This Underrated System Powers Your Well-Being - Lymphatics

As he lies down on the floor in Savasana, Jack notices a certain quality of spaciousness and silence he never experienced before. It’s a capacity that seems to be always available and present, yet so elusive and hidden to the naked eye. He is not an organism separate from all space; he is space; there is space.

Many of us go through our days (and lives) oblivious to the underlying systems that give and take life, often detached from them, seeing them as something out there and disconnected from ourselves, which we can’t consciously sense. But this is not true. We can sense many of them if we choose so and practice.

One of the core systems of our body is the lymphatic system, a deep web of vessels running throughout the body and cleaning up “waste”, contributing to overall well-being (vitality, reduction of sickness), proper digestion, beauty, including the appearance of clear skin, no swelling, youthfulness*.

all qualities that evolutionarily signal health and fertility, a great mix for reproductive attraction, which is very much sought after at magnified scale in many personal accounts on social media for understandable (to some degree) evolutionary reasons.*

Since the lymphatic system doesn’t have an inherent “pump” that drives its activation and movement (like the cardiovascular system does, where the heart is the “pump”), its activation and circulation rely on movement—both “internal” (e.g., breathing), and “external”.