Near-infrared (NIR) and red light applied specifically to the head has numerous positive effects to the brain, including increased cerebral blood flow, increased (ATP) energy production, increased neuroprotection and brain repair, and reduced inflammation. This has been documented as the most healing light. Our Body/Brain responds positively to this light in early morning.Īt La Casa, we offer red light and infrared light as a therapy. This is when blue light is most emphatically present. We encourage guests to spend time outside as soon as the sun comes up. The sun’s UV rays help your body make the essential nutrient, vitamin D, which is important for bones, blood cells, and immune system.Īlthough the sun looks yellow, or orange, or red (the colors of fire), it actually consists of the full spectrum of light colors. The health benefits of sunlight include supporting bone health, lowering blood pressure, preventing disease, and promoting good mental health. Although rain happens (we are, after all in the foothills of a rain forest), it is usually brief, and the sun reappears as though it had been lurking behind the rain the whole time. It reduces stress, strengthens the immune system, supports the thyroid, and strengthens the respiratory system.Īt La Casa, as water therapies, we offer therapeutic herbal baths as well as cold thermogenesis in our tubs.įire is represented by the tropical sun and heat. We also make frequent trips to the near-by ocean. Sea water is antiviral, antibacterial and enhances healing due to the high sodium and iodine content. We begin many mornings with a short ride to one of two waterfalls that we immerse ourselves in, utilizing the properties of the natural therapy of cold thermogenesis, and the best hydrotherapy back-massage you will ever have in your life. ![]() Above the farm, the river manifests itself as majestic waterfalls. The river originates in the pristine peak of El Yunque, making it one of the cleanest waters in this hemisphere. Our farm is located adjacent to and a short walk through the forest to the Espiritu Santos River. Water gives us the opportunity to cleanse. Take a walk on the wild side, and enjoy our full-throated nature retreat.Īt La Casa, as well as eating from our organic gardens , we offer earth therapies consisting of mud and sand wraps and body scrubs. These amazing friendly animals and critters who we consider to be our friends, provide the true, realistic experience of jungle living, or as we call it, a living earth experience. Varying from different sizes, colors and breeds, our farm thrives with animal life: Tootsie (a dog we nursed back to health from a seriously ill infancy) 14 rescue cats 30 or so chickens 2 roosters 2 turkeys 2 peacocks more numerous lizards than we can count an occasional spider songbirds ( a threatened species) and most blessedly, our native frogs, the ever-present Coqui. Here at La Casa , you can enjoy all of these. Earth Water Fire Air SkyĮarth provides us essential components of life for all its creatures: fruits, trees, wildlife, beauty, creatures, inspiration, healing properties and so much more. When the 5 elements are balanced, you are complete. ![]() SUKUPAT is the concept of balance of mind and body–in which they vibrate at the same frequency. And to maintain, or re-find health, contentment and meaning, we need to periodically revisit the elements in their most specific yet full representation. They are that from which the universe, and ourselves derive. This is the realm of the 5 elements, which mix and blend to create healing as well as our senses of mind and matter. ![]() Underlying the apparent phenomenal world is a more refined realm of energy and creation. Throughout the ages, the experience of healers, sages, and yogis is that life is not linear and fixed but rather a world of gradations of phases of subtlety.
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