Visualisation Method
First. Sit, lie or stand somewhere quiet.
Close your eyes (if you wish). Focus on your breathing and try to
breathe from your diaphragm (just below the lungs) instead of high up
in your chest. Consciously slow your breathing down.
Second.
Focus on your muscles, particularly tight spots like your shoulders, hands,
feet, chest, head/forehead and neck. As you breath in and out, see
your muscles relaxing.
Third. Imagine that you are a large tree
in a wide open field. You have branches that reach to the sky, and
roots that reach all the way down, deep into the earth. As you
exhale, send all your excess energy or stress, or bad feelings down
through your spine, through your legs, and into the roots in the
ground. There the earth will recycle or use that energy as it needs
it.
Fourth. Continue to do this for as long as you feel you need
to, always aware of your slow breathing, and the energy that you’re
directing away.
Fifth. When you have finished, become aware
of your body by focusing on things like; the sensation of what you’re
lying / sitting / standing on, the feel of any breeze or clothing on
your skin, the heaviness of your flesh etc. Make sure that you focus
on physical sensations because this is very helpful to the grounding
process.
Last. Wiggle your toes and fingers. Open your eyes (if
you closed them). You should be feeling much more calm and relaxed.
This feeling of stability is known as being ‘grounded.’
Visualisation
can be adapted so that you are sitting against an actual tree and
sending your energy through the tree, instead of through yourself.
Sitting in nature can be very helpful when it comes
to grounding. It
can also be adapted for sitting against rocks / buildings / or
anything that has part of its structure go deep into the ground. The
reason we send excess energy there is because the earth
stores it and
uses it for later, it safely removes excess energy away from other
people, and the element of Earth is a grounding and stabilizing
element.
First. Sit, lie or stand somewhere quiet.
Close your eyes (if you wish). Focus on your breathing and try to
breathe from your diaphragm (just below the lungs) instead of high up
in your chest. Consciously slow your breathing down.
Second.
Focus on your muscles, particularly tight spots like your shoulders, hands,
feet, chest, head/forehead and neck. As you breath in and out, see
your muscles relaxing.
Third. Imagine that you are a large tree
in a wide open field. You have branches that reach to the sky, and
roots that reach all the way down, deep into the earth. As you
exhale, send all your excess energy or stress, or bad feelings down
through your spine, through your legs, and into the roots in the
ground. There the earth will recycle or use that energy as it needs
it.
Fourth. Continue to do this for as long as you feel you need
to, always aware of your slow breathing, and the energy that you’re
directing away.
Fifth. When you have finished, become aware
of your body by focusing on things like; the sensation of what you’re
lying / sitting / standing on, the feel of any breeze or clothing on
your skin, the heaviness of your flesh etc. Make sure that you focus
on physical sensations because this is very helpful to the grounding
process.
Last. Wiggle your toes and fingers. Open your eyes (if
you closed them). You should be feeling much more calm and relaxed.
This feeling of stability is known as being ‘grounded.’
Visualisation
can be adapted so that you are sitting against an actual tree and
sending your energy through the tree, instead of through yourself.
Sitting in nature can be very helpful when it comes
to grounding. It
can also be adapted for sitting against rocks / buildings / or
anything that has part of its structure go deep into the ground. The
reason we send excess energy there is because the earth
stores it and
uses it for later, it safely removes excess energy away from other
people, and the element of Earth is a grounding and stabilizing
element.
