You know when everything gets a bit much? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Work deadlines encourage the constant doomscroll, too much coffee in the morning makes you feel sick and one or two in the evening to wind down wakes you up at 3am with the impending sense of doom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Burnout baby. You\u2019re running on autopilot and that\u2019s where surfing comes in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No Notifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Unless you\u2019re that addicted to the algorithm and are wearing an apple watch whilst surfing, when you’re out the back, sitting on your board, there are no notifications. Which means there\u2019s no boss. No \u201curgent\u201d emails. Just you and the ocean. You literally can\u2019t think about work stress when a wave too big for your comfort level breaks a few feet in front of you and you\u2019re deciding whether to bail the board and risk losing your leash or give a huge duck dive a go. Same goes for when you\u2019re actually riding the wave. These things reset your nervous system in a way no mindfulness app can compare to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nature Therapy<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Spending time in nature is proven to lower cortisol whilst boosting dopamine, and moving water, especially crashing waves, releases abundant negatively charged ions into the air which when inhaled trigger biochemical reactions that increase levels of serotonin (happy hormone). Add in a few other factors such as the general feeling that you\u2019re reconnecting with something bigger than yourself, then surfing is nature immersion on steroids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Physical Therapy (for the soul, duuuuude)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Obviously surfing is a full-body workout, but it\u2019s also an emotional one. You fall, get back up, miss waves, nail a few, feel shit, feel amazing. It\u2019s a cycle of humility teaching you patience whilst reminding you of how capable you really are. After 2 hours surfing a perfect right hand point break completely alone in Sri Lanka, the idea of tackling your overflowing inbox doesn\u2019t seem quite so daunting (actual thing that happened this morning).<\/p>\n\n\n\n