Your body is a pharmacy You can create in analogue from everything that is available from a pharmacist. “It’s a huge serge of dopamine, huge natural high. Water sports can be powerful enough to help people recover from addictions and conditions such as post-traumatic stress. ‘Surfers stoke’ has been described numerous times as, a blissful Zen-like state that comes with catching and riding waves. It can give your mind a break from the usual busyness and over stimulation of life and is the most natural form of respite. In our experience, being in, under, on, or around the water leaves you calmer, and with a more focused mindset.
This in turn can restore our ability to focus and perform cognitive and creative tasks with greater ease. Dr Wallace J Nichols noted that water can help us access the state called ‘flow’ or ‘hyper focus’ where we connect to the default mode network, or daydreaming parts of our brain. Not only this, but Ocean Therapy has been noted to relieve physical and psychological symptoms. In doing this it is hoped that each individual will leave feeling empowered, relaxed and confident in their abilities, transferring this into their everyday lives.
The aim is to enable individuals, whatever their disabilities and/or conditions, to participate in a few hours of water sports, provide each of them the opportunity to have their own unique and valuable experience. These can vary from but are not limited to: Low Muscle Tone, ASC, ADHD, Cystic Fibrosis and PTSD. It uses the ocean and water sports as a medium to better the lives of those who live with neurological and physical disabilities and/or conditions. Ocean Therapy is a relatively new but internationally recognised natural form of therapy. We believe this is the case for everyone, whatever physical and neurological condition they may be living with. Immersion in water reduces stress, partly by balancing the flux between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. There are now studies attempting to scientifically prove what humans have known all along. In the Middle Ages places such as Baden-Baden and Evian preached the physical and mental benefits of drinking and bathing in local waters. This can be found in the ancient Egyptian, Indian, and Roman civilizations. Throughout the course of our existence, humans have been drawn to water and have actively immersed themselves in it. Likewise, if and when the brain notices a change in the background such as a wave or sea life there is a sense of novelty accompanied by a hit of dopamine.” The background we see is fairly controlled, which allows the emotions centre of the brain to relax. Unlike a busy street, a body of water is largely the same from moment to moment. In a natural environment on or near water, there’s a high degree of predictability. Merzenich explains, “You can look at the ocean or water as a normalizing background.
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