Fundamentally, grounding is about re-establishing your energetic connection to the physical plane as an inhabitant of the planet Earth. There are two reasons why people need to do this. One is that people can sometimes open themselves up to all sorts of strange realms as they look within. This experience can be compelling and if one does not exercise care, one may find one's self with part of their energy here and part of their energy there. (It is a good idea to surround yourself with White Light and ask for protection before engaging in these sorts of explorations.)

People may also need to ground after a powerful healing experience. The reason for this is that when we have an issue, part of our energy can be concentrated into an energy-block that when released, alters the energy level of our entire body. In either case, grounding can help to re-establish your connection to the earth plane, allowing you to have a much better experience of walking around in your body, and all that goes along with that.

How do you know if you need to ground? I have found that at times, especially after doing some profound healing work, I might become spacey. If I repeatedly set something down and then five seconds later, can't remember where I put it, it's time to ground. Probably my most dramatic experience of needing to ground myself occurred after a five-week intensive personal-growth workshop that I attended in the early 1990's in Los Angeles. Within a 24 Hour period, I managed to lose my keys, miss my flight, and find myself walking up Wilshire Blvd. at 3AM with no place to go, a $600 suit over my arm, and a hat on my head that looked like a crab. Once I was back in Colorado, I grounded for 30 minutes and everything was fine.

So just how, exactly, do you ground? There are several techniques that come to mind. By far my favorite is simply to spend 30 minutes with bare feet on the earth. This could be a grassy lawn, the beach, bare dirt, or even a large rock. (This was the technique I used to become operational after the workshop in L.A.)
 

Man-made surfaces such as concrete or asphalt won't work:

Ok, so on a nice summer day, a walk barefoot in the park can be quite a pleasant experience, but what if it is below zero outside with snow everywhere?

One can achieve somewhat similar results by putting one's bare feet into a large, potted plant for the same 30 minutes.

If you are macho and have a need to demonstrate how tough you are, another technique is to put both feet into a tub of ice water. Thankfully, only 15 minutes are needed with this technique. They will be the longest 15 minutes of your life. A trick I have discovered is that it is only necessary to have the bottoms of your feet in contact with the ice water, which makes it easier to take.

I once used this technique at the Westin Hotel in Los Angeles. I was not really in the mood to explain to the hotel staff why I was walking barefoot on the little triangle of grass outside the lobby, so the ice-water technique seemed like the best bet. I wiped out the trash can in my room with a wet towel (it was pretty clean to begin with). I then made a couple of trips down the hall to the ice machine, and fifteen grueling minutes later, I was a new man!

These techniques are very powerful and have never failed me. I have also heard of (but have limited personal experience with) techniques such as jumping up and down (asserting your connection to the Earth in the process), or visualizing a connection between your root chakra and the core of the Earth.

Other grounding techniques that are less powerful but still helpful include doing a mental task such as working on a computer or eating hamburger. (Why do you think they call it "ground beef?")

I hope you find these techniques helpful, as I have. After all, we are spiritual beings having a human experience, and that means that we need to be fully operational on this Earth plane. After all, Earth is supposed to be a school, and we do want to graduate when the time comes, don't we?

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