#heyamanda When things get hard, always remember WHY you got started...
🎥🎬 Storytime: The Why Behind the Waterless Wave 💙🌊 I worked with @lightkeyphotography to capture the essence and vision for loless last August. It was serendipitous timing as I met them hours after I got off the plane at the end of April and knew that I needed Jian's creative direction.
My first round of samples had made it past customs, and you can see those in the video. There were several moments when I questioned whether or not this video would ever see the light of day. It felt very personal; and I wasn't sure if it would resonate with the conservation community. But I found my place, aligned to the #UNOceanDecade #challenge7 - to create an inspiring and engaging ocean.
Meet the why behind loless, my founder inspiration for designing a circular, blue beauty brand championing and changing humanity's relationship to the ocean. Telling stories, rebranding the big blue, and connecting to water - this is my focus.
It's time to #gololess - Let's keep you smooth and the ocean clean 💙🌊🪒
Thank you to everyone that deciding on water has connected me to. It has been an incredible journey to date of personal and professional growth, and I can not wait to continue to make waves through my work, in my own life and in the world.
🎥 @lightkeyphotography
📍Bali, Indonesia
📅 August 14, 2022
Loless translates to waterless. Let's use less and what we do use, let's use it responsibly.
Meet the next (human) body of water to join me on the Bodies of Water podcast, Erica Gittens - A mindfulness artist and founder of AURA BODY+HOME, a space for Yoga, Meditation, and Mindfulness. Through movement and stillness, Erica creates imaginative, mindful experiences to support the connection of mind and body as an act of self-love. Sessions are infused with the heart of music and entwine elements of mindfulness, breathwork, and visualizations that transport you beyond space and time.
In this episode, we connect water and mindfulness to see ourselves reflected in bodies and forms of water that we interact with and what they can reveal about ourselves.
Do you have a challenge for our listeners related to water wellness or sustainability?
If close to a body of water, find "a spot" that you can spend time by the water. Return every few days, weeks, and months through various seasons to observe its changes over time.
You can...
Find, stalk or talk to Erica on Instagram @AuraBodyandHome or her website AuraBodyandHome.com
Resources
Book More than Enough by Elaine Welteroth
Book Mindful of Race by Ruth King
Meet the second (human) body of water to join me on the Bodies of Water podcast, Lauren Sparks. Founding Director of the IndoOcean Project, Ocean Professional, Dive instructor, marine biologist, conservationist, educator, photographer, and lover. Describe your relationship to water and how it found you? It's been in and around me forever. I come from lake country Canada but spent my summers in Prince Edward Island and winters with family in Florida. As long as I can remember the ocean has fascinated me in every way. What's one sustainability habit or action that you've adopted? Minimal impact living and shark fin free flying. Do you have a challenge for our listeners related to water wellness or sustainability? Get diving. Get involved. Human's care more when they can visually see what the issues are. We often say the biggest problem facing key conservation issues today is marketing and communication. Local solutions for Global problems works when the community is consistent.. You can... Find, stalk or talk to Lauren on Instagram or to find out more about the IndoOcean Project visit their website here
Meet Christina Li, Canada's first water sommelier, hydration and wellness educator and food explorer. Christina's mission is to empower the world to drink better and change their perspective on the value of water to our health as humans, the environment and the world.
Health is a human right. I want to find those missing links to better our immunity on self healing. I believe “Water” is the most overlooked, underappreciated, yet the most elemental, to our health, to our environment and to our world. - Christina Li
What's one sustainability habit that you've adopted?
Think before use. I'm adapting my habits to help produce less waste water.
Do you have a challenge for our listeners?
Drink water according to your body weight
You can find, stalk or talk to Christina on Instagram @cli.watersommelier and you can find out more about her work and her mission on her website https://www.watersommelier.ca/
Inspired by the human x ocean connection, this is the Bodies of Water podcast by Loless Blue Beauty
The Connection:
Human: Breath
Ocean: Cold Water
Meet Ashley Orr Meet the first (human) body of water to join me on the Bodies of Water podcast, Ashley Orr - Certified level 2 Wim Hof method instructor, pioneer and humanitarian. In this episode we discuss the connection between the cold & cold water as a tool for wellness and the power of our breath to to regulate our everyday lives.
Ashley uses natural modalities like breathwork and cold exposure and offers transformational experiences that help people become happier, healthier, stronger versions of themselves. She is a certified level 2 Wim Hof Method Instructor and has trained directly under the iceman. Ashley has fostered a large community of winter loving cold enthusiasts who love to dip into ice baths and frigid lake waters. Ashley has written and recorded meditation and mindfulness modules for Canada first online university. Ashley was a hand selected leader in the largest Wim Hof Winter expedition and guided 300 people up mount Snezka in their shorts. She is a strong believer in living to its fullest and dedicated her life to helping people do the same and push past their comfort zones. She is the founder of Websters Wellness in Dundas, a studio of alchemy. Ashley is a nature lover and spends most of her spare time running the local trails. She is a 2 time full marathon finisher and certified personal training. Ashley believes wellness is the homesis of a healthy mind, body and spirit.
