31/03/2026
"... more people are defeated by blisters than mountains"
It's often the smallest little things, the things we push aside or sweep under the rug because they feel insignificant that cause the healing journey to stagnate.
It's these things that are often the root cause of dis-ease that naturopathy as a healing modality seeks to uproot and rectify. You can take all the pills and potions you want, but without being well hydrated, it'll all be for naught.
Think about it; how many times have you heard your mother's voice in your head reminding you to drink more water?
How many times have you rolled your eyes to yourself over such internal recollections?
How often do you feel like your brain is too fuzzy to think clearly, or that your muscles ache, or your bowel motions are hard to pass, yet you don't even consider that you could be dehydrated?
Adequate hydration is the kind of health advice that feels boring, unsexy and inconvenient, but it is a core pillar to maintaining optimal function on micro- and macroscopic level.
Water is the stuff that allows neuronal signals to transmit between brain and body by facilitating the flow of electrolytes in and out of cells. We need to be hydrated so these signals create action potential the innervates our muscles and our mind.
Water is an essential component of the digestive process, literally hydrating the food we eat as to help liquify our stomach contents. The enzymes that break down our meals excreted by cells in the upper gastrointestinal tract (bile, pancreatic enzymes etc) are comprised of >95% water, while the water we consume also forms the soup in which hydrolysis (a type of chemical reaction) breaks down the bonds between atoms that turn the food we eat into the molecules we absorb.
Tend to the small things.
Water your internal garden friends.
With love 💚 🌱
