Why is grounding so important - Sharing tips and a grounding exercise

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hello hi this is Katrin and welcome to this short video of mine about grounding I thought that whilst we are going through these challenging moments and emic and most of us being in long down it's a good idea to share some grounding techniques because really and truly if we remain grounded remain centered we are more calm more balanced and we can handle life much better from from a place of grounding so I would like first of all to share with you what is really grounding about weave hair the world grounding about but if you're not sure what it means it's very simple it's basically it's also everything it's basically our connection to the earth and bringing that earth energy into our body it's about being present in our body when we are grounded we are present in our body and also when we are grounded we are connected to our body so it's about presence and connection to our body and the best way to do it is by connected connecting with the earth with Mother Earth so many of the simple grounding exercises revolve around connected and being present through the earth grounding is like having roots the tree having its root a tree with good root a solid strong it can withstand the wind swaying it but a tree with without roots no way so this is why it is so important to have to be grounded and it's also we can compare grounded like a boat having its anchor it is stable it stays where it is but without an anchor it floats aimlessly and it's not a nice feeling to be floating aimlessly so so when we are not grounding grounded it can really feel and I've explained it like you're floating Emily endlessly and this is why we feel lost we feel disconnected to feel out of touch out of balance what is the big question is what is our place in the world so you know you don't even know what's your place if you are so unwound that if you add that extreme so grounding really calms us down we centers us and keeps us balanced and having a grounding practice every day helps us obviously there are circumstances where we really need to work with grounding ourselves and I personally would recommend that if you need more work with grounding where I could balancing the base chakra the chakra that lies at the bottom of the spine it connected to the legs and feet and that's the place that helps us keeps ground because it bring it is a solid foundation to do all the other chakras and the base chakra is about survival instinct our fears of finding our place and the world connects us to our family ancestors our roots and the dead hands it's called our root chakra so but it's not the intention of going to be per into the base chakra I am actually I'm looking at having a course soon with using the base chakra and it's related to chakra dancer so how do we ground ourselves some things that we can do to ground ourselves like exercises spend time in nature that's why I've decided to do this video out here today because grounding is about connecting to the air it's connecting to nature so yes if you spend a lot of time inside in darkness it's easier to be not grounded walking barefooted lying on the ground water and not necessarily yes it's important to drink waters as well but it's also about immersing yourself in the water so swimming in the ocean and having about especially about with Epsom salt and also adding essential oils and there are specific essential oils that help us to ground crystals for those who are interested in crystals wearing a crystals a dark crystal I'm wearing hematite for example hematite is a good one obsidian smoky quartz and placing them especially on the base chakra so explore crystals to help you keep grounded reconnecting with our body which means exercise and especially exercise that involves defeat and like a good exercise would be yoga walking we already said barefooted squatting because we're using really we're really connecting and feeling the leg anchors and that's a practice that I use every morning in my yoga dance it's a brilliant exercise to to ground and at the end I'm going to show a rock foot to foot drawing up art energy exercise how could Haga zoo with humans and also trees obviously at the moment social distancing keeps us but we can always I'll get free food the foods we eat so become aware of the foods that helps you move more feel some tired more feel grounded I feel salty foods helped me but you need to discover what's good for you even a piece of dark chocolate a piece of dark chocolate resting it's important to rest so yes impressing is very important sleep is very important so if you're feeling out of Center it could also mean a simple extra bit of sleep focus on what you are doing a single task at a time so if you have a tendency of starting too many things at once it would be easier for you to feel off-center and balanced a good one and this is not just a simple exercise but this take daily practice and becoming more aware and working on it learning to say no creating our boundaries creating our space ok so learning to say no boundaries are important as you see a physical you know if physical and energetic space and I'm coming to the physical space the clutter clean and healthy environment so yes a clean and cluttered environment helps you even more to be sanitary for me because I'm so sensitive it is especially important and if you cannot have all your space all the pole the cluttered and clean which I understand with a family at least arrange a small space where you can have that feeling and you can go to it learning to say no learning to say no I've already decided sorry also there are grounding meditations meditations that help us connect more to the earth to mother earth and we would like and we would like some some meditations that can help you in this aspect feel free to get in touch with me either on email or else on my Facebook page I'll be happy to share which takes me to breathing breathing is and the breath is in our body so becoming aware of our breath connecting to our breath it's going to connect us and bring us back more presence and to our body so if you feel all over the place a very good thing to do is just close your eyes take a few deep breaths and just feel the sensations of the breath in your body it will calm you down and you will feel back to centre so this is very simple isn't it sensory awareness use your senses so even becoming more aware of what's around you through the senses will keep you more grounded for example what are you seeing right now what are you hearing what are you tasting and this is where the food comes in what are you tasting so a bit of mindfulness yeah okay my fullness in our daily life feeling the earth feeling the clothes feeling ourselves on the chair smelling what can I smell the trees so that is really a good grounding exercise and affirmations and I'm going to just share one I am healthy I am secure I am safe I trust in the natural flow of life I am healthy I am safe I am secure I trust in the natural flow of life there are plenty more affirmations but just having one or two affirmations that you start with in the morning and you can keep using that during the day will help you to carry that feeling of being grounded so these are a few things that I wanted to share as I see there is a lot of things that you can see to keep grounded but choosing something that really resonates with you and using it every day and whenever you feel you need that extra boost of energy and balance it will really make the difference so it's really simple but it's very powerful and I would like to end this video by doing an actual exercise and it's called drawing up Earth's energy so this is an exercise that we do with our feet standing up with with our is with our feet so we need to stand up and I'm going to show you so I'm going to remove this and it's very simple so barefoot it is possible our feet on the ground distance of between the feet it's like we are in line with our shoulders so feet and line through our shoulders your body soft so release any tension even maybe want to move to release the tension your body soft and loose make sure you have your knees and ankles unlock so even you can just relax them and take a few minutes a minute or so to focus on your breathing under this for a few minutes you feel your body total it's like straight but relaxed and especially the knees unlocked and it is very simple you just look you just rock from foot to foot with your feet firmly on the ground so imagine you can also imagine that you have roots from your field going deep deep down into the earth so really your feet cannot move but you just rock put the foot side to side keeping your knees unlocked you can close your eyes and you just keep focused on the rocking movement and visualize yourself whilst rocking drawing the earth energy from Mother Earth feel the energy rising up through the ball of each foot going up into your knees and pulsing into each part as it moves up your whole body and your drawing nurturing and save energy into your body and as you continue to rock side to side continue to build up this energy a nurturing and safe energy and you feel that in all your body nourishing each cell of your body and just to continue to rock from side to side you feel secure you feel more grounded save and energized and just we come to the end of the exercise and now we stand still standing up our feet still very grounded to the earth kind of firm to yourself I am secure and grounded in the physical form I am secure and grounded in the physical form can also give thanks to mother earth for its nourishment its shelter and stability that give she gives us so thank you for watching me I hope you found this video insightful and you've learned something new and you've learned a tip or two you can take to use in your daily life to keep grounded some tart calm and balanced till we meet again have a lovely evening thank you bye bye