Allow me to introduce you to something SAFE and EASY I love doing for myself and clients -
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 | The most important tool in my opinion for a modern Human is the ability to be grounded, aka rooted in present time. Everything grows from there. Literally. Just look at trees)) Having studied and read E. Tolle`s books like the "Power of Now" I thought I was doing pretty well, until I entered Intuition Medicine program and realized I had no idea what a true grounding was. |
First, let`s look at what Grounding is not:
- It is not when your mind is anywhere but here, thinking about either past or future
- It is not when you don`t feel your body from within, especially your feet and hips
- It is not when you are not aware of your breath.
Grounding is really a loop of earth energy circulating through your body. It is not an idea or concept, it is a felt thing.
You gather earth energy via the souls of your feet up to the pelvis. And at the same time you allow it to pour back into the core of the earth from your hips. In a circular motion it goes, in and out of your body. You can also choose to bring it all the way up to your head, if you feel particularly ungrounded.
Now, details:
Grounding begins with taking a slow breath through the nose. When I say slow, I mean at least four seconds long.
Nothing new here, I am sure you have heard about breath many times before. Does not make it irrelevant though))
Ideally your focus shifts into the very center of the skull, way back behind the eyes. There lies your 'meditation sanctuary' (roughly a location of pineal gland).
Then comes the exhale. My favorite part!
To take a full advantage of the exhale, consider doing this:
- make it longer than your inhale. At least by a few seconds, even better if you double the length. For example, if you inhaled for four, breathe out for eight seconds.
- through the mouth or nose is not that important.
Although I personally have been trained in purely nasal breathing, having my tongue at the roof top of my mouth where two major meridians, governing and central, meet. It closes your energetic circuitry (especially relevant when you are surrounded by negative people and don`t want to absorb their crap into your system).
- I love playing with the direction of my exhale.
For example, if I am laying on my back, I intend for my exhale to slowly pour out of my body down into the ground, like waterfall cascading down into the earth. It can be from the low back, or hips, or entire body, sinking into the surface on which I am resting.
If I am sitting, I direct it down into the earth from the tail bone. That would be the location of the first chakra. The imagery that I like to use for that is dropping an anchor straight into the molten core of the Earth; being in a trunk of a very large tree, deeply rooted into the ground or sitting on the top of a huge mountain; or simply having my pelvis, legs and feet covered in thick warm mud.
Do this routine daily, especially before falling asleep, when you are already in bed. For ten minutes or so.
When you get a hang of it, it helps to significantly improve the quality of sleep.
I also enjoy doing it after being in crowded areas or talking too much. Having a sensitive NS, I feel really ungrounded after prolonged interactions with others, so using this technique has been profoundly useful to recollect myself, over and over again.
I love using it in traffic, on public transport, at stores...
When I am at the airports! Everyone is super ungrounded there with their mind in the future, worrying about the flight.
Please, recognize that for it to be effective, it should be a practice that you do for the rest of your life. Daily or a few times a day. So worth it! Especially for us, sensitive folks✨
- It is not when your mind is anywhere but here, thinking about either past or future
- It is not when you don`t feel your body from within, especially your feet and hips
- It is not when you are not aware of your breath.
Grounding is really a loop of earth energy circulating through your body. It is not an idea or concept, it is a felt thing.
You gather earth energy via the souls of your feet up to the pelvis. And at the same time you allow it to pour back into the core of the earth from your hips. In a circular motion it goes, in and out of your body. You can also choose to bring it all the way up to your head, if you feel particularly ungrounded.
Now, details:
Grounding begins with taking a slow breath through the nose. When I say slow, I mean at least four seconds long.
Nothing new here, I am sure you have heard about breath many times before. Does not make it irrelevant though))
Ideally your focus shifts into the very center of the skull, way back behind the eyes. There lies your 'meditation sanctuary' (roughly a location of pineal gland).
Then comes the exhale. My favorite part!
To take a full advantage of the exhale, consider doing this:
- make it longer than your inhale. At least by a few seconds, even better if you double the length. For example, if you inhaled for four, breathe out for eight seconds.
- through the mouth or nose is not that important.
Although I personally have been trained in purely nasal breathing, having my tongue at the roof top of my mouth where two major meridians, governing and central, meet. It closes your energetic circuitry (especially relevant when you are surrounded by negative people and don`t want to absorb their crap into your system).
- I love playing with the direction of my exhale.
For example, if I am laying on my back, I intend for my exhale to slowly pour out of my body down into the ground, like waterfall cascading down into the earth. It can be from the low back, or hips, or entire body, sinking into the surface on which I am resting.
If I am sitting, I direct it down into the earth from the tail bone. That would be the location of the first chakra. The imagery that I like to use for that is dropping an anchor straight into the molten core of the Earth; being in a trunk of a very large tree, deeply rooted into the ground or sitting on the top of a huge mountain; or simply having my pelvis, legs and feet covered in thick warm mud.
Do this routine daily, especially before falling asleep, when you are already in bed. For ten minutes or so.
When you get a hang of it, it helps to significantly improve the quality of sleep.
I also enjoy doing it after being in crowded areas or talking too much. Having a sensitive NS, I feel really ungrounded after prolonged interactions with others, so using this technique has been profoundly useful to recollect myself, over and over again.
I love using it in traffic, on public transport, at stores...
When I am at the airports! Everyone is super ungrounded there with their mind in the future, worrying about the flight.
Please, recognize that for it to be effective, it should be a practice that you do for the rest of your life. Daily or a few times a day. So worth it! Especially for us, sensitive folks✨
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I feel that people can really benefit from using them on a regular basis.
It has certainly helped me!
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