by Adrienne Ryan, BEd, Brisbane, Australia
Recently I drew a very full bath and when I got in, the water ended up right at the edge. It was like being in a lake ā no visible bath lip, just a pure expanse of water. Then, a funny thing happened: I began to notice the effect I was having on the water and a whole lesson on the nature of energy unfolded right there in my bathtub.
I noticed how the water remained unbroken as I lay still, so much so that it became a perfect reflection of the taps, walls and surroundings.
Stillness = clarity
Next I saw how the water wasnāt completely still. It was moving up and down with each in and out breath I took. It was like the water was breathing with me. The gentler my breath, the more exquisitely the water ebbed and flowed.
Stillness in motion = rhythm
I let my finger break the surface and ripples instantly flowed out and then the water became still again ā a body of rhythmic breathing once more. When I lunged my foot forcefully to the surface like a creature from the deep, waves and whirlpools erupted everywhere and I felt the shock of their intensity. It took a while but harmony was restored to the bathtub lake and it felt richly, simply, full ā animated from depth to surface with a smooth, ready, stillness.
Movement magnifies energy
I wondered what would happen if instead of a lunge, I gracefully allowed my foot to emerge from the depths? I felt the tenderness inside me ā delicate, unhurried, content, alive, joyful ā and in this quality moved my foot upward once more, this time breaking the water line with barely a ripple, feeling like it was still part of the body of water it had surfaced from, not separate at all.
Do you remember playing in the bathtub with its endless cause and effect opportunities and the sense of wonder, awe and joy bath time offeredā¦ and still does?
We are, at all ages, subjects and students of the nature of energy
This bathtub lesson reminded me how playful science is and how the most profound laws, like the nature of energy, are reflected everyday in things as simple as taking a bath.
Inspired by the work of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine
The Truth about Serge Benhayon 
Beautifully and simply explained it sounds like you and Archimedes would have great fun, thank you for sharing.
I love the simplicity and beauty with which the understanding of clarity, stillness, rhythm and movement is expressed here. A true science lesson.
Science at school would have been a completely different experience for me if it was this playful and fun. Just because we have to learn about concepts and formulas does not mean the founding playful nature of science needs to be removed from the experience.
Beautiful Adrienne.. ‘delicate, unhurried, content, alive, joyful’.. a blueprint for how we can live in each moment.
Yes I love baths and they’re such a great reminder of instant impact and how we move impacts all around and we can see this so clearly in water and the truth is, this is how life is – we live in a sea of energy and each move we make ripples out, so those baths we have are such a great way to see and feel how our movements impact us and all around us.
What a delightful blog! For me it illustrates the effect we have in the world. If we consider we are immersed in a pool of unseen energy all the time, just like the water in the lake-bath, our every movement and the quality we deliver them matters. Are we crashing and lurching (or worse) through life or gliding through it with respect for ourselves, others and the whole?
Very true, Victoria, this is a beautiful and simple blog demonstrating how we each individually impact upon the world.
I love the fact that we can have something as simple as a bath and allow ourselves to feel the magic of God at play. Our lives can be so fulfilling if we allow it to be.
I really love this blog and read it often. The science of life answers every question we have.
If science is not playful then it is not science at all. There is a magic and wonderment to be found in the laws of the universe, which is what science is about.
Many years ago when I was in the Boy Scouts and, in the summer, we would go camping on a lake in the middle of nowhere that the organisation owned. There was a strange test that had something to do with a water merit badge, where you would get in the water at the end of the dock that was deep enough, so you had to tread water. The task was to get on the dock and not cause a single ripple on the water. Was this a test of conscience presents of how every moment we make, no matter how small, creates ripples?
What a beautiful lesson about the nature of energy, and how through our movements we are affecting the space we all share.
I love this Adrienne, a beautiful reminder of the fact we can never escape the fact of energy and it’s interplay through all of life, we can just choose to remain unaware.
What an amazing science lesson, I was all ears.
‘how the most profound laws, like the nature of energy, are reflected everyday in things as simple as taking a bath.’ A great reminder that we have education all around us.
I loved this blog Adrienne, I really felt the playfulness in yourself while you were having fun with the water in the bathtub, and observing how energy works.
Great way to be playful with the difference between energy, a simple lesson for ourselves and one that can easily be shared with children too.
I love it, a bath truly taking place in the bath tub and not a physical bath with a head wondering of thinking about things.
Water is a great reflector of energy and how we have been living and moving, our movements always have a big impact on the world, which is why being aware and responsible for the quality we move in is essential.
I like how energetic science teachers you responsibility and how energy is the base for truth. Adding energy to the start of the word will give it a true-full meaning. Is anyone searching in Google putting ‘energy’ as the first term before their other word? I’m not sure many are looking to be more responsible. It is the one thing I used to mostly avoid.
Beautiful example of how when we move in gentleness we are able to move with minimal disruption to everything around us, and when we move with a force we leave a trail of devastation in our wake, as we disrupt the stillness that was there, leaving others to feel the disruption or add to it, until it is quelled by stillness once more.
What a fun way to engage with science, we can learn so much from life by simply being aware.
A clear reminder about the ripple effect of even the smallest movement we make. Science has been well aware of this for aeons, but it is not taught in schools. If a butterfly flapping it’s wings in South Africa can affect the weather in Europe, what effect can our movements have on each other?
