Who hasn’t felt inexplicable relief when hugging a tree, walking barefoot or lying on the ground?
It is a fact that the human-nature connection is found both on the spiritual level and on the tangible plane, and that it is part of the energy exchange that characterizes this world.
“You only look good with your heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes”; This phrase could talk to us about energy fields or chakras, the aura or the romantic side and love.
But this teaching also responds to that magical effect that plants cause, for example, as discovered by Livio Vinardi, a scientist and university professor who systematized a theory on the energy exchange between man and his environment:
The bioplasmic body of man – or subtle body – constantly carries out an exchange with its environment, feeding on various energy sources that determine the quality of its own energy.
Plants have the extraordinary ability to serve as containers for energy excesses. And the same happens with the storms.
After the storm, calm (energetic) always comes
It is no coincidence that there are countless metaphors regarding the challenge or relief one feels when facing one. For some civilizations, such as the Mayans, thunderstorms and hurricanes served as a reminder that the gods were always above their heads.
Lightning, the basic element of the storm, is symbolically the action of the superior on the inferior. It is also related to the gaze of the third eye of Shiva, the destroyer of material forms.
But, considering the storm as a meteorological phenomenon, it turns out that charged particles in the air, called ions, can alter our psyche as they fly near us.
And there are positive ions (with negative effects) and negative ions (with positive effects on the mood), with which storms, waterfalls and falls (as in the shower) are endowed.
The scientific explanation is studied by biometeorology, which focuses, among other things, on how the seasons and climate affect human beings emotionally.
“What happens in storms is that the composition of oxygen molecules breaks down and positive ions steal electrons to become negative ions,” concludes Catherine Harmer of the University of Oxford, who worked on a study on the impact of storms. ions in the psyche.
And if we add a psychological touch to the scientific ingredient seasoned with the romantic and historical symbolism it has, it results in a subliminal and healing moment (which has been proven).
There are still pending studies and theories (on serotonin) to define the ideal amount of negative ions that are needed to considerably elevate mood. However, the correlation that exists between this shocking phenomenon and well-being is already apparent: do you want to recover? Extend your bath to 30 minutes.
*Main photography: Marko Korosec