We are 60 -70% fluid. It flows in our blood vessels, squeezes round the lymphatic system, cushions our joints, sits between our cells and keeps us moving.

Yet we rarely use fluid movements when we move. We rarely think about it when we stretch, exercise or train. We almost never consider the effect of movement on the fluid flow, how we pump that precious ocean around us.

And most of the time that’s fine, the body will manage itself ok, it has done for years.

But maybe, being present and considering fluid might add an extra dimension.

When stretching, imagine the tissue being squeezed like a sponge, and allow a fluid pump to take place. When mobilising joints, hold that synovial fluid in your mind and feel it cushion, protect and lubricate. Give time in each position for the fluid to flow, in or out.

And be fluid in your movement.