Can we unlearn and try our next practice without a yoga mat and in nature? Now you may ask, why?

I remember as a little girl, my grandparents would recommend that I walk on the grass everyday if I wanted to improve my eyesight. I was born with genetic cataract in both eyes.

I did listen but never practiced intently. Maybe I missed on an opportunity to grow grounded?

What and why earthing?

We live on this beautiful blue planet but are we truly connected to it? Do you eat your meals with your hands? When you garden, how many times do you touch the soil (without shovels, gloves or other garden tools?). When is the last time you walked barefoot on the sand or grass or snow? When is the last time you hiked or were in nature without shoes?

I was surprised to learn that my candid response to many such questions was ‘No’ or ‘Don’t remember’. I have done so many meditations on grounding but was I truly practicing grounding in life?

 Did ancient yogi’s practice on the bare ground and why?

All ancient pictures reveal direct contact with earth. Was there a reason why they were practicing yoga bare on the earth without a yoga mat? What about padding knees, did they not have issues and feel the earth hurt beneath them or were they truly feeling the earth? Was that a way of grounding meditation – practice yoga on the earth?

Earthing and inflammation?

There is enough scientific material to connect the dots between curing inflammation (root to many modern dis-eases) and connecting our bare feet, hands and even our naked bodies with soil.

My reasoning is even simpler; if I feel good in my body, mind and spirit then I’m going to do it. Earthing speaks to my soul as a raw intuitive feeling of vitality.

Can the answer be that simple?

What the mainstream pharmaceutical companies do not want you to know, what doesn’t include consumerism, where scientific money is not going; could something to heal us be free? It’s a hard pill to swallow.

Earth Therapy 101

·      Walk barefoot for at least 15 minutes everyday on the grass

·      Touch soil in your home every day as you water the plants or garden

·      Simply sit on the earth when you meditate

·      Eat with your hands

·      Practice yoga without a mat

·      Hug a tree

·      Play with your pet or kid in/with the dirt

·      Touch someone that is walking without shoes

·      Hike without shoes. Fine, walk to the mailbox barefoot

·      Definitely compost

·      Buy and use earth friendly products. The ones you can touch, feel and hand down to next generation

Next time you hear ‘You are grounded’. You can respond ‘why on earth would I do that?’

Because grounding is actually a good thing – one day or one hour or one minute or one trip without shoes, or socks. Just you and your naked feet kissing the ground. Give it a try. GET GROUNDED WITH US…

Resources to ground more:

KISS THE GROUND

OSMOSIS DAY SPA SANCTUARY – CEDAR ENZYME BATH

EARTHING MOVIE – THE SCIENCE OF “GROUNDING” (OR “EARTHING”)

VISIT OR HIKE SEDONA, AZ – VORTEX MAP

THE FIVE EARTH TOUCHING PRACTICE – PLUM VILLAGE

BORN TO WALK BAREFOOT- NEW YORK TIMES

FANTASTIC FUNGI – THE MAGIC BENEATH US

© Photo Credit: Mary Beth Sasso – https://www.marybethsasso.com/