How to connect with the 4 elements of nature in summer

with the warmth of summerthe longer days and vacations, which allow us to take a break to take care of our bodies, put our minds in order and enjoy leisure time with our family and friends, we especially seek communion with the four natural elementsprobably in an attempt to return to the origins, balance and gain health. How to connect with the 4 elements?

1. How to get back in touch with the earth

Associated with the feminine, the earth symbolizes the interior, the mysterious, the stable, the wisdom, the strength, growth, regeneration and prosperity.

take off shoes

Like the earth, our body is a solid expression of life and while our hands serve us to work, create, give and receive, feet allow us to support ourselves, facing gravitymove, scroll, jump and run where we want.

Thus, to be able to free the feet from the shoes and put them in contact with the earth, with the grasswith the pebbles of the river or with the sand of the beach is an act more important than we think, since when we do this, on the one hand we are freeing them from the control and artifice to which we usually subject them when we make them step on asphalt, parquet and more or less rigid soles, while, on the other, we experience the freshness and the vital sensations that link us to our childhood.

In addition, when walking with bare feet on the mainland, on the rocks or on the sand of the beach we directly massage the entire sole of the foot, extending this well-being to the body reflex zones who are benefited by these stimuli. Even on a long flight, taking off your shoes provides immediate relaxation.

a mud bath

Another of the delicacies that we can try in summer is take a mud bath outdoorswhich is especially fun if we do it with family or friends.

It is not necessary to travel to the Dead Sea, either to Israel or Jordan, to apply the therapeutic mud extraordinarily rich in mineral salts from one of its beaches.

We can do it perfectly some area of ​​our coastsuch as San Pedro del Pinatar in La Manga del Mar Menor, a spa near our summer resort or even in a clayey pool of a stream of clean waters.

Another alternative is to purchase a sludge preparation (for example in a herbalist) and take a warm mud bath at home or where we are, following the instructions of the product.

Applying the clay we resume the game with the earth and we benefit from its multiple virtues, since This type of mud is rich in minerals and trace elements and has detoxifying, anti-inflammatory and astringent properties.becoming great allies in bone and joint problems such as arthritis or rheumatism, or in skin problems: acne, psoriasis…

also result Effective in combating cellulite.

meditate in a cave

Entering the hollow of a mountain after a walk and sit in some area to meditate it is a moving experience. The humidity, the smell of shade and the absolute silence will put us in contact with the guts of the earth.

Stay for a while letting thoughts and sensations run through our heads, without holding them backwill undoubtedly help us to get in touch with our deepest aspects.

we can use a candlewhose diffused light will undoubtedly enhance the mystery of the place, but it can also be stay in the dark for a while appreciating how our perceptions change. When leaving, perhaps the landscape will appear before our eyes more serene and luminous.

2. How to connect with air

This item is linked to the breathingthe word, the music, ideas, inspiration and imagination.

expand your breath

When we come to this world, the air, volatile and elusive, charged with vital energy (prana in india or chi in the Far East) penetrates our lungs making our connection with existence possible.

We open ourselves to life by taking in air and we leave it when we expire our last breath.

Through breathing we carry out a continuous exchange with the outside: we give and receive; For this reason, our breathing provides us with many clues about how we are and how we take life: in small sips, limiting ourselves, or receiving and giving fully and without reservation?

This exercise help to become aware of the breath and expand it in order to experience the fullness that such a simple act can bring us.

To do it, sit comfortably on the ground, preferably in a natural space (a forest, the mountain, on the banks of a river) and imagine that you have before you a burning ember that you have to turn into a flame.

Blow gently trying to create that flame and watch how you do itDo you breathe in through your nose or through your mouth? Do you breathe through your chest or belly, forcefully or gently, do you feel dizzy or energized?

Then breathe in through your nose and blow gently. Take a breath imagining that your belly is a balloon It inflates when you inhale and deflates as you exhale. Can use your abs to let out every last drop of air.

When you feel your breathing expand and you need to take in air through your chest as well, do so.. Inhale by inflating the belly and opening the ribs to the neck and then exhale by closing the chest and then the belly.

Finally close your eyes and feel the breath expand your body. It contracts slightly on the exhale and expands pleasantly on the inhale.

