I'd like to introduce you to earthing or grounding. An interesting factor in studying the ancient Egyptians and the use of the copper and zinc rods is that THEY WERE BAREFOOT! This means that they were 'grounded' at all times in combination with the use of the rods. Therefore I find it necessary to place emphasis on the suggestion of being grounded when using the rods and if possible, 24/7. After making this realization I was compelled to create grounding pads for the inner soles of shoes. The health benefits from 'earthing' and being grounded alone gave warrant for me to create a way to be grounded as well as to provide a tool for others to enjoy the benefits as well! The pictures you see above are my homemade grounding pads. I added magnet strips and copper coils to improve the movement of electrons (and because they add authenticity and COOLNESS to how they look!) They are not available for sale to the public yet, but I do make them per request., but if you'd like me to create a pair for you contact us. Now let's take a look at the science.

 

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Any negatively charged object has an excess of electrons. If it is to have its charge  removed, then it will have to lose its excess electrons. Once the excess electrons are removed from the object, there will be equal numbers of protons and electrons within the object and it will have a balance of charge. To remove the excess of electrons from a negatively charged electroscope, the electroscope will have to be connected by a conducting pathway to another object that is capable of receiving those electrons. The other object is the ground. In typical electrostatic experiments and demonstrations, this is simply done by touching the electroscope with one's hand. Upon contact, the excess electrons leave the electroscope and enter the person who touches it. These excess electrons subsequently spread about the surface of the person.

This process of grounding works because excess electrons find each other repulsive. As is always the case, repulsive affects between like-charged electrons forces them to look for a means of spatially separating themselves from each other. This spatial separation is achieved by moving to a larger object that allows a greater surface area over which to spread. Because of the relative size of a person compared to a typical electroscope, the excess electrons (nearly all of them) are capable of reducing the repulsive forces by moving into the person (i.e., the ground). Like contact charging discussed earlier, grounding is simply another example of charge sharing between two objects. The extent to which an object is willing to share excess charge is proportional to its size. So an effective ground is simply an object with significant enough size to share the overwhelming majority of excess charge.

 

Grounding a Positively Charged Object
The previous discussion describes the grounding of a negatively charged electroscope. Electrons were transferred from the electroscope to the ground. But what if the electroscope is positively charged? How does electron transfer allow an object with an excess of protons to become neutralized? To explore these questions, we will consider the grounding of a positively charged electroscope. A positively charged electroscope must gain electrons in order to acquire an equal number of protons and electrons. By gaining electrons from the ground, the electroscope will have a balance of charge and therefore be neutral. Thus, the grounding of a positively charged electroscope involves the transfer of electrons from the ground into the electroscope. This process works because excess positive charge on the electroscope attracts electrons from the ground (in this case, a person). While this may disrupt any balance of charge present on the person, the significantly larger size of the person allows for the excess charge to distance itself further from each other. As in the case of grounding a negatively charged electroscope, the grounding of a positively charged electroscope involves charge sharing. The excess positive charge is shared between the electroscope and the ground. And once again, the extent to which an object is willing to share excess charge is proportional to its size. The person is an effective ground because it has enough size to share the overwhelming majority of excess positive charge.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Need for a Conducting Pathway
Any object can be grounded provided that the charged atoms of that object have a conducting pathway between the atoms and the ground. A common lab activity involves taping two straws to a charged aluminum plate. One straw is covered with aluminum foil and the other straw is bare plastic. When the aluminum-covered straw is touched, the aluminum plate loses its charge. It is grounded by means of the movement of electrons from the ground to the aluminum plate. When the plastic straw is touched, grounding does not occur. The plastic serves as an insulator and prevents the flow of electrons from the ground to the aluminum plate. Grounding requires a conducting pathway between the ground and the object to be grounded. Electrons will travel along that pathway.

