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THE ENDLESS WAVE | PART TWO
once with your left hand, once with your right hand and once more with
both hands at the same time.
• At the end of each day, visualizing yourself standing under a Silver Waterfall
that cleanses you and your body of all the energy and emotions that don’t
belong to you or you no longer need.
• Like cleaning the cases of your skateboard bearings, low-level mainte-
nance methods are a quick way to check in with yourself and how you’re rolling (energetically and emotionally). At first, these might seem like un- usual or foreign practises to engage with, however with practice, you’ll start to develop more awareness and sensitivity to the ways that energy and emotions can affect you. Leaving these excess energies to accumulate slows down the flow of your Life-Force Energy, in a similar way to letting excess grime, dirt and other things build up and restrict the rotation of your skateboard wheels.
This brings us into the concept of shielding. While it is up to individual pref- erence, some skaters like to take the shields off their bearings for several rea- sons including appearance, aesthetics, sound and benefits to speed. The only drawback being that they are open and exposed to more elements that can build up and slow them down. Some might choose to pop the shields off their bearings when skating a park, for maximum speed in a clean, wheel-friendly environment, while keeping them on when skating in the street or in a pool, where there might be more dust, dirt and grime. Skaters can decide on this for themselves and apply their preferences depending on their situation. It is through these options that skaters can be more conscious and mindful of where they are rolling and how their wheels are impacted.
Shielding your energy, is something that a lot of older generation spiritual teachers may advocate for, which usually involves things such as carrying spe- cific crystals, using a certain essential oil or herb, visualising one to multiple bubbles or capsules of colour and light around you, pulling your energy back into yourself and avoiding people, places, things and situations that may drain your energy. Shielding your energy is a personal preference similar to deciding whether or not to skate with shields on your bearings or to skate with bearings shieldless.
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