A sea breeze bath

As important as becoming aware of the breath is let yourself be bathed or wrapped in air from time to time.

Release the skin and expose it to fresh air so that it breathes and comes into contact with coolness (a temperature below 20 ºC) strengthens us, increases the adaptive and immune capacity of the organism and invites you to participate in a pleasant and invigorating encounter with the air.

This naturist technique can be practiced both in summer and winter and Helps prevent colds.

can be done in the early hours of the day in the bedroom, with the window openin the patio or garden or on the terrace, although the ideal is to do it in the middle of nature. Seaside we will also benefit from the large number of minerals and negative ions present in the breeze

To carry it out, it is necessary to go lightly dressed, with a swimsuit or better yet naked and move around with bare feet.

The duration can be from a few minutes to a quarter of an hour for the most trained It ends by rubbing energetically the whole body with the palms of the hands.

3. How to connect with water

Symbolically associated with emotionsfeelings and the subconscious, water is the element from which life arose and a good that we cannot do without.

It is known that one can go without food for up to a month or more, but we could not deprive ourselves of water for more than a few days.

The water quenches our thirst, refreshes, purifies and in the form of rain it cleanses the atmosphere and waters the fields so that the seeds germinate and the plants develop.

A good hydration

Water taken as a drink quickly passes into the small intestine. and from this to the blood, providing the cells and the interstitial fluid that separates them from each other with the water they need to fulfill their functions.

Cells use it both for nourishment (transport of vitamins, minerals and trace elements) How to remove organic waste through urine and sweat.

This makes in summer, when the loss of liquids is abundant due to perspiration, we need a greater contribution of liquids through a more refreshing diet (rich in fruit and vegetables) and water intake.

Regarding the recommended amount, It is estimated that an adult needs to drink about two liters of water a dayeither indirectly through food or directly in the form of beverages.

For this, it is recommended that the water be at room temperature orif the heat presses, moderately mixed with cold water.

As for the most advisable waters, they are those of very weak mineralization. The perfect water would be that of high mountains, free of any contamination, filtered by nature and just as it springs from the spring.

Swimming in open spaces

Swimming in the sea or in a river is one of the most pleasant and recommendable sensations that can be experienced in summer.

The simple fact of getting into cold water favors vascular health, tones the nervous system and massages the muscles and joints.

But also, at sea, whose water is very similar to blood plasma, the skin absorbs through its pores its great rich in minerals and trace elements.

Let’s think that all known elements can be found in seawater, from the nutritious calcium and magnesium to other more unusual ones such as gold or silver. unrefined sea salt is thus equivalent to a quintessence Of the mattery.

Besides, while we float without resisting we relax, Letting our thoughts fly and we live a present time of total placidity, who knows if remembering our intrauterine past.

4. How to connect with fire

Incarnated by the sun, the lava of the volcanoes or the embers of the bonfire, fire has been linked since ancient times with transformationpassions, action, willpower, spirit, enlightenment and rebirth.

a sun bath

Take advantage of the first hours of the morning or the last hours of the afternoon to take sunbaths It is a recommended exercise for several reasons: on the one hand, we undress our body and put it in contact with the heat of the sun’s rays while we relax and feel physically and mentally comforted.

Besides, sunlight helps our skin produce vitamin D, which in turn contributes to the absorption of calcium, preventing bone fragility and muscle weakness.

The sun, in additionin combination with seawater acts on the skin significantly improving problems such as acne or dermatitis and helps eliminate toxins due to heat and sweating.

To take a healthy bath, you must avoid the hours of greatest radiation (from 12 to 16 hours), protect your body and face with sunscreens with a high protection factor (not less than 15) and if possible mineral type.

you also have to ensure that the exposure in the rays of the star king be brief and progressiveespecially at the beginning of summer.

Discover your energy center

While the water allows nutrients to be transported to the cells and discards what the organism does not need and the air penetrates the lungs giving us life, the prana chi or body energy that according to different oriental medicines we take in through breathing and food runs through our body through an intricate network of energy channels and works as our internal fire, giving us the necessary vitality and strength to keep us healthy.

Different body techniques, such as tai chi, chi kung or yoga and medical disciplines such as acupuncture, are based precisely on the harmonization of this body energy to tune the balance between body, mind…