Reiki: Grounding and all about it (part 2)

You will always hear healers talking about grounding, and why not? Being grounded is important staying healthy and overall well being. We are constantly interacting with energies around us. A simple hand shake with a colleague is an interaction of energies, talking to a depressed colleague is interaction of energies, commuting in crowded buses on trains also qualifies an interaction of energies. And through these interactions we pick up a lot of negative energies that may manifest itself in the form of mental, physical, emotional or spiritual stress. Grounding is associated with the root chakra or the mooldhara chakra which is located at the base of the spine.
The common manifestation of accumulated negative energy makes one feel drained or tired, irritable, dizzy, sensitive to sound or light, feeling low for no particular reason, heaviness in the chest area or in the head or both, etc. We obviously cannot stop interacting with people so we need to develop a defence mechanism that helps us shed negative energy and keep us in an optimistic and positive frame of mind. Another indication that your body has accumulated negative energy comes from your feet which connects you to the earth, any time you experience an injury on you toe feet or ankle, it may indicate that you need to get grounded.
Grounding removes negative energy from the body and sends it into earth where it is absorbed. Its easy to do and can be done anywhere, anytime. here are some grounding techniques...

• Eat root vegetables like potato, turnips, etc helps
• Feel the connection with earth, take a walk in a garden , walking barefoot on grass does wonders and is one of the best ways to get grounded. You can also roll on the grass and enjoy the feeling.
• Imagining the color red on your feet helps as it is the colour of the root chakra.
• Hug a tree, enter twine your arms around the trunk of a tree and imagine the strength of the roots of the tree flow through to you.
• Take deep breaths and feel the oxygen fill out your lungs and say a mental prayer that you are being filled with positive life force and negativity is leaving your body. Especially in times of stress remember to breathe.

These simple exercises will help you conquer the day easily and get over the most stressful situations as well. Grounding will keep you fresh and provide energy that cannot be derived from health/energy drinks.