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Mark@RCR 🌀

“Grounding, also called earthing, is a therapeutic technique that involves doing activities that “ground” or electrically you to the .

This practice relies on science and grounding physics to explain how electrical charges from the earth can have effects on your body.”

- Walking barefoot
- Lying on the ground
- Submersing in water
- Using equipment:
grounding mats
grounding sheets or blankets
grounding socks
grounding bands and patches

@sco7sbhoy at uni while studying my counselling degree, we weren't permitted to wear shoes during classes, because of this. If anything got triggered in us, we were encouraged (& sometimes helped) to ground to help manage the intensity.
Being able to spread your toes & really feel the ground is so helpful during emotional overwhelm to help self-regulate.
The research into the positive impact of walking bare footed is amazing.

@SooticasDream Aye. Aye, it is.

There’s a lot of benefits to grounding, and scientifically proven too (a small study: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/).

I always walk barefoot whenever I can to feel ‘connected’ to my environment. There are also other alternative methods studied too (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/).

Very interesting technique though. Never heard of classroom based study to be used in this way. Even better if it theoretically supported the process.

PubMed Central (PMC)Earthing (Grounding) the Human Body Reduces Blood Viscosity—a Major Factor in Cardiovascular DiseaseEmerging research is revealing that direct physical contact of the human body with the surface of the earth (grounding or earthing) has intriguing effects on human physiology and health, including beneficial effects on various cardiovascular risk factors. ...