Describe your relationship to water and how it found you? The water found me when I was looking to change my inner world. The cold open water was a representation of the unknown. When I changed my relationship with the cold I changed my relationship with water. When my outer world started changing, my inner one did too.
What's one sustainability habit or action that you've adopted?
Shopping vintage and thrifting
Do you have a challenge for our listeners related to water wellness or sustainability?
Try turning the last 30 seconds of your shower to cold and breathe.
You can...
Find, stalk or talk to Ashley on Instagram @AshleyIcePlunge
Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com
Meet the next (human) body of water to join me on the Bodies of Water podcast, Erica Gittens - A mindfulness artist and founder of AURA BODY+HOME, a space for Yoga, Meditation, and Mindfulness. Through movement and stillness, Erica creates imaginative, mindful experiences to support the connection of mind and body as an act of self-love. Sessions are infused with the heart of music and entwine elements of mindfulness, breathwork, and visualizations that transport you beyond space and time.
In this episode, we connect water and mindfulness to see ourselves reflected in bodies and forms of water that we interact with and what they can reveal about ourselves.
Do you have a challenge for our listeners related to water wellness or sustainability?
If close to a body of water, find "a spot" that you can spend time by the water. Return every few days, weeks, and months through various seasons to observe its changes over time.
You can...
Find, stalk or talk to Erica on Instagram @AuraBodyandHome or her website AuraBodyandHome.com
Meet Grey Gowder - an independent documentary filmmaker, impact producer, and non-profit founder. He is also the executive director of Sustainable Ocean Alliance-Charleston and Enduring Curiosity.
In your words, "Water is..."
Water is what gives us life and connects us to the wider world. We are born into it, it flows through us, and it connects us to every living and nonliving part of our world. I believe that to heal our world and to heal ourselves, we must see ourselves as part of it rather than apart from it, so I share stories, build coalitions, and advance community-driven solutions in order to foster resilient hope through agency.
What's one sustainability habit that you've adopted?
Oyster shell recycling for habitat restoration
Do you have a challenge for our listeners?
Find out if there are any local oyster shell recycling programs in your area and keep them out of landfills
You can find, stalk or talk to Grey on Twitter, Instagram or find out more about his work and mission on his website www.enduringcuriosity.org.
Meet Christina Li, Canada's first water sommelier, hydration and wellness educator and food explorer. Christina's mission is to empower the world to drink better and change their perspective on the value of water to our health as humans, the environment and the world.
Health is a human right. I want to find those missing links to better our immunity on self healing. I believe “Water” is the most overlooked, underappreciated, yet the most elemental, to our health, to our environment and to our world. - Christina Li
What's one sustainability habit that you've adopted?
Think before use. I'm adapting my habits to help produce less waste water.
Do you have a challenge for our listeners?
Drink water according to your body weight
You can find, stalk or talk to Christina on Instagram @cli.watersommelier and you can find out more about her work and her mission on her website https://www.watersommelier.ca/
Meet the third (human) body of water to join me on the Bodies of Water podcast, Mette Rosenberg Carlsen. Marine conservationist, dive instructor and professional mermaid.
Describe your relationship to water and how it found you? When I was very young, I started reading novels about whales and fell in love with them completely. David Attenborough's Blue Planet became my most watched tape and I started working towards dedicating my life to the natural world. However, I didn't realize my connection to the ocean until much later. When I started travelling, I found myself only going places that were close to the ocean. And the first time I put my feet in the Pacific ocean I was overwhelmed by a feeling of tranquilizing power and couldn't help but shed a tear - I have been actively seeking out that feeling ever since.
What's one sustainability habit or action that you've adopted?
Using as little water as possible, whether in the shower, brushing my teeth or any other daily activity
Do you have a challenge for our listeners related to water wellness or sustainability?
"Dance like nobody is watching" is my best suggestion, but do so under water, because nobody is actually watching and few experiences are more empowering and enjoyable.
You can...
Find, stalk or talk to Mette on Instagram or to find out more about the IndoOcean Project visit their website here
Music
Purchased from KRUX Audio Siren's Song - Cinematic Ambient Female Vocal ACAPELLA
Meet the first (human) body of water to join me on the Bodies of Water podcast, Ashley Orr - Certified level 2 Wim Hof method instructor, pioneer and humanitarian. In this episode we discuss the connection between the cold & cold water as a tool for wellness and the power of our breath to to regulate our everyday lives.
Describe your relationship to water and how it found you? The water found me when I was looking to change my inner world. The cold open water was a representation of the unknown. When I changed my relationship with the cold I changed my relationship with water. When my outer world started changing, my inner one did too.
What's one sustainability habit or action that you've adopted?
Shopping vintage and thrifting
Do you have a challenge for our listeners related to water wellness or sustainability?
Try turning the last 30 seconds of your shower to cold and breathe.
You can...
Find, stalk or talk to Ashley on Instagram @AshleyIcePlunge