Ebb and Flow.
Depending on gender, fitness and levels of fatty tissues we humans are made up of anything from between 45-75% water.
In fact the water of the wombs we came from has a similar make-up to sea water.
It’s no wonder we feel connected to bodies of water and are affected by the same rhythms of ebb and flow.
Our energy rises and falls, our moods wax and wane, our effectiveness is never a constant.
And yet when we enter water our bodies and minds are calmed and cleared of life’s detritus.
Nevertheless, in our quest for progress we are threatening the very waters that give us life.
My Brave New Girl guest this week is Dr Easkey Britton, author of ‘Saltwater in the Blood’ & ‘Ebb and Flow’, Five times Irish National Surfing Champion & 2006 British pro-tour champion & a fully qualified marine social scientist and research consultant, with Ph.D in Environment and Society.
She contributes her expertise in ocean health & social wellbeing to research projects including the EU-funded Horizon2020 project on Seas, Oceans and Public Health in Europe.
Easkey talks about understanding our human relationship with nature, especially water and the ocean and how to look at it and explore how we might restore our connection with water from the perspective of our health and well-being.
When we understand how water is the source of our existence maybe then we will also work to restore the health of our oceans and waterways too.
SAVE THE WAVES
When we care for our waters, we become stewards for all of Earth’s existence.
From surfing and travelling, Easkey’s experience left her uncertain about what are we giving back. What impact or footprint was she leaving in her wake, and wanting to better understand what was going on in this whole incredible eco-system all around her, below her.
She’s always kept a journal traveling and so has always written, traveling solo- reflective practice. Ebb and Flo is her third book. It's a real evolution from first book Salt water in the blood which was more of a memoir- this one goes broader and deeper with water not just the ocean- and shows that wherever you are on this planet you can be connected to water.
As a blue health scientist of those interconnections of she asks how our health and wellbeing is dependent on that of the water bodies around us, and looking at ways that we might activate or restore those connections in our everyday lives.
Her vision is that we learn or relearn to live in a more ecological way of being where nature isn’t just some kind of frill or add on in our everyday lives.
Thanks Dr Easkey for leading at the edge of the wave to help ensure the safe-keeping of our seas and rivers, so that we too may lead healthful lives as part of the living systems of nature on Planet Earth.
You can find out more about Dr Easkey’s work on https://easkeybritton.com/
And follow her on Instagram @easkeysurf
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