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This story on the Blue Mind Theory was originally commissioned for Watergate Bay Magazine<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everyone loves the beach, but there\u2019s a growing body of evidence to suggest that it\u2019s more than just a nice place to be – it could actually be vital for your health  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sometime in his late twenties, Joe Minihane realised he was dissatisfied with life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Like everyone, I started out with grand dreams and ambitions, in my case about becoming a jet-setting travel writer and bestselling author,\u201d he recalls. \u201cBut instead of this glamorous lifestyle I found myself writing about mobile phones, games consoles and Bluetooth speakers. Things just hadn\u2019t gone as planned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gradually, Joe began to feel anxious. Having suffered from mild anxiety since his twenties, he recognised the feelings \u2013 but this time, they were different. He was unhappy \u2013 profoundly unhappy \u2013 and knew something needed to change. The problem was he didn\u2019t have the faintest idea what, until one hot summer\u2019s day when his wife suggested taking a dip in the Hampstead Mixed Bathing Pond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo be honest I wasn\u2019t that keen,\u201d he laughs. \u201cI wasn\u2019t a great swimmer, especially not outdoors. But the moment I got in, I fell in love with it. I didn\u2019t appreciate how calming it was, stepping into natural water. But the interesting thing was that when I got out, I realised I felt a darn sight better about everything than I had beforehand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon after, he came across a book called Waterlog<\/em>, in which the late nature writer Roger Deakin recounted his own wild swimming experiences. Joe decided to recreate Deakin\u2019s odyssey by swimming in every river, pond, lake and pool mentioned in the book, recording his odyssey in a blog (waterlogreswum.com) and, later, his own memoir (Floating: A Life Regained<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSwimming outdoors just worked for me. It made me feel calmer, more centred. For the first time I wasn\u2019t standing on top of the world looking down at it. I was inside it, looking out \u2013 experiencing what Deakin called the \u2019frog\u2019s eye view\u2019. I felt this deep connection with the natural world. And that was when I started to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are all water<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s long been known that being on, in or near the water can have beneficial effects on our health and well-being. In the Victorian era, people flocked to the seaside hoping for cures for ailments as diverse as rheumatism, tuberculosis and asthma; a century later, people escape to the coast for an escape from their pressurised, urbanised, digitised modern lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some find it surfing a wave. Others find it fishing on the riverbanks, wandering the cliff-tops, or paddling in rock-pools. The result is the same; people feel better when they spend time close to water. The catch is no-one really knows why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step forward Wallace \u2018J.\u2019 Nichols: marine biologist, conservationist and research associate at the California Academy of Sciences. For many years, Wallace\u2019s research \u2013 both academic and anecdotal \u2013 had pointed to the health benefits of proximity to water. In 2014, he explored some of his research ideas in a book, Blue Mind: How Water Makes You Happier, More Connected and Better at What You Do<\/em>, interspersing his findings with background interviews with surfers, scuba-divers, conservationists, neuroscientists, psychologists and researchers. The book became an international bestseller – and the Blue Mind Theory was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thrust of Nichols\u2019 argument is that the \u2018blue mind\u2019 is a natural state which gets drowned out by two other conflicting mind-states: the \u2018red mind\u2019 (caused by the stresses, stimulations and chatter of the modern world) and the \u2018grey mind\u2019 (feelings of lethargy, lack of focus and general dissatisfaction). Humans, Nichols maintains, have an innate connection with water; being near it helps us reconnect with our own internal blue minds, triggering feelings of calm, contentment and inner peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWater quiets all the noise, all the distractions, and connects you to your own thoughts,\u201c he writes. \u201cFor many of us, until that moment of observance or submergence, we work hard and struggle to maintain our ancient, personal connection to water. There is an interdependency with the natural world that goes beyond ecosystems, biodiversity, or economic benefits; our neurons and water need each other to live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue spaces make us feel happier, calmer and healthier. Our aim is to find out why<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Ideas such as the Blue Mind Theory are gaining ground in academic circles – including at Exeter University\u2019s ECEHH (European Centre for Environment & Human Health). Working with inter-disciplinary research teams across the EU, their BlueHealth 2020 project is the first scientific study that aims to quantify the benefits of \u2018blue spaces\u2019 (water-based environments). Ultimately, the team hopes their research will provide a framework for influencing public policy – on health spending, urban planning, coastal management and marine development, for example \u2013 but also suggest therapeutic treatments that can harness the benefits of the \u2018blue space\u2019 effect (their current avenues of research include prescribing short \u2018nature hits\u2019 and creating \u2018blue space\u2019 VR headsets).