What is “being grounded”?
For a large part of my life, I was ungrounded and never realised it. I didn’t know what grounding was, why it would be beneficial to me or even how to do it. I was basically ignorant about grounding.
During my 20’s and 30’s as I read spiritual books and got involved in personal development, the term grounding came up again and again but I still didn’t fully understand what it was or how to do it. So I am basically writing this guide on grounding with my younger self in mind and hoping that other people who are interested in personal and spiritual development will find it of assistance.
I define being grounded as being connected to mother earth or Gaia. Being grounded is a scale, some people are naturally very grounded and other less so. In my case, in my 20’s and 30’s I was not very grounded.
Over the my next few blog posts, I will explore the topic of grounding in more details. In the meantime, if you are interested in finding out how to ground then why not download my free eBook.
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