While drifting out of the port of Southampton, England he finally saw the sea up close.
That's why he signed up for Semester at Sea during college, a four-month-long study abroad program that takes place on a globe-roaming ship. “I think the fact that there is this feeling of being ‘trapped’ in a land-locked state just made that desire so much stronger to breathe in the ocean air and lose yourself in its vastness.” “I had watched so many movies, documentaries, and shows and was always fascinated with the idea of not being able to see land on the other side of the water,” he says. Growing up in a landlocked state, he didn’t see the ocean for the first time until college. So, what do we miss when we miss out on water? Ask Andrew Gray, a 25-year-old from Oklahoma City. Urban hubs like San Francisco can also offer respite via the ocean. “No wonder sleep machines always feature the sounds of rain, the ocean, or a flowing river.” One small study out of Northwestern University found that people who fell asleep listening to "pink noise"-sounds like rushing water or rain falling on pavement-not only slept more deeply but the experience also boosted their memories.
Christopher Winter, M.D., author of The Sleep Solution. “There is some research that says people may sleep better when they are adjacent to nature,” explains W. Offering us an auditory break, water even helps us fall asleep. “Moving water is expert at masking noise, especially the sound of the human voice,” he says, noting that the human voice is considered the number one source of workplace stress. “When we are by the water it…cuts us off from the rattle and hum of modern society,” says Nichols. While water makes up about 70 percent of the human body (and about 70 percent of Earth), it also comprises 31 percent of our bones. It makes me feel alive in a deep, calm way. “Water pulls on me the way the moon pulls on it. Lara Rosenbaum, a 38-year-old writer and editor based in landlocked Nashville shares a similar sentiment. Vashon Island, WA, the largest island in the Puget Sound.
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