Water is a brilliant reflector and magnifier of energy – showing us the kind of ripples we are making in the world through the quality of energy we are choosing to live and move with.
I find this a powerful lesson about harmlessness and harmfulness. Harmlessness is to move in a way that is in rhythm and does not disturb the harmony of the whole. Whereas harmfulness causes a disturbance that is almost jarring in its feel and requires the whole to hold the harmony to clear the disturbance.
This is a gorgeous reminder Adrienne of the fact of energy and how the quality of our movements sends a ripple effect out that is felt by all.
Awesome, Adrienne! We can ‘swim’ in this kind of science every moment – sensing, feeling energy, observing, interacting, understanding cause and effect and how nature works… no need for a lab coat!
Simple and very lovely Adrienne. Water very quickly and clearly shows us how our movements impact on the world around us and how as we move we cause ripples outward, and it’s interesting to play and see how what we do can change how things around are impacted, as you show. And sometimes it’s really shocking to feel our impact and it’s such a great reminder to us all that we’re not alone in our little bubbles, we’re part of a giant sea and we’ve all impacting everyone and everything around us.
Water is an amazing reflector of energy and I remind myself that even though we may not be in water we are still having the same impact (ripple effect) on all around us by the energy in which we choose to connect with and move.
Life provides us with countless classrooms where we can learn/confirm something about it.
Love your bathtub lesson Adrienne. When we are in water the effect of our movements become very obvious, yet we have the same effect on land too with our unseen ripples.
What a powerful observation and lesson to be learnt from water whilst you were in your bath Adrienne.
Stillness = clarity
Stillness in motion = rhythm
Movement magnifies energy
Truth never changes and this blog is as equally valid in 2017 as when it was first written in 2013. A powerful blog describing the personal, living science laboratory that is on offer with every experience in life that presents itself to us. Thank you Adrienne, I loved reading this and your willingness to be open to the reflections being offered to us constantly to learn from.
āWe are, at all ages, subjects and students of the nature of energyā
How gorgeous Adrienne. Being in water you really get to feel how our movements affect everything. The lunging of the foot or the delicate placing of a footstep are still felt in the same way as we move through life. Those ripples of energy still go out from each one of our movements.
This example of the affect we all have on the world all of the time is very visable, easy to see and feel. To then ponder that what Adrienne has shared is what is actually happening in life with every move we make is very sobering. What are we bringing to a leaving behind in our world, a grace, tenderness and understanding in our movements, or a rush, hardness and showing little or no true care for those around us?
Awesome fun and very tangible example Adrienne of the very real affect we have on the world – our every move rippling out for everyone else to feel – which begs the question – what quality do we express in that affects the all.
Stillness is clarity. So obivous and a lesson very fitting to be observed during bath time…
Water, nature reflects everything we already know inside. We know we live in an ocean of energy where everyone’s ripples are felt even if we deny this. We don’t want to feel the responsibility of this even though it’s most freeing and joyful way to be.
As I deepen my awareness I will feel the depth of my stillness as I move about in the day so that I can bring more presence to my-self. I feel this is going to be a key that will bring me to a new level of appreciating of how I move in my day.
I can feel the grace and beauty that is in my every-movement and thanks to your blog Adrienne I will become more play-full in so many differing areas of my life so that I can be more attune to what my body is feeling in and out of the bath tub.
I love how life can offer us the most exquisite of lessons in such a simple yet profound way to remind us of how we affect our surroundings, the responsibility we should consider in that and the contemplation of another way of being that will deeply support us should be choose to embrace it.
Who would have thought that taking a bath could actually be a science lesson!
I love this Adrienne, it was so playful yet full of wisdom. There is no escaping the world of energy for we are one and the same.
Beautiful Adrienne, we can find the magic of God, nature, everywhere when we are open to explore and are willing to truly open our eyes and to feel we are part of this school, life, where we learn to see through the physical and make it about energy.
This is just so exquisite. Thank you for reminding us that the Universal laws are really universal and applicable to everything in life, including the most mundane and insignificant and the smallest of things, and we are never far from its richness and beauty, and actually we are a part of its make-up and have responsibility to play along.
We can always learn a lot in the bathā¦ The way movement always creates a wave that spreads, and affects everything around itā¦ Everything has a reaction and an interaction.
I love how life is constantly reflecting to and communicating with us – if we pay attention. It really is a glorious school we live in.
Oh how I love the synchronicity of life, for as I came across your delightful blog this morning Adrienne, I was running a bath! Now Iām looking forward to not only my soak in the nurturing warm water, but also to my science lesson for the day.
Life holds so much magic, we just have to open up our eyes and all our senses to actually experience it.
Beautiful, simple yet such a powerful message bringing home to me that every move I make either supports and heals the universe or it has an opposite effect and harms it.
Adrienne I love your bath-tub lesson in science of energy as it made it so easy to understand. Yes I agree science can be so playful if we allow this playfulness to be the guiding way.
Beautiful to feel the wonderment and playfulness of a true scientist.
Definitely a great science lesson Adrienne. Learning about energy is easy when the lesson is so simply put and demonstrated in the everyday events of our lives such as a bath!
