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ocean?</p><p id="6904">This is the impact of grounding.</p><p id="f896">The negative charge of the Earth is able to absorb the positive electrons from our bodies when we come into direct contact with the Earth and allows for this transfer of electrons. For example, walking barefoot or swimming in the ocean.</p><p id="875c">Having too many of these positive electrons can wreak all sorts of havoc in our bodies. The following are the four main ways grounding can support your health.</p><h1 id="7aff">1. Improve sleep and chronic pain</h1><p id="3162"><a href="https://www.scirp.org/(S(i43dyn45teexjx455qlt3d2q))/reference/ReferencesPapers.aspx?ReferenceID=1333063">A study</a> looked at the impact of grounding on people experiencing sleep disturbances and chronic pain. They put participants into two groups — the control group and the treatment group, with the treatment group sleeping on grounding mats for one month.</p><p id="1321">The control group experienced no improvement in symptoms, whereas the treatment group experienced better sleep and fewer chronic health symptoms.</p><h1 id="d9e9">2. Lower cortisol levels</h1><p id="cc7c">Cortisol is our stress hormone, and it is chronically elevated in a lot of people due to our current lifestyles. However, it appears that grounding can reduce our levels of cortisol.</p><p id="3b82"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15650465/">One study</a> investigated the impact of grounding on cortisol levels and found a noticeable reduction in cortisol excretion. These participants also experienced improved quality of sleep.</p><h1 id="3e23">3. Improve autonomic nervous system activity</h1><p id="f40f">Our nervous system actually consists of two systems — the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The PNS is further divided into the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system.</p><p id="c963">Here, we’re interested in the autonomic nervous system, which consists of the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system is your fight or flight system, and your parasympathetic ne

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rvous system is your rest and digest system.</p><p id="9049">Grounding has the ability to improve the functioning of the parasympathetic nervous system, which is important for our ability to downregulate. This was <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265077/">shown through an increase in heart rate variability</a> (HRV) when grounded compared to when not grounded. HRV is a great measure of parasympathetic activity.</p><div id="e31a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/why-hrv-is-so-important-and-how-do-you-improve-it-940824db4a3a"> <div> <div> <h2>Why Is HRV So Important, and How Do You Improve It?</h2> <div><h3>A lesser-known biometric with huge implications for whole-body health.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*Kz8p682Ocpnq6jiv)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="583f">4. Lower inflammation</h1><p id="7d74">Grounding also has the ability to <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265077/">lower inflammation</a>.</p><p id="56f1">This is very important in our current lifestyle which promotes chronic inflammation — leading to issues from <a href="https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.1038/embor.2012.142">autoimmune disorders to depression</a>.</p><p id="fc45">Therefore, grounding is a great tool at our disposal to reduce this inflammation and start living a healthier life.</p><h2 id="71e7">Want to improve your health, one habit at a time?</h2><p id="d3d2">Sign up for my <b>free</b> weekly newsletter, <a href="https://momentumhabits.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=web&utm_source=subscribe-widget&utm_content=28179428">Momentum</a>. Each week you’ll receive one new habit to try. I’ll explain why it’s important and how to make it easy. <b>This newsletter will help you to create the momentum you need to move towards a healthier and happier future.</b></p></article></body>

The 4 Life-Changing Benefits of Grounding

The importance of regularly touching the earth.

Grounding has been a life-changing practice for me.

I only heard about it recently, probably in the last year or so, but the benefits are incredible. I aim to ground every single day, even in winter (which is actually quite easy living in the very mild climate that New Zealand offers). Grounding has benefits for almost every aspect of your health.

So what is grounding, and what are the benefits of engaging in this practice?

What is grounding?

Grounding is the practice of reconnecting with the Earth, and more specifically, the Earth’s magnetic field.

This is something we have lost in the last millennium or so, with the shoes on our feet and the floor beneath our feet preventing us from connecting with the Earth on a regular basis.

The authors of a meta-analysis explain:

“Throughout history, humans mostly walked barefoot or with footwear made of animal skins. They slept on the ground or on skins. Through direct contact or through perspiration-moistened animal skins used as footwear or sleeping mats, the ground’s abundant free electrons were able to enter the body, which is electrically conductive…. Modern lifestyle has increasingly separated humans from the primordial flow of Earth’s electrons.”

Do you ever wonder why you feel so good after walking barefoot in the grass, or swimming in the ocean?

This is the impact of grounding.

The negative charge of the Earth is able to absorb the positive electrons from our bodies when we come into direct contact with the Earth and allows for this transfer of electrons. For example, walking barefoot or swimming in the ocean.

Having too many of these positive electrons can wreak all sorts of havoc in our bodies. The following are the four main ways grounding can support your health.

1. Improve sleep and chronic pain

A study looked at the impact of grounding on people experiencing sleep disturbances and chronic pain. They put participants into two groups — the control group and the treatment group, with the treatment group sleeping on grounding mats for one month.

The control group experienced no improvement in symptoms, whereas the treatment group experienced better sleep and fewer chronic health symptoms.

2. Lower cortisol levels

Cortisol is our stress hormone, and it is chronically elevated in a lot of people due to our current lifestyles. However, it appears that grounding can reduce our levels of cortisol.

One study investigated the impact of grounding on cortisol levels and found a noticeable reduction in cortisol excretion. These participants also experienced improved quality of sleep.

3. Improve autonomic nervous system activity

Our nervous system actually consists of two systems — the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The PNS is further divided into the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system.

Here, we’re interested in the autonomic nervous system, which consists of the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system is your fight or flight system, and your parasympathetic nervous system is your rest and digest system.

Grounding has the ability to improve the functioning of the parasympathetic nervous system, which is important for our ability to downregulate. This was shown through an increase in heart rate variability (HRV) when grounded compared to when not grounded. HRV is a great measure of parasympathetic activity.

Why Is HRV So Important, and How Do You Improve It?

A lesser-known biometric with huge implications for whole-body health.

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4. Lower inflammation

Grounding also has the ability to lower inflammation.

This is very important in our current lifestyle which promotes chronic inflammation — leading to issues from autoimmune disorders to depression.

Therefore, grounding is a great tool at our disposal to reduce this inflammation and start living a healthier life.

Want to improve your health, one habit at a time?

Sign up for my free weekly newsletter, Momentum. Each week you’ll receive one new habit to try. I’ll explain why it’s important and how to make it easy. This newsletter will help you to create the momentum you need to move towards a healthier and happier future.