ナオミ・シマダさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナオミ・シマダInstagram)「in japan we have a buddhist purification ritual called たきぎょ 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑔𝑦𝑜 where the intention is to cleanse one’s mind, body and soul by standing under a (usually freezing cold) waterfall. over the last few years thanks to my kundalini yoga practice, I’ve started experimenting with cold showers / wild swimming / ice baths and I find it so so so powerful, esp when I’m in a funk that I can’t seem to get out of, esp in the depths of winter when the S.A.D. (seasonal affective disorder due to lack of sunlight) hits! every time I do (even a single cold shower!) I feel a deep sense of renewal and a surge of aliveness deep deeeeep deeeep in my cells. on the very rare chance I’m lucky enough to be in the vicinity of a waterfall (this beauty was in greece!) I can’t help but want to get in it. it calls me to it, I greet it and as soon as I get under it my anxieties and worries are somehow washed away and I am once again thanks to mother nature and the いざなのみこと𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑖𝑘𝑜𝑡𝑜 （our shinto goddess of creation) ever so humbly born again. I (softly) urge (nudge) you to try it out some time (or why not today?) in whatever form available, because we may not have the power to control what’s going on on the outside but we can do things to help regulate our nervous system on the inside and this ritual is a great place to start ~ 🌀」1月20日 20時00分