The Power Under Your Feet

© Elaine M. Grohman – Give-Away for Courageous Worth Summit

Why Being Grounded is Essential to Life – and More Important than You Know

As an Energy Healer and Educator for nearly 30 years, I am constantly surprised by how few people know what it means to be “Grounded,” and perhaps more importantly, why it is fundamental to your Spiritual Awareness, Physical Health, Emotional Stability and your capacity for Knowledge and your ability to gain Wisdom by using your Mind.

So, please allow me to share a broader, and perhaps very different perspective with you – one that I hope will expand your understanding of the essential nature of being “grounded,” and why it is fundamental to the functioning of the Human Being. Spirit. Body. Emotions and Mind.

Let me begin by saying that your Human Body is an ancient, perfectly designed vehicle for what we know as the “Human Experience.” The Human Body is a very sophisticated ecosystem and is the only means by which you and I can experience what we call our “Life.”

Your amazing Human Body has its own awareness and interdependence with the Living Earth and is capable of countless tasks – from making a cell, perceiving sensory information, digesting food, maintaining equilibrium, allowing cognition to unfold and millions of other things simultaneously. All without one conscious thought from You.

This wonder is called the Body-Mind. The Body-Mind knows exactly how to keep you A-Live, and mysteriously grows your Body from the moment of your conception until you take your last breath.

So, you may ask, what does this have to do with being “Grounded.”

It is essentially this: The Human Body is an electro-magnetic wonder. Every single atom, molecule, cell, organ, and the entirety of your physical Body requires “Information.” 100% of the Body requires 100% information – 100% of the Time, in order for the Human Body to function at Its optimal.

An electrical current (neurological impulse) creates a magnetic field (your aura) which stabilizes your Body and allows your Senses to inform you of outside stimuli. Our Senses perceive through our Aura. All Senses are Incoming information – literally Energy-in-Motion. This is a big topic for another time.

And, I dare say, most people are lucky if they are running at 50% capacity. As a result, we have illness, mental confusion, anger, and a world of troubles that we ourselves create. Literally, if the Body (system) does not have enough information, it cannot function optimally.

Every single neurological impulse is electricity – and electricity is “Energy.” And the electricity/Energy required by the Body comes directly from the Earth – literally from the Ground you are standing, living, playing, and growing on.

Our Earth is a gigantic generator – and supports ALL Life on Earth.

Energy (Electricity) needs to move through the Human nervous system for every cell of the Body to receive the “information” required for Its particular job. When this works flawlessly, the various systems of the Body function optimally. When each system begins to work collaboratively, this is called Health. The greater number of neuroreceptors receiving signals, the greater the capacity to Learn, Imagine, Invent and Create.

Being “Grounded” literally means that the Energy comes from the Ground, allowing Energy to flow through the Body.

Let me tell you how I teach individuals to begin to understand and experience being Grounded:

Sit comfortably with your back straight but not rigid.

Close your eyes and place your hands, palms down, on your thighs.

Now, imagine that your fingertips and toes are open, as if they were like straws.

(Gravity will help pain and stress flow towards the Earth.)

Bring your attention to the arches of your feet.

Imagine you can see an old-fashioned camera lens on the arch of each foot.

Imagine you can watch those two camera lenses slowly begin to dilate, and once they get to the full dilation, let them remain open.

You always want Energy to come into your Body through your feet – for a very particular reason.

The base of our Health is our immune system, and the base of our immune system is healthy blood. Our blood is produced principally in our bones, and in particular the long bones – the tibia, fibula, femur, and pelvic girdle – however, each bone produces blood. Blood allows for nutrients and oxygen to be quickly distributed throughout the entire Body, and also removes gases and waste from the cells.

Long before the Energy gets to the spinal cord at the base of the spine (coccyx) the immune system is producing healthy blood. Once Energy moves from the feet to the ball of the femur, and then engages the spinal cord, then Energy moves swiftly up and out in all directions to distribute Life-saving neurological impulses.

Now, pay attention to the sensations you begin to become aware of, both inside and outside of your Body. Notice what you feel. Not what you think – but what you feel.

It is very common for people to begin to experience mild tingling, a “wave” motion, and/or a release of pain or stress. Breathing may become easier, and a release of tension is felt.

To have a Life, you must have a Body. To experience Emotions, you must have a Body. To Learn, you must have a Body.

Being Grounded is fundamental to it all.