I've had some of my students question the term "Grounding" and have not really understood why they need to do it. By not being grounded what they have experienced is that they can be very susceptible to taking on foreign energy - energy from other people or even entities.

I have begun teaching this technique which is a good comprehensive way of grounding yourself on a day to day basis as well as before any healing work or meditation.

Essentially being grounded means being in your body, conscious of your surroundings and present and available for whatever happens. You stop being a psychic sponge and you will have more success at being able to move your emotions or karma out or your body.

The goal is not to leave your body and transcend the physical, the goal is to transcend your belief in and fear of the limitations of the physical plane. You accomplish this by spiritually descending into matter fully for the purpose of clearing lower-frequency energies such as repressed emotions, belief systems, judgments, control and other contracted energies that are the source of limitation in the third dimension. As this is done you make way for your Higher Self to completely blend with you, as the Christ, Quan Yin and Buddha did. This results in full chakra, cellular enlightenment or ascension instead of escape.

This spiritual goal requires you to be in your body and therefore there is a need for grounding.

1. Sit or lie comfortably. Close your eyes.

2. Use your breath to bring as much of your conscious presence to the centre of your head ( third eye) as possible.

3. Now take a couple of breaths. Notice how much of your body expands with your breath. What parts do not expand?

4. Consciously expand more of your body with your breath until you are inhaling as far down your spine as possible without strain or discomfort. Do this 2 - 4 times until you feel more alive and present in your body.

5. Feel your feet on the floor. Use your breath to bring more aliveness into your feet.

6. WOMEN ONLY Bring awareness to your 2nd chakra - about half way between your navel and the base of your spine. Visualise a tube or spiraling cord of light about 4 - 6 inches in diameter attaching itself to your 2nd chakara.

MEN ONLY Bring your awareness to your 1st chakra, at the base of your tailbone. Visualise a tube or spiraling cord of light about 4 - 6 inches in diameter attaching itself to your 1st chakara.

BOTH MEN AND WOMEN Follow your grounding cord visually and see it extending into Earth while your consciousness remains in the third eye. See the cord move through all the layers of Earth until it reaches the centre of the planet, where the magnetic core or gravity centre is located. You may feel or see the grounding cord simply anchoring and be unable to go any further.

7. Take about half a minute to breath gently and feel the changes happening in your body and consciousness. If you feel any physical or emotional pain be aware of this unpleasantness and allow yourself to explore these feelings with your breath and curiosity instead of contracting and pulling away from them. Let go of judgments or fear and assume an attitude of gladness at being made aware of the need for attention in this area of your body or emotions. Keep breathing into the area of discomfort. Usually this will bring ease fairly quickly. If it does not it could be an indication of a more chronic problem and you may need professional advice.

If you experience no discomfort you may notice a sense of becoming more present and real. You may feel relaxation and a slight heaviness in your body as you hold the grounding cord in focus for a while.

8. After becoming used to the grounding cord, visualise the colour of the cord changing. See a full spectrum of colours and various shades and textures stay with the colour long enough to feel its effects on you.

Blues / Greens / Yellows / shades of Orange/ Reds / Pinks / Purples / Whites - pure - with sparkles - pearlescents - creams / brown tones. Do metallic colours last - silver, metallic gold, copper, platinum and finally silver mixed with gold.

Some colours you will find soothing and calming while others help you feel stronger and more confident. Some colours help you feel "more" in your body while others are unpleasant and ungrounding.

9. When you have completed scanning the colours determine the one you want now. Remove your original cord by pulling it down and releasing it into the Earth. Now give yourself a new grounding cord of the chosen colour and send it to the centre of the Earth.

10. Open your eyes

With love

Eunice x

Auckland School of Psychic Arts

Ph 8148768 / 0274788123

email eunice@lavendervilla.co.nz