A Grounding Experience

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If you don’t know what grounding is, there are many different definitions and explanations you can find on the web. Here’s my quick explanation and intention behind this specific exercise. As with anything in life, the most important thing to remember is to embody an experience for yourself. An experience never really takes full form until you know it for yourself, and no two individual’s experiences will be exactly the same, but will undoubtedly share similarities.

Our bodies are connected to the earth – the ground. Imagining yourself connecting to the ground through your energetic core (spine), is said to give you feelings of support and stability in life. A simple grounding exercise can be done by closing your eyes and imagining that your spine extends down into the earth and grows roots like a tree, essentially ‘grounding’ you and strengthening your felt sense of support within the body. You can extend your root all the way down into the Earth’s core, have it spread out like the roots of a tree, or both. It’s up to you. Like a tree, you can ground your roots firmly into the earth, and feel your energetic self being lifted and stretched stronger and higher, growing branches, etc. Through practice, I’ve found all of these varieties of grounding to be true for me, as well as many more strategies not mentioned here.

However, I’ve also found that there are numerous other treasures that lie underground that the human body, psyche, and mind can tap into through grounding exercises. Some of those additional benefits are as follows: wisdom, connection to the earth and others, increased feelings of love for yourself and others, strength, unity to nature, etc. Essentially what you need physically, mentally, psychologically, and/or spiritually can be found by connecting energetically to the earth. The earth is an endless supply of wisdom and support. The same nutrients, minerals, elements, and energetic signatures that exist within the human body, also are found in abundance within the earth. All of this energy underground functions like a network of energetic roots that can be wirelessly connected to your energetic core through focus, awareness, and intention.

Below is a quick replay of a grounding experience I had. The drawings above and below are what I created after the experience in an attempt to visualize what I felt.