I know you’re standing on it, or will be soon, but can you REALLY feel it?

There was a moment in my early in my training when an osteopathic doctor asked me what was wrong. I didn’t know what he meant. But as I went inside and “asked,” I realized I couldn’t feel my legs. I mean, they were there, but they felt blank. Unprecedented and so weird. The unprecedented part was I could actually feel that I couldn’t feel them. The precedented part was, I doubt I had felt them in a long time . . . or EVER.

He did an osteopathic healing on me, which I describe as an integration of my physical and electrical bodies, and suddenly I could feel my legs, as well as profound peace and comfort.

What happened? HE GROUNDED ME. Meaning he “re-booted” my electrical body so it came in line with my physical body. This is my description of coming back into the body and in the present time and space. Hello! Anybody home?

We don’t always have an osteopath around to bring us “home.” No healer is with you all the time . . . except, of course, YOU.

There is so much beautiful research on grounding. There are literally millions of references proving its effectiveness online, about how humans around the world, from sensitive kids to world-class athletes (including the NFL!), are benefitting.

But what is it, and how do we do it?

WE FEEL IT. You have the power to invoke grounding WITH YOUR MIND, as a visualization, and/or by SENSING the literal, innate electrical circuit you were born sharing with the Earth.

Let’s do it. Standing or seated, imagine roots, a beam of light, a rope, or a cable, running from the soles of your feet through the crust to the center of the Earth. Wait til you can really FEEL IT. If you’re having a hard time, put your bare feet in some dirt, or connect to a tree. It’s FUN to do a little research: ask a friend to gently try to push you off balance before and after you re-set your grounding circuit.

This grounding exercise is a DAY ONE practice in my intuition medicine school. It was SO FUN when I first saw the “lights come on” through this “aha” experience that ANYONE can do, that EVERYONE is fundamentally wired for.

We upgrade our grounding circuits QUICKLY through transmission and co-regulation when we practice TOGETHER. We look at the science of ALL OF IT. Consider joining the Flow is Medicine community to hone this and dozens of other powerful, pleasurable skills for expanding your presence, power, healing, and ability to serve the world in a meaningful way.