Every time you take a breath of air or a drink of water, or absorb the ultraviolet light from the sun, you are, in practice, connecting to the Earth and using it for your very survival. Grounding is really one more extension of this; one more way that your body is intelligently designed to co-exist as a part of nature.

Rubber and Plastic Shoes Disconnect You from the Earth’s Energy Flow

Chances are it’s been awhile since you’ve experienced the benefits of grounding, as most Americans spend most of their waking hours wearing shoes with rubber or plastic soles. These materials are very effective insulators, which is precisely whey they’re used to insulate electrical wires. Yet, they also effectively disconnect you from the Earth’s natural electron flow.Chances are it’s been awhile since you’ve experienced the benefits of grounding, as most Americans spend most of their waking hours wearing shoes with rubber or plastic soles. These materials are very effective insulators, which is precisely whey they’re used to insulate electrical wires. Yet, they also effectively disconnect you from the Earth’s natural electron flow.

In the featured video below, Grounded, (in which I actually appear) you’ll see how poking holes in the soles of your shoes and inserting a grounding rod can allow you to stay grounded, as can special grounding shoes that are now available (sporadically).

Leather-soled shoes will also allow you to stay grounded with the Earth. Walking barefoot is one of the easiest and best ways to stay grounded, but you’ll need to do so on the proper surface.

Good grounding surfaces include:

Sand (beach)
Grass (preferably moist)
Bare soil
Concrete and brick (as long as it’s not painted or sealed)
Ceramic tile

The following surfaces will NOT ground you:

Asphalt
Wood
Rubber and plastic
Vinyl •Tar or tarmac

In today’s world, this is more important than ever, yet fewer people than ever actually connect with the Earth in this way anymore. Free radical stress from exposure to mercury pollution, cigarettes, insecticides, pesticides, trans fats, and radiation, just to name a few, continually deplete your body of electrons.

Simply by getting outside, barefoot, touching the Earth, and allowing the excess charge in your body to discharge into the Earth, you can alleviate some of the stress continually put on your system. For example, walking barefoot can help ameliorate the constant assault of electromagnetic fields and other types of radiation from cell phones, computers and Wi-Fi.

Did ancient cultures know something about this that we don’t? It appears so, as many Gothic cathedrals are built on energy hotspots on the Earth, and are actually designed to channel Earth’s energy to flow strategically through them.

Grounding means ensuring that our body-field, and therefore our consciousness, is safely locked into the energy field of the Earth. Being grounded in physical reality means that we are wholly "in" our body and fully attached to the natural world. Grounding gives direction and purpose to energy.

Centering is drawing our awareness from thoughts of past or future and focussing our attention in the present - the "here and now". This means that we are in a state of calm receptivity, and at any given moment able to draw on the full range of our talents, skills and abilities. When we're centered we are always in the present moment, where "being" and "action" have reality.

Being grounded and centered is experienced as a sensation of alignment, solidity, peace, confidence and security, with a mental quality of stillness and focus.

Lack of grounding and centering feels floaty, dreamy, spaced out or breathless, with a vague sense of being disconnected from our feelings. There can be a sensation of being dazed, disorientated or overwhelmed. We can appear nervous, even unstable with a lack of concentration and an inability to focus on the present.

Without grounding and centering we cannot be effective in daily life or attempt to fulfill our life purpose. Energy either dissipates quickly, or builds up to an intolerable level that may be expressed as restless discomfort or anger. Living a modern life takes up a lot of our mental and emotional capacity. When we mull over the past or worry about the future, our energy is "feeding" those situations instead of powering our body-field in the present moment, so the mental and emotional bodies are not aligned with the physical body. We have no "presence". Everyone notices a person who "has presence". Their energy is powerful and leaves a lasting impression, because their whole body-field is in alignment.

There are many traditional ways of grounding and centering ourselves: walking barefoot or walking in nature generally, hugging a tree, lying on the ground, smelling a handful of earth, eating, drinking water, holding stones or crystals, drumming, chanting, toning or clapping with your hands or clapsticks.