I have been
feeling quite unpleasant since giving birth: basically unearthed. Maybe I
disconnected from my body during labor, or maybe it’s just my whole set-up (feeling
safer in the higher chakras than in the lower ones) expressing itself more
clearly now. Especially at night the disconnectedness gets to me: I stay awake for hours. Therefore I recently made grounding my top
priority. My plan boils down to: more physical activity, less computer time and
carefully attending to my needs.
I now start
my day, when possible, with Osho’s dynamic meditation, which is very grounding;
it connects you to your breath, sex center and feet. Yet the grounding process
is not necessarily a pleasant one. When energy starts running, it hits frozen
and stuck places in the body; where we hold, don’t breath or don’t dare living.
I sometimes struggle staying aware of the sensations, and I have been throwing
up (energy, not food). Yet, there is a reward: I feel centered and invigorated
afterwards, and where my energy felt flat and my heart cramped, flow returned.
Lack of
grounding is a societal phenomenon. We walk on rubber soles, live in concrete
buildings and spend most of our time inside. On top of that our main focus is
on the head and knowledge. So we deprive ourselves of essential, nurturing
energy, which we need to be healthy: that of Mother Earth. As a result we
suffer from all kinds of discomfort, like sleeping problems, depression and
illness. Of course, there’s also a whole industry to provide the solution:
earthing products. My ‘personal grounding plan’ involves one of them: an ‘earthing
mat’, which I use while writing. Don’t ask me how it works, but I do feel my feet at the moment,
and I am not flying around.
For more information on earthing products, go
here.
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