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know the stresses of everyday life consume a lot of your \u2018cognitive resource\u2019, or brain-power,\u2019 explains the project\u2019s director, environmental psychologist Dr Lewis Elliott. \u2018We also know getting outside is one of the best ways to perform a so-called \u2018cognitive reset\u2019, with all the health benefits that derive from that. But what\u2019s really interesting is that blue spaces seem to have a marginally, but statistically significant, edge when compared to, say, green spaces. There are many theories why that might be \u2013 more physical activity, perhaps, or improved air quality, or increased serotonin uptake, or most likely, a combination of factors. What we know for sure is that blue spaces make us feel happier, calmer and healthier. Our aim is to find out why.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Into the blue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One person who has an unusually intimate relationship with the world of water is world-champion freediver Tanya Streeter. In 2002, she set a new record for \u2018no-limits\u2019 freediving, with a dive of 160 m; it\u2019s still the deepest no-limits dive ever performed by a woman. \u201cI\u2019ve never quite been able to explain my relationship with the sea as eloquently as the way I feel it,\u201d she says. \u201cBut when I discovered my talent for breath-hold diving, I felt protected in the aquatic environment in a way I have never felt on land. Freediving forces you to look within yourself, because the challenge is great and the solitude deep in the ocean is so pure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam Bleakley is someone else who has devoted their life to understanding water. An ex-pro surfer, he is now a documentary maker and author; his most recent book, Mindfulness and Surfing<\/em>, examines the many ways in which being in the water can calm your mind. \u201cAs I\u2019ve grown older, I\u2019ve become more philosophical about the water,\u201d he explains. \u201cI\u2019ve realised it\u2019s not so much about the quality of the wave or what you do on it. The important thing is just to be in there. There\u2019s as much value in paddling out, feeling the spray on your face, noticing the rainbows, waiting for sets, as there is in actually taking off on a wave. It\u2019s about being present; existing in that moment. Appreciating it. Living it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water will always teach you something. You just need to be open to it, and know what to look for.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor me, it\u2019s to do with the liminality of water,\u201d says Paul Miles, who has spent much of the last decade cruising England\u2019s 2000 miles of waterway on a 57ft narrowboat. \u201cWater is neither earth, nor air. You exist between two worlds. It\u2019s the simple things you notice: the reflection of sunlight, the rocking of the boat as you move, the sound of raindrops falling on water, watching leaves floating past. It\u2019s incredibly calming. And you get a different view every day. You only get that when you live on the water.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIntuitively, people enjoy having a relationship with water,\u201d adds Tristan Gooley, author of How to Read Water<\/em>, which provides a compendium of techniques to interpreting water in all its myriad forms. \u201cIt sounds strange, but water has this incredible cast-list of characters \u2013 rip currents, glitter paths, diffraction, undertow \u2013 that we all know, even if we can\u2019t put a name to them. And what\u2019s amazing is that you can see these things working in almost any body of water, whether it\u2019s on a great big lake or a puddle in the middle of the park. Water will always teach you something. You just need to be open to it, and know what to look for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUltimately, I think it\u2019s that sense of limitlessness,\u201d concludes Sam Bleakley. \u201cThat endless horizon. It promotes open-mindedness and creativity. It promises possibility. It creates a space in my mind I can\u2019t get from anything else. It\u2019s become fundamental in my spirit, my productivity, my well-being. Even if I\u2019m not surfing, if I\u2019m away from the sea for too long, I just don\u2019t feel balanced. I don\u2019t feel like me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BLUE MIND THEORY: RESOURCES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ wallacejnichols.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ bluehealth2020.eu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ joeminihane.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ thenaturalnavigator.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ sambleakley.co.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ tanyastreeter.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@EnglandbyBoat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water 101<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tristan Gooley, the Natural Navigator, picks out five things to look out for the next time you\u2019re walking on the beach. Find out more at thenaturalnavigator.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rip Current<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Formed when water on the beach is pulled through a narrow gap, causing the water to accelerate, like when you put your thumb over the end of a hose. They can flow at two metres per second, faster than any swimmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glitter Path<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The line of reflections that form on the sides of waves: they get narrower when the sun is lower, and broader as the waves get steeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rill marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These ridges form when water that has sunk into the sand gets pulled back to the sea, carving channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swash & backwash<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swash is the foamy water that is pushed back up the beach by a breaking wave. The water that flows back down to the sea is known as backwash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pin Holes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These tiny holes are caused by water sinking into the sand, which displaces air bubbles between the sand particles. The holes are formed as they bubble up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related stories<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sea stories: Cornish sardines<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rivers: Journey down the Mekong <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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