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    THE BLUE MIND

    Sep 10, 2018 4 minutes
    By Karen Stearns, Wakatobi Resort

    Are we healthier and happier when we are around or in the water? There is an emerging school of scientific thought that supports this idea and the concept of the “blue mind”. This phenomenon is described as a mildly meditative state of calm unity, and a sense of general well-being that is created when humans are near or in water. This hardly comes as a surprise to those of us who dive and snorkel, especially when we do so at beautiful locations such as Wakatobi in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.

    The phenomenon known as the blue mind was first popularised by marine biologist

    Dr. Wallace Nichols. After devoting much of his career to sea turtle research and conservation, he shifted his focus

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