Holistic approach to life forces

Watch the video and listen along as Nanna Kirkebjerg, a general practitioner and founder of Lucia Care, shares her knowledge about life forces.

What are life forces?

When studying the body in medical school, you gain an understanding of the physical body by studying deceased individuals. You learn about anatomy and biochemical processes. However, you don't learn much about the vital forces that are responsible for the life process itself. In short, what is it that makes us live? What is it that gives all living organisms energy, power, and vitality?

Life forces are the power that permeates and sustains the physical body. They can refer to a physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual energy present in the body and mind that affects our health, well-being, and quality of life. Life forces help keep an organism alive. However, they cannot be explained by physical or chemical factors.

Life forces are also known as etheric forces within anthroposophical medicine. You may also have encountered concepts like prana in Indian health wisdom Ayurveda or as Qi in Chinese medicine.

Where are the life forces found?

Nature is rich in life forces: Water, light, and all living things contain life forces and nutrients that are prerequisites for growing and developing. Life forces are not only found in nature, however. All living humans, animals, and plants possess inherent life forces.

Children have the most life force. A 9-month-old baby, drooling and with rubber bands here and there, is full of life force. As we grow and get old, our life force diminishes. As humans age, our ability to heal declines. Our skin becomes thinner and drier, partly because the body's hyaluronic acid levels drop.

What affects our life forces?

When we humans are sick, stressed, or experience hardships in life, our life force levels decrease. In the body, the liver is particularly affected, as it is the body's stronghold for life force. The liver is a very watery organ, and the only organ in the body that can regenerate itself. Therefore, it is always good to strengthen your liver when you are sick, stressed, or undergoing treatment with strong medication, which is often broken down in the liver, thereby putting it to hard work.

We also know that our excretory organs such as the liver and kidneys are connected to the skin. If the liver is strained, one can experience skin symptoms such as rashes, dry and flaky skin, and a tendency towards blemishes. If a pregnant woman has elevated liver enzymes, she will experience skin itching that is most often unbearable. Therefore, it is important to strengthen the liver by building it up with life force.

How to recharge your life force

🌱 Sleep well

We are filled with life energy during sleep. Many regenerative processes begin here.

Children have a great need for sleep, as they grow a lot.
Read more about good sleep Her.

🌱 Strengthen your liver:

Liver wrap - strengthen the liver with a warm wrap of yarrow tea. Get the recipe Her – just replace horsetail with yarrow.

Drink herbal tea with bitter plants that strengthen the liver: e.g. Rosemary and yarrow.

🌱 Cost

Eat green, coarse, and varied.

Choose organic and biodynamic ingredients, as these contain the most life forces.

🌱 Water and heat

Warmth is relaxing and creates space to recharge with life forces.

Take a nourishing Fobad.

Use good oils in your body baths. Try adding Lucia Care Revitalising Oil to your bathwater. The oil is rich in siliceous medicinal herbs like rosemary and horsetail.

Create rituals with sauna and bath therapy.

🌱 Rhythmic massage

Rhythmic massage can give a feeling of being reborn and free in the body. This manifests as a lightness, freed from stiffness and tension.

How can skincare strengthen life forces?

Since ancient times, we have known that nature's plants, flowers, leaves, roots, and stems possess inherent powers that can soothe and heal. At Lucia Care, we bring this wisdom and empiricism to light, where ancient medicinal herbs meet modern research and are transformed into creams, oils, and soaps by the skilled hands of a biochemist. Lucia Care's skincare line is based on specially selected medicinal herbs that stimulate the skin's and body's own life forces.

Characteristics of plants with indomitable life force

Dandelions, horsetail, rosemary, arnica, and calendula are bursting with growth forces. With their juicy stems, they break through the soil and reach for the sun. They are difficult to suppress and spread like weeds. They often have a bitter taste and a stem full of leaves. Just think of rosemary and horsetail. In general, plants with chlorophyll are extra rich in life forces. For example, evergreens like thuja and cedar are particularly robust and resistant to wind and weather.

Imagine a poppy. It is thin and without leaves on its stem. Put it in water and a moment later it has lost its petals. A dandelion, on the other hand, can stand in a vase of water for almost a month without wilting.

Life forces after harvest

In plants, vital minerals and essential oils help to preserve their life force after harvesting. Take, for example, a medicinal herb like horsetail, which is so rich in silicon and sulfur that its life force lasts a long time. It's different for berries and herbs like basil and parsley. They must be eaten fresh to benefit from their vitamins and minerals. As soon as you pick a berry from the bush, life leaves the berry, and a rotting process begins.

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