A new article for all of you, dear Community!
We address you, with this tender respectful tutoie, because this is how we see life. It is familiar, it is resonant, it is mirrored and there is no distancing and convention for us when we become aware that we are One, as Unity, Union, Universe.
Our new blog serves the purpose of “linking” us much more than simply “reading”. It is indeed important to us to put these few letters in their rightful place in order to inspire us, to reflect together and to question ourselves in order to find the meaning of our own life reading. It is a question of reaching a part of yourself that brings out vitality, confidence and strength in these times. If a few minutes of weekly introspection thanks to my pen can help you to find lightness and take the steps to be keep meeting a better version of yourself than the day before, then I am delighted!
As for me, I get up, my hair happily matted and I wonder in front of the mirror…
You might think that it’s precisely these multitudes of questions that make my hair knot (and I would understand!) but I feel like I’m combing through my ideas. It’s a great feeling in the morning!
With a toothbrush in my mouth and half-open eyes, I hear myself thinking…
“Isn’t that the ultimate goal of life? To love it for the best it has to offer in what it writes through us? Can we hope for the best and give it to ourselves without restriction? Isn’t the body the most palpable evidence of what goes and what doesn’t, what makes us go and what holds us back? Do we want to leave it in the driver’s seat to go beyond our own limits and move towards fulfilment, balance and deep joy?”
Okay okay, I pinch my fleshy thighs. I feel soft as a marshmallow but I intend to give my cellulite, which has been taunting me for some time, a party. I look it straight in the pigments and tell it that I want to go beyond this famous and totally uncomfortable comfort zone… Because where I come from, summer by the water rhymes with aperitif… Since I am a Mediterranean epicurean expatriate in Switzerland, I might as well compensate for my joyful excesses by taking care of myself in depth.
Here comes handy the proposal of the Iyashi Dôme, this Japanese sauna which perpetuates an ancestral tradition which consists in burying oneself in the sand of hot springs to purify oneself and eliminate toxins. This beautiful mermaid from Namaka explains to me that the long infrared rays (like those from the sun) trigger a process of cellular renewal and the elimination of toxins, particularly heavy metals. That’s why the sauna is so beneficial in winter and summer and why it’s not a seasonal thing but rather an art of well-being.
What? It makes you sweat like you’re running a half-marathon??? Here is an argument. The deeply penetrating infrared waves have power to eliminate lead and aluminium from my body that just wsihes to feel light again! And then, the soles of my trainers have gone soft since the first confinement, just like my buttocks… So I take charge!
I lay in this tube on a soft, fluffy towel and you can imagine how much I think about my new shopping list (including new trainers), my personal concerns and most of all the fact that I am FINALLY taking some time for myself.
I congratulate myself, I’m dripping like never before in my life but I congratulate myself. Tonight I’m invited to a birthday party with a buffet that I imagine will be copious, so thanks to my 1200 ml of sweat, I’m happy to lose about 600 kilocalories (because I’m likely to devour twice that amount with the famous honey and pistachio cakes that a friend will bring).
I realise, with my greed for life, that this regular appointment with infratherapy is an act of respect for my body and my whole being. I don’t want to make it sweat with criticism and complexes, I want to offer it the best because “vitality” also means “longevity”.
I move on to the bio-impedance measuring machine after my 30-minute timeless session and among others it shows my metabolic age. I’m 23 instead of 38 (I’ve got some leeway, phew!). I have lost fat mass (yes!) and recovered considerably in muscle mass, bone mass and water levels because all my cells were stimulated (it must have been a party in there). A few grams less on the scale and a denser vision of my motivation to keep going! I’m happy!
Iyashi means “well-being” in Japanese, that says it all! That’s quite a benefit beyond what my body received. I detoxified in Namaka and I’m still going to drink Mojitos by the lake! I conclude that the beautiful balance of life is always found where there is joy and it transpires by itself too!
I get up the next morning, my hair happily matted and I comb through my thoughts again, which are also lighter than the day before…!
