Salt on the Skin: A Morning Ritual That Holds the Day

Sea practices. Care as memory.

Sometimes, the best thing I can do after being in the sea is to do nothing at all. I stay with the salt on my skin — with the wind, the light, the breath of water. This isn’t skincare in the usual sense — it’s a ritual of presence, a sign that the day happened, and I was in it.

That’s how my ritual began — The Salt Morning. You don’t need to be by the sea to do it. Even in the city, it’s simple:

• a bit of sea salt (or coarse, pharmacy-grade, “alive” salt)

• warm water

• a soft cotton towel

• a gentle motion: touch your hands, shoulders, feet

• don’t rinse — let a trace remain on your skin

💬 This is not a scrub. It’s body memory — soft, uneven, but yours.

I write down mornings like this in my Sea Notebook — not in words, but in sensation. Sometimes just:“it all happened. and that was enough.”