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As a human being
living on earth, it is important to learn to ground yourself in relation to
your earth mother. We often hear people telling us to ground
ourselves, but we may not be sure what that means and how we might do it.
Grounding ourselves is a way of bringing ourselves literally back to earth.
Some of us are more prone than others to essentially leaving our bodies and
not being firmly rooted in our bodies. There’s nothing terribly wrong with
this, but while we are living on the earth plane it is best to stay grounded
in the body. One of the easiest ways to ground ourselves
is to bring our attention to our breath as it enters and leaves our bodies.
After about 10 breaths, we will probably find that we feel much more
connected to our physical selves. We might then bring our awareness to the
sensations in our bodies, moving from our head down to our feet, exploring
and inquiring. Just a few minutes of this can bring us home to bodies and to
the earth, and this is what it means to ground ourselves. We can go further by imagining that we have
roots growing out of the bottoms of our feet, connecting us to the earth. The
roots flow with us so we can always move, but at the same time they keep us
grounded. We receive powerful energy from the earth just as we do from the
forms of energy we associate with the sky, and our body is a tool that brings
these two energies together in a sacred union. When we are grounded, we
essentially become a strong container in which our spirits can safely and
productively dwell. This is why grounding ourselves every day, especially at
the beginning of the day, is such a beneficial practice. Fortunately, it’s as
simple as bringing our conscious awareness to our bodies and the earth on
which we walk. |
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