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Grounding & Running Energy
As a foundation for all subsequent inner work — Updated
I have been practicing grounding for 45 years. Besides providing an anchor for meditation and other inner spiritual practices, I have developed a profound personal relationship with Earth over the course of several years. You wouldn’t call your mother “the Mother.” Likewise, I don’t call Earth “the earth,” reducing her to an object. Earth is my Mother, Father, Brother, Sister, Child, and Home.
Grounding can be done whether your body is relaxed or not. However, grounding and relaxing our bodies are essential at the beginning of your work. To make that easier, a good relaxation exercise, especially at first, or if you don’t feel sufficiently relaxed enough to begin the grounding, here’s a link with text and audio.
Once relaxed — knowing we can never be perfect at it — why meditations are called practices we can begin:
The Grounding Practice
Sit on the floor cross-legged or on a chair.
You can close your eyes or leave them open. If you leave your eyes open, choose a spot ahead of you on the floor to gaze upon.
Move your attention to your root chakra just in front of the end of your spine. You can utilize a beam of light or an anchor with a…
