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Believe it or not, ten years

ago, charlotte Banfield had a phobia of water.

I used to be really scared to go to the beach,

go near the shower, go in the rain.

It was more of a sun three thing.

The field of water used to really scare me.

Charlotte has cerebral palsy, autism and anxiety.

When her mom

signed her up for a surf therapy session part of the Wave Project, it changed her life.

So I still have bad days where I get really anxious and I feel like I can't leave the house.

And when I'm having those days, I literally get myself ball, get my Wetsu, get in the car and go, because I know that as soon as I get in the sea, I'll feel feel better again.

The sea has some magic healing properties that just works instantly.

Charlotte s recovery is such that last year, she won the English Adaptive Surfing Contest, and she has a masters degree in marine biology.

Today, she's at the Wave, the Artificial Surflake, near Bristol, with its founder Nick Houndsfield.

He's long been an advocate for what's known as Blue Health, the healing powers of water and the sea.

For Nick, his belief became a reality.

Six months ago, I suffered A-A massive stroke, and it became part of my rehabilitation being here and being in water, swimming alone, and starting to realise that my the connectivity with my brain and my health was was a big part of rehabilitation um, and I really believe that that's a massive part of how I-I managed to recover my speech, coming back so quickly.

Charlotte Nick a prime examples of the benefits of surfing, highlighted in a report published by The Wave.

It looks at how the sport can help physical and mental well being, especially considering the impact of Cogoed 19 Doctor Iski Britain from the National University of Ireland, goway, is a surfer, and has studied what happens to the brain and the body when in the water.

Being in honor, near water, and certainly being actively engaged in it helps kind of both stimulate, unsothe the nervous system, our hormonal system, our respiratory system, and even our heart rate can start to, you know, it slows in response to these environments.

From the blues to blue health, the power of waves, are helping people to ride out the storm.

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