What is Earthing?

Do you remember walking barefoot in the wet sand at the beach or in a field of dew-moistened grass?  Do you remember feeling some tingling in your feet and legs, or a sense of warmth and well-being rising up into your entire body? That sensation is the result of direct barefoot contact with the surface of Mother Earth, which brims with natural, subtle energy.

The Earth, you see (or experience), is an electrical planet, and you are a bio-electrical being. Your body functions electrically, your heart and nervous system are prime examples of this. Emerging science reveals that direct contact with the ground allows you to receive an energy infusion, compliments of Mother Earth. Think of it as “vitamin G” – G for ground. Just as the sun above allows you to create vitamin D in your body, the ground below provides you with vitamin G, a kind of “grounded electrical nutrition.”

This energy infusion is powerful stuff and it can restore and stabilize the bioelectrical circuitry that governs your physiology and organs, harmonize your basic biological rhythms, boost self-healing mechanisms, reduce inflammation and pain, and improve your feelings of calmness.

Modern lifestyle, including the widespread use of insulating rubber and plastic-soled shoes, has disconnected most people from the Earth’s surface energy. Most of us don’t walk barefoot nor do we sleep on the ground as we did in times past. This physical disconnect from the Earth may be a totally overlooked cause of abnormal physiology and may actually contribute to inflammation, pain, fatigue, stress, and poor sleep. By reconnecting to the Earth, many common symptoms are often relieved and even eliminated.

New studies provide intriguing evidence of significant physiological shifts in the direction of a revitalized and healthier functioning body − generated simply by regularly walking barefoot outdoors or, while indoors, sleeping on a conductive bed mat connected to the Earth via a wire. To learn more about this very simple DIY fix for your home, CLICK HERE.

Unlike other sentient beings in Nature, modern human society is disconnected so we are getting little to no vitamin G. Past cultures and civilizations were connected when they slept on animal hides and such routine living grounded them. We sleep on elevated beds often many feet above the ground and out of touch with this never ending, free energy source.

In past civilizations, humans walked barefoot or with footwear of leather but today we generally do not venture out barefoot except when we’re on vacation at the beach. Over the last 60 years shoe manufacturers replaced traditional leather soled shoes that allowed the Earth’s energy to pass through and up into your body. Now, 95% of shoes have synthetic soles that block this vital energy. Because of this, today’s generations lack an energy hook-up with Mother Earth and have lost our electrical roots making us vitamin G deficient, so to speak. We’re not receiving the Earth’s built-in energy signals and this disconnection may very well be a seriously overlooked contributing factor to the global epidemic of chronic illness, pain, and dysfunction.

When you are grounded, your body absorbs the Earth’s electrons like a sponge and move throughout your body, impacting it from top to bottom. Over 20 years of research provides intriguing evidence to support the surprising concept that contact with the Earth is of great medicinal value, that we need the Earth’s electrons for our well-being. They are foundational for health, representing an indispensable kind of “nutrient” that if deficient or missing can cause health problems just like a deficient vitamin or mineral.

This is a vital hook-up because our bodies work electrically and every movement or thought is based on frequencies and electric transmissions in the body. The heart, brain, and immune system are perfect examples. The daily rhythm of chemical and hormonal cycling in the human body is regulated and maintained by faint electromagnetic signals generated by the Earth’s electrons and the human body is exquisitely receptive to these signals that set up the rhythm of day-night functions or circadian rhythms.

Earthing studies, using sophisticated laser and thermal imaging, have also demonstrated how grounding, even for just an hour, improves blood flow to the face. The findings suggest enhanced nourishment of facial tissues and functions, and provides a scientific explanation for why many people over the years have told us they look younger and healthier after they start grounding.

As for the Circadian clock, Dr. Satchin Panda of the Salk Institute has been studying the Human Circadian clock in great detail and some of his studies can be found here.

Go barefoot outside for thirty minutes each day and see what a difference that makes with regards to your pain and stress levels. Sit, stand, or walk on grass, sand, dirt, or concrete as these are all conductive surfaces from which your body can draw the Earth’s electrons. However, wood, asphalt, and vinyl are not conductive. Emerging research is confirming some of the benefits of grounding which include:

– Reduced levels of inflammation

– Reduced stress and tension

– Improved sleep

– Lowered levels of pain

– Boosted immune system