Today: MORE WATER!
"As babies we are approximately 75 to 80% water and as we grow older this percentage decreases until the percentage is reduced to approximately 60 to 65% for men and 50 to 60% for women. The human brain is about 85% water and our bones are between 10 to 15% water." (http://www.chemcraft.net/wbody.html)
We all know this (or some statistic that is fairly close to this). And we all know we need to stay hydrated for various and sundry reasons. So, I'm not going to go on about that.
Instead, I encourage you to re-experience water. Be aware of it in your everyday life. Take time to walk next to a body of water. Soak in a tub. Savor it when you drink it.
We all have done (or read about or heard of...) the mindfulness exercise where you eat one raisin and over-experience it. (One version of the exercise is here: http://hfhc.ext.wvu.edu/r/download/114469).
Try this same exercise with water. Or try being "in the moment" the next time you take a sip of water. (It's like a 5-second vacation, btw...) It's as if you can feel each individual molecule and is such a great experience of gratitude for Water that is the essence of US (vs. the essence of wetness....)
Yay, WATER!
"As babies we are approximately 75 to 80% water and as we grow older this percentage decreases until the percentage is reduced to approximately 60 to 65% for men and 50 to 60% for women. The human brain is about 85% water and our bones are between 10 to 15% water." (http://www.chemcraft.net/wbody.html)
We all know this (or some statistic that is fairly close to this). And we all know we need to stay hydrated for various and sundry reasons. So, I'm not going to go on about that.
Instead, I encourage you to re-experience water. Be aware of it in your everyday life. Take time to walk next to a body of water. Soak in a tub. Savor it when you drink it.
We all have done (or read about or heard of...) the mindfulness exercise where you eat one raisin and over-experience it. (One version of the exercise is here: http://hfhc.ext.wvu.edu/r/download/114469).
Try this same exercise with water. Or try being "in the moment" the next time you take a sip of water. (It's like a 5-second vacation, btw...) It's as if you can feel each individual molecule and is such a great experience of gratitude for Water that is the essence of US (vs. the essence of wetness....)
Yay, WATER!
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