A simple bath-time science lesson – love this! Our ripples go out into the world – whether we are in water or not. ‘Everything is energy’.
There are so many things in life we could apply this delightfully observant and experimental approach. When we start with the fact that everything is energy, the world is constantly full of this potential to be in the wonder of how things work, change and interact with everything else. Thanks, a gorgeous piece of writing I thoroughly enjoyed.
More blog posts like this please Adrienne. Describing energy through the simplicity of a bath experience is pretty wonderful!
Awareness. The love to be playful, to experience and to discover truth. Lets claim this back into our lives.
Love your sharing about how you did respond to what your “bath time offered”. And really, I ask myself, how much do I take what is offered – to discover, to enjoy, to confirm – every moment of life?
Brilliant blog Adrienne; there are many wise and joyful reflections that are there for us in everyday life. Everything we do has a consequence, and being aware of these gives a deeper communion with all that surrounds us.
Thank you Adrienne. You remind me of the fun I have had taking baths throughout my life. It is sobering to realise that every move we make ripples out energetically. I am inspired to ensure those ripples are healing not harming.
Thank-you for this profound sharing Adrienne.
I can’t help but be left with the question: what sort of ripple-effects do we truly want to make in this world? For our every movement is felt far beyond the bathtubā¦
Great experiment and observation, whenever we move we cause a ripple affect as the energy we move with also moves, what a great and playful way of proving that energy moves.
I love these experiments you did ā making life about these things brings a fullness and joy to everyday life instead of the mundaneness that can sneak in when we just make it about getting through life.
The magic of the science of life unfolding from the bath tub; I love it Adrienne. I am continually amazed how in every moment we are offered opportunities to learn more and more about this wonderful life that we have, but of course if we choose to listen, watch, feel and learn is entirely our choice, always.
A beautiful Science Lesson Adrienne! I still love to feel the softness of the water lapping gently at my body almost breathtaking!
Water is essential to life and it is a constant reflection of the ripple effects of all movement on everything else whether it is a feather gently landing on a deep pool or the power of the energy moving through the waves in the sea.
When we open up to the magic of God, life becomes our playground for learning.
I love this analogy! So simple yet so much is revealed about the world of energy we live in.
If humanity were to live the truth of this blog, the world would be a very very different place.
This is so beautiful. it’s left me with a very real, tangible feeling of stillness in my body. Its amazing how powerful images are, which highlights to me how important it is to pay attention to them and be very discerning about their quality and whether they are capping our growth or supporting us to evolve.
What wonderful simplicity you’ve brought to scientific laws Adrienne. It really does go to show science, when we allow it, can be child’s play ā it is there naturally discovered in the simplest of moments.
Adrienne what a playful way to discover science. I love it as the way you describe how energy works made it so palpable – the body understands it easily.
I love your appreciation of how playful science is. I never relate to science as being playful but it is, after reading your blog I too can appreciate how small details can reflect so much learning for us if we are open to see it and appreciating it.
This is pure science Adrienne and the fun is that we do not need double blind tests and laboratory stuff to prove that what is in front of us is true just because we know as we are an inseparable part of the science that is all around us in our everydayās lives.
I love the simplicity of this blog as it shows the impact of our movements. I was in a pool recently and the person who was in the next lane was very aggressive in the way they moved, smashing the water as they stroked, swimming up behind people etc. It had an impact on everyone in the pool and people didn’t want to be in the same lane as this person, walking through life is the same- all our movements have an impact.
Adrienne, I loved reading your bath time lesson. It was a great reminder for me that we do have an impact with how we are and what we do . This lake in the bath reminded me of times that I would visit a lake in the rain-forest. It felt so still and peaceful. This is a great reminder and lesson to live like the stillness of a lake not causing splashes only gentle ripples.
Thank you Adrienne, this great little snapshot of the everyday reveals so much.It clearly demonstrates how easy and natural it is to learn about our self and the universe in any given moment if we are prepared to observe and feel the energy of each and every movement. The absolute joy of learning to feel energy through observation is captured in this blog.
Such a great observation, the stiller we become and the more we move from that quality the more clarity we have, but not only clarity we also in this connection are in the flow with universe.
The reflections we receive from nature and from others is an important part of our evolution. To accept them in the way this blog describes is so very healing as we have the opportunity to learn so much from each and every reflection if we so choose.
It is beautiful to appreciate that through the quality of our movements we can connect to harmony and stillness and offer that reflection for all.
Love the simplicity of this blog, and the realisation of how we live in a world of energy all the time, it just takes one to have the willingness to be still, connect and appreciate the countless opportunities to enjoy that at any given time.
Re-reading this again it brought back a memory from 50 years ago. At a summer boy scout camp at a remote lake in the woods, there was a water safety merit badge for swimming that one of the requirements was to get into the water by the dock that you had to get out of the water onto the dock without causing a single ripple. I do not remember the reason behind the exercise but do remember the stillness that was required.
I love how you describe your whole bathtub experience, and in particular the experiment of moving your foot consciously through the water instead of just letting a movement happen. This shows that we can very much determine the quality we are moving in. Our life does not need to be random, we have very much a say in it when it comes to the quality we choose to be in.
This is inspiring, and showing us the way in which we truly discover the nature of everything in this world, science is amazing, and can be so simple.
