De-Stress by Grounding Yourself

No one wins the rat race. Those who run it are most often left sick, run down, overwhelmed, drinking too much or medicating to relax and take the edge off.

 

Thanks to being plugged in 24×7, we’re expected to be “on” at all times for our bosses, colleagues, friends and children, with little down time. Or even some quality “me time.”

 

The result? Eventual break down because we are so disconnected from ourselves and what we’re feeling. It’s also when anxiety rules; with an accompanying  lack of focus and energy. We can’t figure out why, but more often than not it’s because we aren’t grounded.

 

Grounding is a way to dispel negative energy and maintain a flow of good energy in the body. It’s a process that helps the body connect to life-sustaining earth energies via the root chakra. Grounding and energy work are key to bringing back balance and tuning into what our bodies are trying to tell us.

 

Here are 4 great ways to ground yourself:

 

Meditation

Meditation is one of the best ways to ground and center yourself. It helps bring about awareness and makes you more in tune with subtle energies in you body. You don’t have to spend hours meditating. Even a half hour per day is enough to help you connect with yourself and become more conscious of your breath, your surroundings and the earth.

 

Envisage A Pillar of White Light

Imagine your name traveling down a pillar of white light flowing through your crown chakra and melding with it. Visualize all of the stress and negativity you’re carrying flowing down the pillar and into the earth. Then visualize clear, positive energy returning from the Earth into you.

 

Exercising

Move your body and drink lots of water. Moving your body is a way to get energy flowing and getting grounded, especially if you exercise outside. Hiking is one of the best forms of exercise for grounding, because you’re connecting with nature and with the Earth.

 

Bathing

Water is purifying, and lying in a warm tub of water will help in washing away any negative energy. Especially when you add some Epsom salts to clear away any residual negative energies and a few drops of soothing lavender oil to salve you. Visualize all the negativity going down the drain when you’re done.