AptaMer
11-28-2014, 05:53 PM
Wow, I read about an old timer named Jack O'Neill, who was born in 1923, is still active and living in the same house he bought in 1959, and was one of the developers of the neoprene wetsuit 51 years ago in 1953 (yes, all mers who love warm neoprene tails owe a debt of gratitude to O'Neill)
Anyhow, I loved this quote from him:
O'Neill turns philosophical when asked about the sea and what he calls the "healing powers" of the ocean.
"I've felt this in my own life, but there are also researchers interested in studying the way ocean therapy affects the brain and its pathways," he says. "It's proved therapeutic for people with physical and mental disabilities, for veterans returning from war, for everyone. I think in the next 30 years we'll see the potential of that power become fully realized."
I've always felt this way, and sometimes go down to Toronto Harbour just to absorb energy from the water and heal & energize.
Here's the article that quoted him http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Jack-O-Neill-89-a-surfing-legend-who-endures-3589127.php
Anyhow, I loved this quote from him:
O'Neill turns philosophical when asked about the sea and what he calls the "healing powers" of the ocean.
"I've felt this in my own life, but there are also researchers interested in studying the way ocean therapy affects the brain and its pathways," he says. "It's proved therapeutic for people with physical and mental disabilities, for veterans returning from war, for everyone. I think in the next 30 years we'll see the potential of that power become fully realized."
I've always felt this way, and sometimes go down to Toronto Harbour just to absorb energy from the water and heal & energize.
Here's the article that quoted him http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Jack-O-Neill-89-a-surfing-legend-who-endures-3589127.php