Adrienne, I love your simple yet playful science experiment in the bath tub. Thanks to Universal Medicine and at the recent UK retreat, I’ve become more aware of the significance of and quality of each movement we make especially when sitting down and standing up from a chair. Integrating this back in life, I’ve observed that my movements when sitting and standing are often hurried, hard or sudden, reflecting how disconnected I am, the quality energy I’m in and bringing to the world. When I pause before standing to connect first and breathe, I move with more flow and this leads more gracefully to the next movement I make. The ripple effect on dry land.
I like the simplicity of this article and as you have stated we can learn so much from simple tasks and activities.
It is amazing what effect things that can’t be seen that can have far reaching effects. How is it that the most complex can be described and explained so simply as you have Adrienne. It reminds me of some guy named Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree and watching an apple fall; that was about energy also.
Everything is in the details should we choose and take the time to notice. Science is in our every movement, every step, every breath. Science is natural to all of us especially when we reconnect to the innocence of a child in observation of all around and within us.
How beautiful is that the truth is simply in observation.
A great reminder that āEverything is energy therefore everything is because of Energyā, (Serge Benhayon)and the responsibility we all have to humanity as a result of every move we make and every thought we have affecting everyone. We either Harm or we Heal every moment of our lives.
Science can be just as simple and playful as your bathtub experiences Adrienne. What you describe is true science, a science that is tangible and understandable to everybody and on the subject we all have to learn, the science of energy as we are all subjects of as āeverything is energy and everything is because of energyā (Serge Benhayon), something that we have never before been told.
Thank you Adrienne, I loved what you shared, and the fact that every move we make sends out a message into the world of energy, felt by everyone. the stillness of the gentle breath and the graceful movement of the body in its gentle flow, just beautiful.
I love this Adrienne, I have seen and played with this too and been fascinated by the reflections the water offered me.
I loved playing in the bath tub as a child and still do and watching my children do the same has been a great joy to observe. What a delightful blog reminding one of the playfulness , science and the simplicity of life and energy.
What a simple but great example of how energy works. We are going through life constantly creating ripples of energy but often not realising the impact of what we are doing on ourselves and everything else. It has been a great reminder to me to look at and take care with the quality of everything I do because it is all interconnecting energy. As Serge Benhayon has presented – each movement sets up the quality of the next movement so each moment is just a reflection of how we used energy in the proceeding moment.
The simplicity and beauty of what you describe in your blog exposes the direct effect our choices have on our environment. When we take that effect out of the water and apply it to when we’re going about our day, with air around us instead of water, we’re still affecting our environment, only it’s less visible and therefore less apparent, giving us a great excuse for not taking responsibility for our part in causing the whirlpools and lunges that are a part of our everyday life.
The profound energetic interplay that is happening constantly all around us is quite simply so beyond our comprehension, that we need to deeply connect to the interconnectedness of all things to even open the doorway into this awareness.
I like the example of the bath because it illustrates how much we can learn just by the simple things that we do
My favourite part of this lesson is that the harmony and stillness is the default status, and there needs to be movement introduced for it to be otherwise, and there are two types of movements: one that disturbs the harmony, and the other that magnifies the harmony.
If we allow this sense of ease, as described here by Adrienne, the joy in our lives is plenty, we do not need any distractions or stimulation, just the simple reflections that occur around us all the time make life so full and rich.
I love this blog, it shows how even as adults we can have an ease and playfulness in our lives just as we had as children.
So true Matthew putting the focus on building tenderness in the body is allowing me to let go of the constant whirring of my mind and bringing greater stillness and presence to my movements.
Such a beautiful reflection of the energy of nature Adrienne. Thank you for sharing and I love the playfulness of this example and how simply it can bring us back to the connection in everything.
Yes Helen, life can be so simple and with the simplicity comes space – space to breathe, to expand and to just be.
Seeing that our physical body is made up of a percentage of water and our close connection with it is no surprise, whether its a shower, a long soak in the bath, a dip in the sea or a splash in a puddle or a rainy day – water brings about play time, fun time, relaxing moments to feel and connect but also it can clear with its storms and high seas – where would we be without water. This was just a passing thought as I lay in my bath last night. Thanks Adrienne beautiful sharing.
Thank you Adrienne for a simple and very powerful blog, a beautiful sharing.
Awesome blog, loved the lesson.
I loved this science lesson Adrienne, such a simple yet powerful demonstration on movement magnifying energy.
I’m off to have a play in the bath!
A daily bath is always on my winding down routine at the end of the day and like yourself Adrienne the fun I’ve had in playing in my tub – a book could be written. In this place of stillness I have the most amazing clarity and inspirations come up, connecting more deeply with my body/breath in those bubbly depths of warm waters.
I love it Adrienne! A very playful blog which contains such wisdom. We really are living in a sea, or bath, of energy, in which everything has an impact of everything else. And how beautiful that your experience in the bath shows us that when we move with grace, the stillness can remain and doesn’t buffer the rest of the world.
A great practical lesson Adrienne on the subject of energy and the bath being an example of how the way we move and express affects the all whether it be gentle or negligible ripples or harsh and jarring movements. All is felt whether we choose to be aware of this or not.
It is wonderful to read how such a profound statement of energetic physical law, can be explored and enjoyed in something as simple as a bathā¦ It could be that with eyes of innocence we can see and feel so many of the wonders of the world.
