Rav Nahman said for the sake of Tikun HaBrit/sexual purity to go a natural body of water. [That is if one has accidently spilled seed in vain to go a dip into a natural body of water and say the ten psalms called the Tikun Klali 16, 32, 41, 42, 59, 77, 90, 105, 137, 150.
Bit I have noticed that going into a natural body of water seems to help me get my equilibrium back. (I usually go in with my clothing on and just change into dry clothes when I return to where I am staying.) That is: whenever I am upset or taken off balance for some reason, I run to the nearest body of natural water like a sea or a river. [If you go in a sea with clothing, then rise them when you get home because the salt eats away at the material unless thoroughly washed out.] ]Sometimes I have been in area where there is a spring. That is when I was in Safed and also in Jerusalem by the site of Shmuel the prophet. [It can not be man made like a pool.] This helps purify my spirit. And at the same time, I do some exercise to help me regain physical health also.
Still even though the great ideas of Rav Nahman are important, one needs to be careful that one's focus should be on God, not on the tzadik.
Eliyahu said to Klal Israel, "How long will you skip between the two ends. If the Lord is God then serve Him; if the Baal is god, then serve him." This seems to be ignored by religious people who tend to take some middle agent to serve.
