KRSNA Meditation Album

Grounding is one of the first lessons I was ever taught when I began my spiritual journey. It is the first lesson I teach all of my students and clients. I cannot express how important this simple tool is, it is the foundation of your ability to grow and develop in a healthy manner. Without grounding, we feel insecure, restless, like we don’t belong. I have had so many other healing and spiritual practitioners who have come to me years later and cannot believe the difference in their lives and practice after learning how to properly ground.

One example was a wonderful lady who took her Level I and II Reiki classes but was not taught grounding. After her attunements she began to feel restless and like she didn’t belong. She then began moving from province to province, never finding what she was looking for… a sense of belonging, a sense of home. After several years she returned to Ontario and happened to take my Shamanic Smudging course. The first hour or so I discussed grounding and demonstrated the various techniques I always teach…. afterwards she came to me and couldnt thank me more…she had felt like there was something wrong with her but after learning about grounding (which wasnt taught in her class) it all made sense. Her home had been here all along she just wasnt tethered to it.

Grounding is a way of anchoring our physical, mental and spiritual selves to the Earth. By various techniques we can achieve the balance of being grounded and being spiritual.

When we are not grounded we day dream a little too much, procrastinate, and it can cause feelings of isolation as well as cause us to be “overly spiritual”.

Grounding as a physical need: If you consider that the Earth has a naturally negative charge, the air or atmosphere has a naturally positive charge you can see that the two balance. Humans have become isolated from that balance with our advances in technology and believe it or not our footwear!

The rubber soles of shoes prevent us from making a true connection to Mother Earth and as such we are stuck being in a more positively charged state. Without having a balanced energetic state there are many physical “dis-eases” that can occur including the promotion of free-radicals and inflammation.

Grounding as a spiritual need: When we work with energy or holistic health, when we are learning and growing spiritually it is important to do grounding exercises. Spiritual grounding helps bring us to reality, although we are spiritual beings we are also first and foremost present here in a physical way. Grounding ensures that our heads stay balanced between the clouds and the ground.

Simple Grounding Techniques:

Touch a tree: yes it is that simple. By reaching out and touching a tree for just a few moments we can ground ourselves physically and spiritually

Walk Barefoot: take those shoes off in the summer! Enjoy the warm weather and the feeling of sand or grass etc under your feet

Garden: This can be an indoor or outdoor activity. Just by placing your hands in the planting soil for a few minutes you can easily reconnect.

Meditation: meditate to the sound of traditional drums, visualize yourself as a tree with roots deep within the Mother.

Chakras: Activate the chakras in the bottoms of your feet and push the soul cords down and through, then take the cords and visualize a great forest in the centre of the earth. Pick your tree and wrap the cords around it.

Connect to your root chakra: Meditate on the colour red, carry one of the associated stones, use one of the essential oils etc.

Use exercise to connect: Stomping, marching, jogging, squats, wiggle your toes!

It is helpful to get treatments such as reflexology, reiki, and other holistic healing systems.

This beautiful guided meditation will help you to feel grounded and secure in your place in the world. Please watch responsibly and only when seated or laying in a safe comfortable space.

Do not listen or watch this video while driving!

Danielle is a holistic health practitioner with a focus on energy healing and meditation.. She is always studying and learning different spiritual and holistic modalities to help bring healing and personal development into the lives of others. With certificates in Reiki (master/teacher), Axiatonal Alignment, Angelic Light Alignment, Access Bars, Meditation, Indian Head massage, Ear Cone Candling and Bowen therapy.

Her vision is one of community and unity of the balance between the physical and spiritual self, Earth Mother and Great Spirit. She has developed a variety of healing sessions, teachings and products to help you find the perfect combination for your holistic health and spiritual development.  You can check out all that Danielle does at www.motherearthwisdoms.com.