Familiarizing Yourself with Grounding Techniques 

As the alchemical process begins and the psyche shifts, it is very easy to be pulled inward to the point of disconnection with outer world and oneself. For the health and wellbeing of your system and for maintaining your ability to complete daily activities, it is essential that you remain grounded mentally, emotionally and physically. The goal is to use simple techniques to prevent disconnection or dissociation or correct them should they already be occurring.

Getting grounded can be as simple as placing your feet on the earth and feeling your body’s connection to it or hugging a tree and intermeshing yourself with its energy and spirit. 

Breathing techniques like box breathing are helpful in grounding. Box breathing is the following practice:

Breathe in for a count of four

Hold for a count of four

Breathe out for a count of four

Hold for a count of four

Repeat until emotionally and mentally calm and aware of your body.

Mindfully observing the sensations in your body and acknowledging them also brings your focus back to reality.

The Emotional Freedom Technique is a great tool for grounding when you are in a heightened state of emotion and need to bring stability back to yourself.

Essential oils placed on your temples, wrists and under your nostrils are also very grounding. Some people offer earth essential oil blends which can be particularly beneficial in reinforcing connection to the mind and body.

Music you find soothing can also bring you back into yourself. Pick a few pieces you can listen to regularly to help stay connected.

A very powerful grounding tool is to breathe through your grounding cord. We are all born with a grounding cord that runs from the base of the spine through the crown of the head. Dropping down into earth, breathing up through the hole of the spine as earth will bring you quickly and powerfully into a unified grounded state. Unfortunately, most people lose connection with their grounding cord around age four. If this technique appeals to you, contact a VortexHealing® practitioner to reestablish your grounding cord. VortexHealing® is Divine Energy Healing. You can find practitioners at  https://www.vortexhealing.org. This is not an advertisement. I personally received VortexHealing® weekly for ten years when I was undergoing massive psycho spiritual change.

Shamanic practitioners can also help with grounding should you be struggling to do it on your own. I saw a shamanic practitioner who also provided VortexHealing®.