So true cjames – true scientists explore their surroundings with innocence, without any agenda – with this approach they have a true sense of wonder and are willing to discover what ever is there to be discovered. Imagine if science was practiced like that, what the world would look like.
It is a true gift how Universal Medicine has re-introduced words to describe the science of energy in ways that can be understand in simple and practical terms for this era of living, as beautifully shown by the writing in this blog.
That’s what I’m feeling too Alexis – this is the best science lesson! Calling us to be aware of how we are moving and how this not only has a direct effect on our bodies but also all the space we are moving in, like the water, we can all feel it all.
This bathtub lesson has clearly illustrated how the quality of our movements, thoughts and intentions affect the All. Through consciously choosing to bring your foot up tenderly instead of the lunge did not interfere with the rhythm and nature of harmony. Like Humanity, we are all in a pool of water and we can move to confirm oneness and harmony or to impose resist it moving with a lack of grace – all in all it effects us all.
I love how simple everyday things constantly provide a reflection of the laws of life. It’s a fractal moment for us, where we get an understanding of the whole of everything from just a small part of it. That’s the incredible ingenuity of the universe and a beautiful reminder of our place in it.
‘We are, at all ages, subjects and students of the nature of energy’ A great blog Adrienne, and it never stops as energy expands all the time.
So true Jenny, it is about time that we claim back our innate scientific nature and not leave this to a few that have made science about this removed and difficult to understand theories, numbers and concepts.
I agree Michael, I too love what Adrienne shared. Very easy to read and highlights that everything we do not only affects us but everyone and everything around us. We are responsible for our every choice and that we are all connect.
I love your blog Adrienne, it confirms the quality of our every movement is determined by the quality of our stillness, the way we choose to live and the energy we choose to express in.
Stillness does equal clarity and the example you have provided has emphasised this. I notice how clearer and less stressed I am after a bath.
I love playing with the water in the bathtub, its a great physical representation of energy, that what is always around and affecting us. It shows the importance of presence and tenderness in our movements.
Beautiful Adrienne. Your bath revelations beautifully illustrate the ripple effect and nature of energy and how it is undeniable that how we move and express ourselves spreads and has a flow on effect felt by all.
I have returned to this many times as I love the feeling of it and how you describe your scientific explorations. I love watching the movement of ducks on a pond or the drops of rain which fall into a smooth body of water and the way the ripples move out rhythmically from the centre and the criss-crossing of the waves as they expand, a perfect, tangible, visual example of energy in motion. It reminds me that this is happening in the same way with every movement we make we cant see it but it is most definitely felt.
We can learn so much about us and the laws of nature and the universe simply by observing. A science class in the bathtub, something schools could add to their curriculum.
It is incredible, I am only beginning to understand that science is everywhere, it’s in our everyday life. It can be appreciated in the most simply things.
This is great, the simplicity in science. And this shows what happens to all the energy that is always around us, it changes with every movement. And the quality therein.
If we apply your example of the ripple effect of water in the bath to our thoughts, minds and the constant busyness in our heads. When we align our thoughts to the movement we are making, and not think about something else the movement is harmonious, and we can train our minds to have purpose and direction. And bring more stillness and presence into our lives.
I liked your example Adrienne about when you disturbed the water in the bath and then were still how it took a while but stillness and harmony were naturally restored. This is our natural state, when we are still we are harmonious.
Yes Thomas, beautiful point to reflect on. No matter how wayward our movements or our lives for that matter, our natural rhythmic and harmonic state can always be retrieved for it never really leaves us.
What I get from your āBathtub Lessonā, Adrienne is the simplicity of how energy works, and also how every little movement we make throughout our day is magnified. Is it not then wise to choose tenderness, stillness and love?
Another great observational piece Adrienne inspiring us to take heed of the little details and to note them and apply them to life. As I was reading this article I was reminded that this magic can be found in everything 24/7 and is in fact in constant conversation with us. I realize just how holding a fixed idea of anything blocks me from feeling the gold that is the magic of life itself . . .in and out of the bath tub.
Yes I totally agree Adam, “there is so much to be gained from the simple things in life” if we remain open and are willing to make the observations. It is in these simple things, these messages that constantly surround us, talking to us, teaching us, in every moment more about ourselves and the universe we live in that are here on offer to enlighten us at every turn. It is in fact an ongoing conversation and relationship that most of the time we choose not to observe as it contradicts what we have in mind. And so we go through life blocking out these treasures; these pieces of gold struck in the āme meā world in our heads.
I have just re-read this blog and have so connected to the vastness of the stillness we can feel. I don’t have a bath at home, but can enjoy moments like these when I am in a swimming pool by myself. Water has such a great way to support us to physically see the effects of the energy that come from how we choose to move. It makes the invisible visible.
It’s also a great reminder that all this is going through the air too with every move we make and boy do I know how easy it is to forget in the busy-ness of life that we really do affect everything around us. How we choose to move is really is up to us …. whether it is in a thoughtless rush or in connection with the stillness that lies deep within us all.
What a beautiful and simple way to get more awareness on the effects of energy, playing in the bathtub. I have been experiencing the same with swimming. It always is a great marker of where I am at. Movement magnifies energy is felt clearly in my body in swimming and gives me the opportunity to change the energy I swim in.
