Water: The Basis Of Life, Therapeutic Bathing, Cold Water Immersion & Extreme Wellness | Professor Marc Cohen #014

Summary: WATER: One of the Foundational Elements of the Universe and The Basis of All Life What ways can we utilise it to optimise our individual health and the collective wellness of humans on earth and deal with the world water crisis. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS An overview of water on earth We are 99% water including the molecules in our body. Water as the Matrix of Life and the Most Important Thing for Life on Earth The Distribution of Water in the World - The bathing crisis. The Dignity, Comfort and Spirituality of Water Bathe The World Initiative Alternating Between Hot and Cold Bathing as Therapy. The Cold Water Hokey Pokey: At Home Therapeutic Bathing Technique Benefits of Cold Showers/Bathing The Risks of Cold Shock The Importance of Easing Gradually and Gently into Cold Water Immersion and How to Do It How Cold Showers Trained James Bond to Remain Cool and Calm in Hectic Situations How Water Came to Earth The Fourth Phase of Water: The gel phase substance beyond solid, liquid and vapour. Extreme Wellness Practices Professor Marcs 5 Factors for Life Breathing Exercises (Pranayama) The Importance of Coupling Hypoventilation with Hyperventilation when doing breathing exercises or the Wim Hoff method. Alkalising the body and reducing lactic acid in the body (what causes muscles to burn) with breath. Marcs 5 Phases of Breathing for Health Pranayama to increase the number and sensitivity of endorphin receptors - more blissful comfort and more euphoria. Hot Water as a Therapeutic Technique The Importance of Magnesium and Why Most People are Deficient In It Thermohaline Circulation: Interactions occurring at the Deep Depths of the Ocean which Provides us with Oxygen Our Drinking Water Conscious Relationship with Water Tulsi (Holy Basil / Ocimum Sanctum) Balancing Scientific Validation with Intuitive Feeling and Traditional Wisdom Marcs Ventures in Life and more... ABOUT PROFESSOR MARC COHEN Professor Marc Cohen is one of Australia's pioneers of integrative and holistic medicine and has made significant impacts on education, research, clinical practice and policy. He is a registered medical practitioner with degrees in western medicine, physiology and psychological medicine along with PhDs in Chinese medicine and biomedical engineering. In 2002 he became Australia's first Professor of Complementary Medicine and Head of the Department of Complementary Medicine at RMIT University, which was by far the largest such department in the country. He is a Board Member of the Global Wellness Summit, Past-President of the Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA), and sits on the Editorial Board of five international journals. Prof Cohen has previously held positions as Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education at Monash University, Expert Advisor to the TGA Complementary Medicine Evaluation Committee, Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the National Institute of Complementary Medicine and multiple ministerial appointments on various Registration and Accreditation Panels. He previously held the position as Director of the Centre for Complementary Medicine at the Monash Institute for Health Services Research. As a medical practitioner and researcher Prof Cohen has pioneered the introduction of complementary, holistic and integrative medicine into mainstream settings. He has also been involved in establishing acupuncture as a form of standard care in emergency department settings and developing hospital policy on practitioner accreditation as well as co-authoring many high level reports. Prof Cohen has published more than 90 peer-reviewed articles, authored more than 20 book chapters and edited 8 books on holistic health as well as co-authoring the landmark text; "Herbs and Natural Supplements an Evidenced Based Guide", with the first two editions being short-listed for an Australian Publishing Award in the scholarly reference section. He...