en una alberca o en una playa en México, siempre me sentía mejor. Me pregunté si alguien más sentía estos efectos, y si había alguna explicación científica”.
No encontró libros al respecto. Así que lo escribió él mismo.
De acuerdo con Wallace, vivimos en un estado llamado red mind, una ansiedad constante. Los medios, la economía, las noticias … la sensación de que no tenemos tiempo de manejarlo todo. Y si nos mantenemos mucho tiempo así, acabaremos en el estado de gray mind, es decir, agotados.
El antídoto no se encuentra solamente en el mar.
“Las albercas, los ríos, lagos; incluso las tinas y regaderas pueden ayudar a sanar nuestras red minds”, asegura Wallace. “El estrés tiene que ver con 60% de las enfermedades modernas”, explica, y aunque sabemos que el agua nos relaja, no siempre valoramos sus poderes
curativos.
De hecho, el agua puede llevar a nuestra mente a un estado similar al de la meditación.
Su carrera como biólogo marino y su trabajo con tortugas ha llevado a Wallace a viajar por todo México, incluyendo playas en Tamaulipas, Quintana Roo y Baja California, las cuales cuenta entre sus favoritas en todo el mundo.
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In Blue Mind, Wallace J. Nichols explores the great benefits that being near (or in) a body of water has on our physical and mental health.
It was never Wallace J. Nichols’ intention to write a book.
Growing up on the East Coast, Wallace was an introvert, and enjoyed spending time by himself in the ocean.
“It was my happy place, where I left all my terrestrial stress behind,” he says.
Eventually, he became a marine bioligist to study turtles, and his career helped confirm his beliefs: “whether I was in a pool or at a beach in Mexico, I always felt better. I started to wonder if other people felt this way, and what was the neurophysiology of it."
As he searched for a book on our brain on water, he found nothing. So he wrote it himself.
According to Wallace, we live in a state called ‘red mind,’ a state of constant anxiety. Media, the economy, the news ... the feeling that
we somehow can’t keep up with everything. And if we stay that way for too long, we’ll end up with a ‘gray mind,’ which is a state of burnout.
And the antidote isn’t just a dip in the ocean.
“Swimming pools, lakes, rivers; even bathtubs and showers can heal our red minds,” he explains. “Stress is implicated in 60% of modern diseases,” notes Wallace, and yet even though we know water relaxes our bodies, we don’t always appreciate its healing powers. In fact, water can bring our minds to a state similar to that reached in meditation.
His career as a marine biologist and his work with turtles has taken Wallace to travel all over Mexico, including beaches in the states of Tamaulipas, Quintana Roo, and Baja California, which he counts among his favorites in the world.
FIND YOUR BLUE MIND
Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do
Read more here.
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