Your blog Adrienne reminds me of the times when it’s freezing cold and when I breathe out, I can see the hot air come out my mouth. I can see and follow where my breath goes and reminds me that even if I can’t see something, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Energy is like that to me, often not seen, but nevertheless always there, doing its’ thing.
Great reminder Suzanne, that energy is everywhere, and that regardless of whether or not we choose to be aware of it, it is always there and simply up to us how much we choose to feel it.
So beautiful Adrienne – I love this reflection of energy – so simple to feel, experience and understand.
I love what you’ve shared Adrienne – we are playful and curious at heart, like children, we can always enjoy the magic and reflections of God.
I can feel the joy and innocence of a child playing and experimenting with the wonders of nature and science – just as it still can be for us now. Thanks Adrienne. Lovely reflection.
Thank you Adrienne, it was a joy to read this reminding me of just being with me in the bath as a child having similar experiences to yours.
I am going to enjoy my next bath time play session. Thank you Adrienne for your joyful blog. A beautiful way to start my morning.
Nature is a gorgeous reflection of who we are, it lovingly reflects back our choices until one day we make the choice to fully align with our natural rhythm and live in full who we truly are.
A gorgeously profound sharing Adrienne. How when we connect to our stillness we are open to receive messages that offer us opportunities to deepen our awareness and understanding of who we truly are. And how connected in fact we are to all, that everything we do has an effect and how we are always āsubjects and students of the nature of energyā. Thank you for this deeply beautiful reminder.
Adrienne this is almost poetic as you write it and the imagery was clear for me – you captured so beautifully how much responsibility we have for what gets created around us.
Energy at play and such a great lesson to be had in the bath. Observing all of life is the key to us truly understanding why we are here and what our true purpose is.
Seeing the water move, bubble and reflect life in this way is definitely one of the greatest joys of having a bath or simply being in the water. Amazing how nature – water in this case – reflects profoundly how life truly is when we choose to pay attention to it.
The imagery of, and reflection that, lying very still in the bath tub offers holds a powerful message in the connection of us all and how every action has an outcome that is felt by the all. It has made me aware that we cannot ‘not’ affect others and the world we are living in. Even the gentle breath has an affect – even if it was the most tender breath it would cause movement. All our choices in every form can be felt. This blog speaks to me of being absolutely present in the movement – it is our responsibility to follow this through and to be accountable for the outcome. Seemingly simple – having a bath – but the truth of ‘The Way It Is’ is profoundly clear.
Yes ch1956 such a playful example to highlight the responsibility we have all of the time.
We can learn so much from these simple everyday activities.
So simple and playful- I love this! Nothing complicated is connected with true science.. You gave the best proof!
I have had a similar experience Adrienne and am forever fascinated by it! I was in a swimming pool and just like you, the very quality of how I was with myself was magnified in how the water moved around me. Even with big movements, if I stayed with me the water would hardly ripple.
Wonderful Adrienne you made me curious about science with your amazing experiment in your bath tube. I could feel the ease and joy in it and also a clarity. So I am looking forward to make my own experiment – thank you so much for being so inspirational.
Came across this again just as I am preparing to have a bath, reminding me to experiment and play. This is great Adrienne.
I love your science experiment in action Adrienne. So delightfully playful and simple. Something that most can relate to but with a depth of understanding that is not often presented with science experiments.
Iām going to try this out Adrienne next bath time! an inspiring post. Your words: “Movement magnifies energyā, yes so true and I arrive at similar reflections when I take my weekly swim, and always like to see using as a marker, the trail behind in the ripples and bubbles I create or the āswim wakeā as an indication of my week, as well as feeling in my body including my breath: whether Iām breathing with busyness or anxiousness, or more feeling the wonderful flow and stretch of my body in the water and how free it feels. The sets of ripples are quite different and similar to your bath time reflections. Your words again: āStillness in motion = rhythmā. So true.
For me swimming is the best marker aswell!!!
Because you are so focused only on you, everything becomes visible. I feel immidiately if I am in any hardness, if I let any energy in or if I am very solid and stable.
And it is a great medium to reimprint your movements very quickly… How amazing it feels, floating through the water, isn’t ?!
As I read your blog, Adrienne, I remembered a time when I was a small child playing in the bath. I used to soak the sponge and hold it up and watch the water pour from the sponge. It was great fun and even more so if I could get someone to hold the sponge for me and then I could allow the water to trickle over my fingertips of both hands.
This is such a gorgeous blog. I love how you gave yourself a life lesson simply from having a bath that was filled up just a little too high
Adrienne, next time I take a bath I’m going to have so much delicate fun, playful and inquisitive. Tis blog brings childhood innocence and wisdom together, with so much joy and lightness — how all of life when we let ourselves truly be aware of energy, should be.
It’s cool what a simple thing like taking a bath can reflect – the laws that govern us and nature. This is a great reminder that how I move and how I live has an effect on the whole.
I really enjoyed reading this article and a reminder of how energy is in everything and the effect I have with every movement I make. My bath time is a very precious moment of the day when I feel the stillness in the water as I prepare for my night’s sleep.
I was stilled and humbled by your gorgeous blog Adrienne; Universal Science in a bathtub..the beauty and simplicity and magic of life in our bathroom.
