WhatisGroundingandWhyisitImportant?

Whenweloseourgroundingweloseourcenterandshrink.Whenweloseourcenterwedisconnectfrom ourlargerselfandcanbecomeoverwhelmedwiththechallengesoftheday.Lackofgroundingmeanswe areindefense.Weloseourperspectiveandtheenergytointeractfrombalance.Ourdefenseslockusinto ourpersonalityvibrationlimitingourdivineexpression.Personalityvibrationisthevibrationofourlife programmingversesourdeeperdivinetrueself. Atthemindlevel,lackofgroundingcanpresentasconfusion,disassociationand/orlackofindividuation. Wemaytakeonanothersopinionorperspectiveasourownbecausewehavelostindependentthoughtand action.Webecomemorejudgmentalofothersandourself.Weliterallylosetheabilitytoholdourown becausewehaveshrunkindefense.Lackofgroundingopensustoattackandcreatessituationsthatmay beunsafeanddefinitelylesssecure.Wecantoperatewhollyifwevelostus. Energeticallyintheauricfield,lackofgroundingcanlooklikethefollowing. Chakras:underchargedandindistortion. OuterEnergyEgg:becomeslightbulbshapewithmoreenergyontopversesbottom.Ortheegg shapecanbecomefragmentedsothereisnoenergyeggandboundariesbetweenusandthe outsidenolongerexist. Thismakesusvulnerable. Energetically,thereisadimensionthatisalwayshole.Icallitthe CoreSelf ordivineself.When weloseourgroundingthisdimensionofdeepertruthbecomesmoredifficultto access.

WhydoweloseourGrounding?
Itisadefenseagainstsomething.Usually,itisanunhealthydefensethathasbeenprogrammedoverthe years,maybeevenbeforebirth.Mostoftenwelostourgroundingbecausewefeeloverwhelmedand unsafe.Sometimesifwedonteatcorrectly,arefastingoraresickwecanloseourgrounding.

GROUNDINGTOOLS
Meditation,ChiKung,HandsOnEnergyWork,exercise, acupunctureandpersonalprocessworkare usefultoolsinhelpingusregainourgrounding. Findoutwhatworksforyoubyexperimenting. Foodand Supplements: Some foodandsupplementshavetheeffectofgroundingandothersdetractfromit.Know howyourbodyreactsandadjustaccordingly. Typicalgroundingfoodsarenuts,wholegrainsandproteins.

SAMPLEGROUNDINGEXERCISES OakTree: MakeacirclewithyourarmsinfrontofyoulikeyourarmsarehugginganOakTree. You

canalsogooutsideandactually hugatreetodothis. 1) Feelthetrunkofthetreeonthefrontofyourbody.Feelitsstrengthflowthroughyourbody.Feel howsolidthetreeisbetweenyourarms.Sosolidinfactthatyoucanimagineyourarmsarebeing supportedbyit. 2) Feelitrunthroughyourlegs.Imagineyourlegsarepartofthetreetrunk.Imaginetheenergy fromyourlegsdeepeningintotheearthbelow,deepdowntothecoreoftheearth. 3) Imaginereceivingtheheatupthroughthebottomsofyourfeet.Letitflowthroughyourbody. 4) Lastly,feelthefrontandbackofyourbodystrunk becomeatonewiththetree.Allowyourselfto feelitsstrengthandwholeness.

Horse: Standwithkneesbentlikeyouaregoingtositonahighstool.Coxesisparalleltotheground.
1) Imagineenergyrunningfromthetopofyourhead,downthecenterofthebody.

2) Thenimaginethreemetaphoricallegsofenergyconnectingyoutothecenteroftheearth.One connectingtheperineumtotheearthandtwoothersrunningthroughthecenterofyourlegbones andconnectingtotheearth.

ReleaseDown:
Followthefollowingbodyscansequenceandateachpointsaythewordsreleasedownand feel/imaginetheenergyflowingdownward. Pausefor10secondsorlongerinanyareaofthebodythatyou canimaginefeelingsensationsofcomfort andsayingthewordsreleasedown.Feelallpartsofyourbody dismissnothing.Eyes,nose,ears,teethtongue,lips,jaw. Neckfrontandback Shoulders frontandback Chest,upperback Arms,elbows,hands,fingers MidbackandCoreCenter LowerbackandLowerAbdomen PelvisSacrum Legs,thighs,backofthighs,front/backoflowerlegs,Ankles,Feet,Toes Scanthroughthebody5timeseachtimestoppingatsensationsofcomfortandsayingthewordsrelease down. Meltintothesensationsofcomfortandnoticeiftheygrow,intensifyorexpand. Simplybyfocusingonthepositivecomfortingsensations,youarechargingthemenergetically.Helping themmultiply.

SafetyandSecurity: Repeattheexerciseabovewithaslightvariation.Insteadofsayingreleasedown sayIamsafeandvisualizeaplacethatfeelssafeforyouasyouscanthroughthebodyfeelingthe positivesensations.Examplesofsafeplacespeopleseemtolikeare:theirbed,apartnersarms,thebeach orwhateverworksforyou. DevelopYourOwn:Groundingisaboutselfempowerment.Knowingwhatworksforyouisparamountso feelfreetobecreative.Adapttheseexercisesordevelopyourown.

Youcanreprintthisaslongasyougiveappropriatecredit.CarolynEberle,LPC,Barbara BennanHealer,Founder,MindEnergyBodyInstitute720/5307621 www.mindenergybodyinstitute.com.