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Spring activities

10 March 2023

“There is a morning inside of you, waiting to burst open into light”

While it is still raining and snowing outside, spring is almost here. At least in me. My heart longs for opening. My senses like the smell of the trees, the grass and the wildflowers. After a few months of being turned inside, I look forward to the sun and the longer evenings.

But I especially need light.

We need daylight for our biological clock. This is influenced by light-sensitive cells in our eyes that control the production of vitamin D. Vitamin D helps against depression and against the development of alzheimer's/dementia.

Under the biological clock are all kinds of physical events that follow each other. Such as our heart rhythm and the menstrual cycle in women. The wake-sleep rhythm also falls below, controlled by the hypothalamus. Your wake-sleep rhythm belongs to the’ circadian ' cycles, i.e. the daily recurring cycles.

Your biological clock works together with your nervous system, blood pressure, metabolism and hormone system. It is highly dependent on light.

Now I know a number of people who have stopped eating and drinking and are only trying to live off the light. The Breatharians. They feed on the prana (life energy) contained in the light.
A form of fasting gives spiritual clarity and it cleanses the body. Especially when your life depends on snacking moments and emotional binges. But it is a rigorous step for an earthly person to abstain from food and drink. I have also seen it go wrong a number of times.

In the still a bit chilly days of this month, we can do a number of things for our health and mood, which promote the 24-hour balance:

  • Walk outside for at least half an hour every day, preferably in the morning. Absorb the light. With a lot of cloud cover in winter, we still get enough vitamin D compared to the weak artificial light in an office (150 times more) which is really not enough. A morning walk stimulates your biological clock and prevents you from not being able to fall asleep in the evening.
  • If you work a lot indoors, preferably sit close to a window. Too little daylight leads to a sleep deficit.
  • Hiking or skiing in the snow helps extra because the sunlight reflects in the snow.
  • A tanning bed cure may be very tasty for you, but only the UV rays are released.
  • Avoid the laptop or staring at your phone at night. This stops the production of melatonin (the natural sleep hormone).
  • As long as the sun is not yet shining brightly, do not put on sunglasses.
  • Let the light of day (even if there is no sun) shine in with you.
  • Listen to the wisdom of your body.
    • Increase your life energy by extracting prana from the 5 elements:
    • Earth: walk barefoot on the Earth or grass. Eat natural food without artificial additives.
    • Water: bathe yourself in natural water
    • Air: breathe well in the open air and smell the scents of nature
    • Space: stare at the starry sky in the evening
    • Fire: absorb the daylight

"Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the entire cosmos: the trees, the clouds, everything...”

Thich Nhat Hahn

Open your arms and feel light in your heart.

In love,
Dorien