Simplicity is the way.
A very simple yet insightful message for us all here Adrienne.
I loved reading your blog and felt your playfulness and stillness.
A timely reminder to be still when next enjoying a bath.
Loved this science lesson Adrienne. Gorgeous.
An awesome playful morning story Adrienne – Science as it should be.
Gorgeous Adrienne! A great lesson indeed. I would love to experiment in the bathtub, but mine is way too small for me. I have to be almost a quarter of my body outside of the water. Next house, or next life! In the meantime, I also discovered how we live in a sea of energy by walking. I had amazing realisations. It is so true that the quality of any of us is felt by all the others. When another person walked near me, I could feel a wave of energy coming my way. The feeling of the waves varied very much. So, as you say, we become scientists as we do simple things in life, taking a bath, walking..
I felt as though I was in the bath as I read this, what amazing lessons, I often enjoy feeling all of the science you mention when I have a bath but never thought to put words to them. You have expanded my understanding and I’m looking forward to the pleasure I will get experimenting with those very things and being able to name them when having my next bath. I feel this is what happens in our everyday life too, we just cant see the effects so tangibly.
Dear Adrienne, such an exquisite sharing. Showing us all how the ripples of how we live flow from us. Live and move in anger or rush and we are forceful, pushy and disregarding of others, not really a ripple more like a tidal wave. Yet when we move tenderly and honouring of self a gentle flow begins to emerge in our life, one that flows on to those we meet. Showing me deeply that I am the one responsible for how my life flows.
I remember bath time… Bubble beards and big golly wog hair
I loved reading this Adrienne and it really motivated me to get my bathtub toys (beautiful floating gold fish and frogs I had purchased many years ago in Japan, they are so special because they are ceramic items, not plastic)!
I’d love to see those Ryoko. They sound beautiful.
Sounds lovely, I look forward to the next time I have a bath, playing with water is so much fun!
Adrienne this is a magical and gorgeous post about energy and the way it is expressed so simply through water.
I love taking baths. I find them to be very honouring and a great way to take a moment to observe where I am at. I will notice the way a bath will magnify the mood I am in and I take care to be as present and nuturing as possible. And now Adrienne I have a new game to play in the bath, inspired by you.
Adrienne that’s such a wonderful example of how life is always showing us the nature of its ways. Because we have been so disconnected from ourselves we have also been so disconnected from life. The more that we reconnect back to ourselves, the more we shall also reconnect back to life because we are the very life of life itself.
Just gorgeous and such a playful observation. Love it!
Adrienne – what a brilliant analogy. It makes energy so simple and tangible.
There is so much truth in this concept of stillness, stillness in motion and disruption.
We are constantly presented with these little gems, how lovely that you took such notice.
This is beautiful Adrienne, thank you! Your article reminded me of the wonder in life I used to feel as a child, the total innocence of observing life and the effect we all have on each other. Knowing that how I moved impacted on another, either supporting another to come back to themselves or to further increase the stress and agitation in life. So simply beautiful, yet so power-fully responsible.
Gosh it was fun reading that – I felt as if I was in the bath with you, which is another miracle as it is probably about 2 years since you wrote the blog but the water is still as fresh as ever!
So simple and so wonderful – I want to run a bath and have a play right now.
How beautiful you’ve put your bathtub experience in words, I had a bath myself today and had a play with the water and the effect of movement. Simple and joyful!
Beautiful – evidence of the fact that we are one with everything and that we choose the quality of expression that comes through us and it’s outplay.
I find that water is an amazing showing of the fact that we have a ripple effect in our lives: If we could see the ripples caused by our actions in daily life, I am sure we would be more considerate of the way we express. Allowing myself to feel was the first step in learning to ‘read’ these ripples and it has been a transformative experience.
So playful and simple Adrienne with a very powerful message.
Thank you for reminding me of the fun I can have and the lessons I can learn in my future baths.
I sat and imagined myself in a bath, then in the sea and then playing around in the pool as a child. I could feel exactly what you have shared. The Oneness with the water. Then I thought … are we one with the air as well?
I loved this Adrienne, so simple yet so profound. It is amazing how we forget that just because we can’t see energy all around us, that we are not impacting all that is around us. I for one have taken so much from what you have shared. Thank you.
I love this blog Adrienne what a fun way to experiment and learn about science and the laws of energy.
Sandhya, what I also think is great is that there is so much wonder and science to play with and learn about, and it is all there, always. I have just normally been too busy to take notice of it. I love how Adrienne took the time to feel what would happen and appreciated the magic.
I love having a bath and the joy that it can bring to play like this. Thank you for reminding me. I tend to have showers and forget about a bath. I have just marked in my diary a bath for next week!
Thank you Adriene, for sharing your joyful bath tub experience with us, a lovely reminder of be aware of the effect we have,on all that surrounds us.
Yes being in water does help to understand the ripple effect of our actions on others and this is really easily seen when swimming in the pool. Thank you Adrienne for sharing your playfulness š
Thank you Adrienne for bringing such awareness so simply on how profound energy is and all we can learn form observing this with ourselves. I have always loved being in water and the freedom and magnification my body feels in it and am developing a greater appreciation for all it shows me so lovingly.
