Grounding… have you heard of it?
My guess is that you have. Maybe in the form of a practice, like a grounding meditation. Or maybe more as a quality: being grounded in how you move about the world.
Grounding is so important for the times we live in. But as much as I see it espoused and thrown around (including by yours truly), I don’t see a lot of deep dives breaking down exactly what it is and why it’s needed.
So that’s what I’ll do here.
Because this month’s theme — the one I’m meditating on and exploring all month — is about the lack of groundedness these times offer us. How the earth beneath our feet is shifting and sliding so much that the majority of us, especially those of us who are paying attention to what’s happening politically, socially, culturally, environmentally, genuinely find ourselves in some version of not knowing these days— what to fully think, who to completely trust, or where we totally fit in.
And while that comes with real challenges, it is also laced with opportunity: to use the tide of confusion we’re swimming in to get clearer about what we can root down into, what is unshakable even when everything else trembles, and what we want to carry forward as we co-create the world around us.
Below I dig into what grounding is and what we’re culturally up against that makes it so hard. I then offer tips and techniques for your personal practice organized into four buckets:
Grounding practices for in the moment (times when you’re overwhelmed or disoriented),
Practices that help you get to know what grounding feels like for you,
Spiritual or energetic grounding practices, and
Practices that support you to ground into your values.
This is part of my paid subscription. For $5 a month you have access to a full library of meditation and body-based practices, all dedicated to collective healing — and you support my work, keeping the lights on and offerings flowing.
Alright, let’s dive in.
