he Earth is one of our greatest sources of energy. Since it is alive, it radiates energy all the time. It can also store and neutralize energy. When you pick up negative energy you can return the excess energy back to the earth. This is what grounding is.
Is is based around the root chakra essentially whenever you feel disoriented, fearful, dizzy, lightheaded, sometimes nauseous etc. more than likely you are ungrounded.
During these times as the energy is changing and expanding, awakening our consciousness it is very important to ground. It’s easy to have our heads in the clouds but we still need to remember to connect back to earth so we don’t feel like we’re straddling different worlds all day long.
A lot of people like to ground after stressful situations, like bad work meetings, road rage, etc. By grounding , we also connect to mother earth, our divine teacher of light who carries eternal energy from her being. Don’t worry about sending negative energy into the earth, because the earth can neutralize it and manifest it in other ways.
Whenever you are working with energy through meditation, pathworking, visualization, reiki, etc. It is essential to ground.
There are many ways to ground, a simple one is just to visualize that you are becoming a tree, deep within the earth. You veins are tree roots extending into your feet, your hands branch out like the leaves, and you feel your feet pushing into the ground deep within the core of the holy tree of life. go deeper into the earth and feel her, feel the energy of her core. We joke about this one but seriously it really works “Be the Treeeee"
If that’s too weird and deep for you, try the Taproot.
Sit comfortably and relax. Take a few deep breaths, When you are calm and relaxed. imagine that there is a thick golden, glowing taproot that extends from the base of your spine all the way down into the center of the earth.
It is vibrant, and it draws it’s energy from the molten core. See it and feel it in your mind as strongly as you can. Know that it connects you to the earth, The mother goddess and web of life.
When you can see the taproot in your mind’s eye and you know it’s reality within you, gently draw warm energy up from the earth through it. Feel and/or see the energy flow up the taproot to the base of your spine. Imagine that the energy branches from the the top of the taproot and some of it flows down each leg and each foot.
Feel the energy moving gently into your legs and feed. Then imagine that the energy runs from the taproot all the way up your spine. feel the energy move gently up your spine. the imagine that the energy splits from the top of the spine and runs down each arm and into your arms and into your hands, finally imagine that the energy moves from the top of your spine to your crown, feel your whole body glowing and vibrating with earth energy. Know that you are connected to the earth and the web of all life together as one.
Then you can visualize pushing out the excess energy out of your body and back down into your taproot and from there into the earth. Feel it leave your body. You won’t be drained because you are not getting rid of your own energy only the negative/excess kind that has stirred your aura.
This is copied and pasted from Thea Sabin's book "Wicca for Beginners". Copying and pasting material from sources which you did not write is considered plagiarism and is a violation of the rules of this website.