Adrienne, this is gorgeous. Such a simple and playful way of explains that ‘energy is energy and everything is because of energy.’
I love being in water, it makes Einstein’s teachings of ‘everything is energy’ so practical to understand, and it helps me be so much more aware of how big the effect I have on the world around me is.
Beautiful simple science. So, if I rush my bath, splash and thrash water around my skin, I may get clean but the energy within and around me is disturbed – and if I allow the gentle rhythm of my breathing to equal the gentle ebb and flow of the water I can feel the harmony of the water around me with the fluid that flows within my body.
I love having baths. The thing that I really enjoy about having a bath or going for a swim is that water is such an amazing element in the way that it allows you to take up exactly the space you need within it and there is no gap between your skin and the wall of the bath or pool. It serves as a great analogy for life. Everywhere we go we are causing ripples by the fact of living within a pool of energy.
A very gorgeous read, Adrienne.. I can’t wait for my next bath!
Adrienne your blogs brings to life the fact that science is everywhere and all around us in the simplest of things like having a bath.
Gorgeous blog, I could picture the water as you described it, thank you.
Lovely, lovely blog, Adrienne. Science in action, and so simple – how we affect everything around us, amazing.
What a joy to read ā I felt completely met, equally so, with another natural scientist! I have always felt the harmony and complete wonder at the workings of energy that is all around us and only recently have considered the great ocean of energy I move through in everyday life, to be as profound. Moving from the micro into the macro, has been like a re-discovery of my own innate power and the ability to choose how I can affect the flow of energy in my own life and indeed, that of the Universe. Awesome blog, Adrienne ā thank-you!
A beautiful reminder that if we give ourselves the space and time to appreciate all that we do there is fun and joy to be had in every moment. Playing in a bath full of water is just as much fun now as it was when we were children.
Lovely Adrienne – the same can be said when in a swimming pool – I love observing how the ripples I make feel when they bounce back to me – and I love playing and being in the water!
Adrienne you have changed my bath time for ever! thank you š
Great blog Adrienne, the next time I have a bath I shall check out ‘Adrienne’s Theory of Ripples’ – you could be our next Einstein!!
Science and simplicity…Physics can be Phun. I can’t wait to have a bath to experiment. Thank you Adrienne.
Love it! And I agree š
Hi Adrienne, I love the simplicity you present about the science of cause and effect and demonstrating the impact on things around us of how we choose to move. A lovely reflection.
I love the joy and simplicity of this blog. I play a similar game when I go for a walk. Sometimes there can be really big puddles along the lane and as there are no cars I walk through as gently as possible and turn around to see how rippled it is and occasionally it is not which I find fascinating. Beautiful, thank you Adrienne.
Absolutely gorgeous, Adrienne!
I love the simplicity of this and that it shows us indeed how there is a message for us in all that we do.
This is true science Adrienne, and you are are a true teacher of science. This is how the great Laws of nature, life and the Universe were grounded and shared for all of humanity; you are the pure observer, your body and heart receive the wisdom of heaven and you bring it to us all in simplicity and clarity.
Exactly. True science is simple, fun and full of wonder.
I would love to have science explained to me in such a fun and captivating way. It really brings energy alive, and how science is in everything.
and in such an everyday experience that anyone can relate to.
Lovely post Adrienne, with much clarity… I could feel the stillness oozing from each of your words.
Everyday things of beauty – I used to blow on bubbles when I washed up as a child – if I blew gently, deep rainbow colours would appear one by one – if I blew hard, the bubble would burst. At Boarding School, baths were only three-inches deep and as quick a scrub as you could make it. Now I enjoy relaxing in a deep bubble bath, and, like you, watching the water move as I breathe gently. I also love being in a swimming pool by myself and seeing how gently I can move so the water barely ripples.
Thank you for sharing your experience Carmel and the magic of blowing bubbles – very clear and simple science.
Gosh, you received so much from a simple bath, Adrienne! I can’t wait to have a bath, so I can experience the clarity, rhythm and stillness that such a simple act can bring, if you bring your full awareness to it. It reminds me of the last time I swam in a pool – when I walked consciously through the water (with my mind connected to my body), I could feel lovely ripples expanding out gracefully behind me. Conversely, I know when I do not walk or swim with this consciousness, I can feel how abrasive the movement is – and the water reflects that, by being ‘rough’/churned.
Thanks Adrienne for your playful observations in the way energy ebbs and flows… I look forward to my next bath!
What a beautiful experiment and play with reflection! I love the way you have bolded the ‘findings’ or ‘laws’ of this play. As you say, science is simple, profound and playful. As I re-read your ‘findings’ I can feel the resonate in my own inner sea in my body. Yes, this grace and simplicity is so familiar to me, like an ancient dance that welcomes the sun in the morning. Thank you, beautiful and scientific Adrienne. We should add this to the folder in which Newton dropped the apple and discovered gravity.
What an amazing story… such playfulness and depth of wisdom shared… thank you.
I felt immersed in this blog ;-). Thanks for the experience Adrienne.
Gorgeous Adrienne.
Loved this post Adrienne – such a simple, playful, profound observation that we can all experiment with to feel in our own bodies.
Adrienne, I’m definitely one for the sense of wonder, awe and joy a bath time offer… and thank you so much for sharing your joy – it’s endless…