Grounding is a type of meditation that helps put you back in touch with the present moment by focusing attention on the physical world around you. Grounding exercises are quick and easy to try for yourself and you can use them as a coping strategy in lots of different situations.
Grounding benefits:
Grounding appears to improve sleep, normalize the day–night cortisol rhythm, reduce pain, reduce stress, shift the autonomic nervous system from sympathetic toward parasympathetic activation, increase heart rate variability, speed wound healing and reduce blood viscosity.
How To:
How To:
Remind yourself of who you are now.
Take ten slow breaths.
Splash some water on your face.
Sip a cool drink of water.
Hold a cold can or bottle of soft drink in your hands.
How Long:
How Long:
Some people find relief in as little as 1 minutes of grounding. typically, 20-30 minutes a day is recommended.