Directly touching the earth impacts your metabolic functions, and as I found out, can even help you lose weight. The first study to look at the basal metabolic rate of grounding was published in 2010. In this study, half of the participants were grounded and half were sham-grounded in a double-blind placebo-controlled study. … Read more »
If the heartbeat of the earth resonates powerfully with your brain (as we talked about last week) …imagine what the heartbeat of the earth does for your own heart! Your cardiovascular system is entirely electrically based, driven by the electrical impulse of the heartbeat which in turn drives the circulation through your body. … Read more »
There is a beautiful relationship that our brain has with the energy of mother earth. This helps support everything our brain helps us to do — from enhancing our mood to maintaining a healthy weight to deepening our restorative sleep. Most people believe that our circadian (day/night) rhythm is dependant on sunlight to… Read more »
Our musculoskeletal system, the bones, muscles, ligaments and joints that hold us together and allow us to function all day long, is the perfect conduit for grounding. When you touch the earth outside, your entire body is instantaneously grounded and this is because your entire musculoskeletal system is conductive. The fact that… Read more »
I recently received an awesome question from a reader. It was: “If a very sick person is lacking in the earth’s electrons, can they unknowingly ‘steal’ those electrons from another person by touching them?” The short answer to this is: yes. When you were a kid, did you ever walk around in… Read more »
Today is Earth Day! In celebration of this, I thought I would answer all of the grounding questions I am asked the most! Have you ever wondered about any of these questions? 1. Is there anything I can do to enhance grounding? Yes! There are several things you can do to… Read more »
Is it heating up where you live? It’s warming up here, and as I got sweaty doing some spring gardening this weekend, it reminded me to put out my annual blog post urging you not to use antiperspirants. Many of my readers don’t use anti-perspirant, but they do use a deodorant. So today… Read more »
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