Grounding – Reducing Inflammation

Inflammation, particularly chronic low-grade inflammation, is a significant factor in aging and various age-related diseases.

Here are some pillars to reduce inflammation:

• Healthy Diet

• Regular Exercise

• Adequate Sleep

• Practices such as meditation, yoga, and deep breathing exercises

• Healthy Weight

• Hydration

• Avoiding Smoking and Alcohol

• Certain supplements like omega-3 fatty acids and curcumin (found in turmeric)

Incorporating these strategies can help manage and reduce inflammation, contributing to better overall health and slowing the aging process.

I would like to share with you one more practice, which, if done regularly, can significantly reduce inflammation—Grounding.

Grounding - Reducing Inflammation

Grounding offers numerous benefits, including reducing inflammation. As you may know, aging is, first of all, an accumulation of inflammation—inflammaging.

For thousands of years, humans lived connected to the Earth. We woke up and went to sleep with the sun and did all of our activities in nature.

Now, people live in cities, completely disconnected from the Earth and the Sun. As a result, they can’t sleep well or detoxify properly and are chronically inflamed.

Some people think grounding is “woo woo.” If you are one of these people, think about it this way: for a quarter million years, people slept on the Earth.

Our bodies are mostly water, and the Earth emits electricity. Like all things we’ve been doing for millions of years, our biology anticipates that we’re going to get them. When we don’t, it causes problems.

A perfect example of this is the lack of nutrients in our soil and the problems caused by the lack of nutritious food.

Satisfying this biological need by connecting directly with the Earth comes with a multitude of benefits.

Some significant benefits of grounding include:

Reversal of EMF damage

Without a doubt, the best thing you can do to reverse EMF damage is grounding. In this Twitter thread, you can see another live blood cell analysis where a woman tested her blood grounded versus ungrounded.

Here are the results:

Reduced Inflammation

PEMF, the frequency emitted by the Earth, is very healing. It passes through the body and quite literally rinses out inflammation.

When you ground, you absorb negatively charged ions from the Earth. These ions are natural antioxidants (more powerful than supplements) and neutralize free radicals that cause inflammation.

Fig. 1. These thermal images of a patient with pain in both knees were taken a half-hour apart—before (left) and after Earthing (right). Tissue damage generates heat, represented by the hot colors on the left. The difference shows a clear and rapid resolution of inflammation.

2020 Review on Earthing (Grounding)

Grounding has also been shown to resolve inflammatory conditions such as:

• Chronic Pain and Arthritis: Grounding reduces inflammation, resolving chronic pain and conditions associated with it, like arthritis.

• Cardiovascular Disease: Research suggests that grounding can reduce blood viscosity, helping resolve conditions like hypertension and coronary artery disease.

• Autoimmune Diseases: Grounding has been proposed to treat autoimmune diseases. Studies suggest that the anti-inflammatory effects of grounding can help conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and multiple sclerosis.

Improvements in Sleep

Grounding can help shift your body from fight or flight to rest and recover. Ever feel incredibly relaxed after a day at the beach? This is why.

Multiple studies have shown that grounding improves sleep quality by stabilizing cortisol levels and realigning your circadian rhythm.

How to Ground

Grounding is very simple. All you have to do is get in direct contact with the Earth. Stand outside barefoot, lie in the grass, or swim in the ocean.

I recommend you ground as much as possible. If not, you can still get many benefits from just 30 minutes per day.

Sending Optimal Health & Ultimate Wellness,

Julia Smila, FDN Practitioner & Pranic Healer.