Grounding

This time of year is crazy and hectic. We lose ourselves in the aisles of Christmas ornaments and turkey dinners. We absorb other peoples energies and dissolve our happiness into the mundane every day traditions of December. Don't get me wrong, I look forward to this time of year. The lights, the smell of the pine, the food, the shopping and don't forget the music. I love Christmas music! But I too seem to lose myself amongst the crowd and don't understand why I began so cheerful and then within an hour feel so drained. This is where the title to this blog comes in...Grounding.

We need to learn to ground our energy fields - ourselves - before going out into the world. So now you ask, "what is grounding?". You often hear people saying "you need to ground yourself more, or so and so is a very grounded person." Grounding is a way of bringing ourselves back to earth. To root you into your body, so to speak. Imagine a tree. It's roots firmly grown underground, entangled with one another. This is a form of grounding yourself.

Some quick ways of grounding yourself is by:

1. Imagining yourself as a tree and grounding your feet into the earth. Blocking all negativity from yourself. Reaching your arms up and stretching your body (that part just feels good).

2. Pay attention to your breath as it enters and leaves your body. Take 10 breaths and you will probably find that you feel much better, crisp, clear. Become aware of your body. Notice your head, circle it around a few times. Notice your arms, shake them. Your body, wiggle it. Your legs, shake them. Feels good yeah?

3. Circle breathing. Close your eyes. Take a deep breath in and count to 5. Hold your breath counting to 5. Release your breath slowly counting to 5 and hold again for 5. Do this a couple times, slowly so there is no hyperventilating. This will bring you back "into body" quickly and make your lungs feel good at the same time.

Remember with all of these to close your eyes. Enjoy your moment of peace before the hustle and bustle of the day. These are quick and easy ways to ground you and make you feel better. Give you a quick meditation and great to do throughout the day. You don't have to just do it once a day, do it when you're feeling low of energy and could use a quick boost. Your body will love it and so will your mind!