It is common knowledge that spending time in nature is healthy. People who live close to green spaces, such as parks, greenbelts, tree-lined streets, and rural landscapes, tend to have better physical and mental health. As a result, practices like Japanese forest bathing and the Nordic hygge, which has a strong outdoor component, are becoming popular in Australia.
Could grounding be next?
When a coworker recently suggested that a patient who was seeing both of us for nutrition guidance and stress management try walking barefoot in the grass for a brief period of time each day, I was interested. A few weeks later, I came across a piece of writing that named this practice as “grounding.” The concept behind grounding, also known as earthing, is that due to advancements such insulated synthetic soles on shoes and buildings as well as furniture, humans have lost their prolonged connection to the Earth’s delicate electric charge.
Whis is grounding?
Grounding proponents claim that this separation may be a factor in the chronic illnesses that are so common in industrialized countries. Actually, there is science behind this. According to research, barefoot contact with the soil can almost immediately modify a number of physiological parameters, promoting better sleep, lowering stress levels, and reducing pain and muscular tension.
When you walk barefoot on grass, you feel better, don’t you?
Ever ponder why that occurs? Recent research has clarified the reason.
The Earth is brimming with magnificent and powerful energy, and when we come into contact with it barefoot, our bodies can receive free electrons from the planet. You may feed your body, mind, and soul with this energy. The term “Earthing” refers to this idea!
Quite intriguing, huh?
Amazing health advantages of earthing exist! How useful it may be in your day-to-day life will astound you.
Let’s examine some of it.
What are the benefits of grounding?
Better Eyesight
A natural method of enhancing eyesight is to walk barefoot on grass. The ocular nerve system is connected to certain places under the feet. Reflexology claims that pressing specific sites helps invigorate the eyes. Your eye muscles will also relax when you look at green.
Stress Relief
Green is a calming color that eases stress and helps you relax. The amount of endorphins (feel-good hormones) in your body rises as you walk barefoot on grass. Additionally, studies show that barefoot walking on grass reduces stress by 62 percent.
Healthier Feet
The skin on your feet is stretched and kept relaxed while you move around in bare feet. There is no possibility of any aching feet because the muscles, ligaments, and tendons of the feet are also strengthened. Additionally, walking barefoot increases flexor strength, which is advantageous for those with flat feet.
Removes negative thoughts
The electrons from the Earth’s surface are transported into your body as you walk barefoot on grass, while the negative charge electrons from your body are absorbed or neutralized by the Earth.
Improved sleep
A pleasant stroll on the grass helps you sleep better at night by balancing your body’s circadian cycle. Hormone balance is another benefit of earthing.
Other advantages of earthing include enhancing the balance of the autonomic nervous system, enhancing cardiovascular health, enhancing blood viscosity, enhancing cognitive function, enhancing heart rate variability, etc.
Perhaps incorporate walking on the grass barefoot as part of starting an exercise routine as a form of recovery and relaxation.
Should you try grounding, and give those feet some time on the grass?
Given that being outside has been shown to be healthy, it probably wouldn’t harm to give it a shot and see if you experience any advantages. How then do you ground? Simply allow any natural conductors of the earth’s electricity to come into touch with your skin, working up to 30 minutes at a time (sadly, studies do not appear to have addressed how frequently grounding should occur). Sand, gravel, grass, and moist soil can all be walked on barefoot, but other forms of pavement cannot. You can go swimming in the lake, the ocean, or another body of natural water. You can lean against the trunk of a tree and sit beneath it.
There are alternatives if you’re unsure whether going barefoot outside is hygienic. Keep your dog out of a section of the grass. Alternately, place a blanket or towel — natural fibers like cotton and wool don’t interfere with grounding — between your skin and the ground. Even shoes with leather soles are OK. Garden is an alternative. In the garden, digging without gloves also brings you in direct contact with the soil; just be careful not to use any chemical fertilizers or pesticides.
Are the health benefits of grounding a placebo effect?
Is it the grounding or a placebo effect if you do notice you are more at ease, sleeping better, or experiencing less pain or fatigue? While grounding is used as one therapeutic method by many integrative and conventional healthcare professionals, research is still being conducted at various universities. On the Earthing Institute website, you may find out more information if you’re interested.
All we need to do is try to spend time in nature to appreciate its peace, or we may purchase a vacation package to treat ourselves to the wonders of nature on our weekend vacations.
Maybe it’s time to go barefoot outside in the great outdoors!
So remove your shoes and let your feet breathe!
