Last month I had the opportunity to visit Halifax for our daughter’s graduation and then later in the month I was on the west coast visiting family. On both coasts, I took the opportunity to stand in the ocean and pose for a pic. These are taken 2 weeks and 6,000 kilometers apart on either side or our great country. (Happy Canada Day!)
I was fortunate to go to the beach directly from the airport in Halifax so I was able to walk on the beach barefoot and do some “grounding”. Grounding is something I have done for years. I do this in spring, summer and fall. I will walk on the grass in my bare feet for 10 minutes first thing in the morning. It is an opportunity to pray, think about my coming day and connect to the earth. I know, that may sound kind of hokey…
I actually wrote about Grounding in our In Good Health article in June 2021. (click here to read the article in our blog). There are numerous health benefits associated with grounding including improved sleep, increased heart rate variability and a shift in the nervous system from the sympathetic to the parasympathetic system.
Is this really important? What’s the big deal? I was speaking with someone whose former job was assembling computers. He said that his training included an essential step in handling the equipment. He was instructed to grasp a bar that was grounded in to the earth before touching any of the computer components. He explained that the residual charge carried in the body was enough to FRY the mother board and ruin it if the worker did not ground themself before handling it. He said his company lost a number of mother boards from this step being omitted.
If the electric charge of our bodies can be that harmful to a computer part, imagine how this may impact our internal organs. Many of us wear rubber soled shoes which are comfortable and will protect us if we are ever struck by lightning, but they don’t allow us to dissipate the charge that builds up in our bodies! That’s why you may feel an electric “shock” when it is dry and you touch some surfaces.
This summer, I hope you can take some time to get barefoot in nature and see the positive effects of grounding for yourself.