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The earth has always provided a powerful nurturing, healing, and grounding energy. Through grounding rituals, you can connect your personal energy with the healing force beneath your feet.
Whether you feel restless or burnt out, these daily grounding rituals work with earth energy to rebalance your inner state.
Grounding Meditation
A blog from Asana At Home online yoga invites you to recharge with a root grounding meditation to connect to the earth and rebalance the energy flow in your body. Just like any meditation, this grounding practice involves focused awareness. In this case, you’ll visualize a connection with the earth.
Begin by sitting in a comfortable position and closing your eyes. Take long deep breaths and focus on each inhale and exhale. In your mind’s eye, picture yourself in an open field. Experience the warm sun on your skin, a cool breeze on your face, and soft earth beneath your soles. As you stand tall, envision roots extending from your feet deep into the earth’s core.
Take a moment to observe how solid and stable you feel rooted to the earth. Allow your excess energy to flow and mingle with the earth. Then draw the earth’s energy into you, restoring you with vitality and strength.
Earthing
In the past, our ancestors lived in direct contact with the land every day, according to the Wiseman Health website. Early civilizations valued physical contact with the soil, trees, mountains, and water. Ancient Chinese traditions sought healing by absorbing the earth’s powerful energy through the ground. But today, most people spend their days in shoes or indoors. These barriers insulate you from the earth’s therapeutic charge and cause imbalances in the body.
Connecting with the ground through a practice called earthing restores harmony between body and environment. According to WebMD, the earth omits a steady current of free electrons. Walking barefoot, lying on the grass, or simply touching the soil, you connect with that current. Your body absorbs a stream of negative electrons that neutralize harmful free radical molecules in your body. With practice, earthing may boost cardiovascular health, improve blood flow, lower stress, and even help you sleep deeper.
Not everyone has a meadow outside their door. Conductive products, like grounding mats, sheets, or mattress pads, provide an alternative. They conduct the earth’s energy indoors so you can benefit from its balancing current indoors.
Embody the Earth Through Movement
Movement provides a powerful way to feel grounded and embody the earth’s energy. It makes the connection between your body and the ground dynamic and invites that energy to circulate through your whole system.
According to Yoga Journal, a grounding yoga sequence can help channel the strength, stability, and sturdiness of the earth. Grounding yoga poses activate the root chakra, the energy center at the base of the spine that corresponds to the earth element.
The mountain pose will have you stand tall with confidence by engaging the core and rooting your feet into your mat. In the tree pose, you’ll balance steadily on one foot on each side and lift your arms high to the sky. Incorporate grounding poses like these into your daily practice to embody the earth’s energy.
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