What do you do when you don't feel OK?

There is an article on the BBC web site which suggests that being near, on, in, or under water has a far more powerful impact on our mental, and physical health:

"'The water literally washes the anxiety away':

Many of us associate the sea with feeling happy, relaxed and switching off from life's stress.

But there's growing belief that being near, on, in, or under water has a far more powerful impact on our mental, and physical health than we might realise. ...   "

www.bbc.co.uk/.../uk-england-45395944

There is an article on the BBC web site which suggests that being near, on, in, or under water has a far more powerful impact on our mental, and physical health:

"'The water literally washes the anxiety away':

Many of us associate the sea with feeling happy, relaxed and switching off from life's stress.

But there's growing belief that being near, on, in, or under water has a far more powerful impact on our mental, and physical health than we might realise. ...   "

www.bbc.co.uk/.../uk-england-45395944

I live on the coast with the nearest beach literally ½ mile away...

I consider myself very lucky that I can be by the waterside so easily where I live. In fact, it's hard to get away from it; you can't get very far without encountering a "Many Wells", "Springhead", "Beckside", and my favourite; "Well Heads" (ironically, not far from where the local lunatic asylum used to be!) The ice-age glaciers carved out a landscape perfect for becks, rapids, and waterfalls on land not fit for housing or modern industry. But industries now long-gone made massive use of this landscape; in even the smallest of valleys you can find the fascinating remains of old water-mills, mines, quarries, and the trackways, inclines, and architecture that supported them.

There are also loads of old reservoirs. The Victorians went nuts building them, partly to employ people during economic slumps when the textile mills were struggling. Once the huge reservoirs in Nidderdale were completed just before WWII, most of the small local ones became redundant, and many of them are now set aside for leisure and wildlife, some surrounded by old water corporation land which is now open access land and allowed to become wild again. On one or two lucky occasions, I've even seen Ospreys using the reservoirs as a rest stop during their annual migration.

Fascinating! I often think I would like to move to near water, if I ever get the wherewithal

Thank you so much for this link...

I moved out of London almost 10 years ago and although I now live in a beautiful, green and peaceful area, I REALLY miss the Thames towpath, that constant flow of water (west of the city it's still clean and pretty)...

I've just joined an outdoor pool again (brrrrrrr!) and I can't describe how well I feel when I'm weightless, in the water, in the open air...it's better than any therapy I can think of :o)

Enjoy your day ATFOM!

A x