Hi all,
Is grounding similar to mindfulness, in the sense of reconnecting to what’s around me through my physical senses ?
Thanks
Hi Cosmos,
No, that is not the same. In fact, mindfulness practice is the opposite of grounding. If someone is experiencing too much energy in their body, then being more aware of things happening around them can increase the energy and make any negative symptoms worse.
Grounding means doing gentle physical activities such as walking in nature, swimming, working in the garden, cleaning the house etc. It is mostly the actual physical movements that are grounding, although being in nature can have a grounding effect that is independent of moving.
There is more on grounding in this lesson:
And in this video that I filmed for YouTube:
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Very informative indeed! Thank you
What about practices such as feeling one’s own weight and/or the pull of gravity on the body, is that grounding or to be avoided if one wants to ground?
Hi Cosmos,
Everyone is different, but usually anything that brings awareness into the body will increase prana, and increase any uncomfortable symptoms. This may not be the case for everyone.
If you are experiencing instability and energetic overload, then you could try it and see if it helps, or not? If you are unsure, I would leave it out. It is not one of the classic grounding methods that generally works for most people.
This is what I was saying with regard to a chat about t’ai chi or qigong for grounding a few weeks back. I find so much stillness in these kinds of practices that it’s anything but grounding! A long walk and a big meal is my go-to 
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Thanks for the replies!
I’m asking because I think I might have overdone it a bit and I feel the need to temporarily reduce practices to a minimum while increasing grounding. I thought for a while that grounding was similar to mindfulness practices but now I see I was wrong. It helps to clear out wrong ideas. I now understand that it is about physical movement.
Are there cases of people who do not manage to ground, and remain permanently ungrounded? I read somewhere on this forum that people can get addicted to spiritual practices. I don’t think that this will happen to me, but it certainly is a frightening idea. I would imagine that a lot of external guidance would be necessary in such cases.
Cheers.
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Hi Cosmos
Over the years we had many people in the forums who would not ground.not because they were unable…simply because they were stubborn and attached to practices
Noting that grounding takes time to feel it….so when you feel you need to ground or to cut down practices, this results will take time to appear and you need to be consistent in grounding
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The thing is, in my case, there was a time when I felt deeply connected to the present moment, and the sense of time had completely disappeared. It was shortly after I started AYP deep meditation.
I must have been very receptive to the practice back then.
Since then, however, I haven’t experienced that kind of connection again, not even once. Maybe I overdid it at some point, thinking that more was better.
I’ll let you know how things evolve if I manage to ground myself sufficiently. I’m quietly hoping that sense of timelessness will return one day.
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Hi Cosmos,
Generally we go through different phases of purification. This means that at times we might have certain experiences that might or might not repeat in the future. I wouldn’t say the path is a straight line of progress - it certainly has it’s peaks and valleys. We want to be patient and let these phases simply pass.
Adrian
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Hi Cosmos
I second what Adrian said
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