TO YOUR HEALTH
Get Connected with Grounding
BY ANNIE LARSON
Every day, we need to reconnect with the earth for optimal health and well-being. Our vibration and Mother Earth’s vibration need to be in harmony, which happens the instant you put your bare feet on the earth. This is grounding, and we don’t do it often enough. Our bodies resonate at 7.83 Hz, the same vibration that Mother Earth emits in what is called the Schumann Resonance. Discovered and so-named by Winfried Otto Schumann, a German physicist, in 1952, Schumann resonances are extremely low frequencies that ex - ist in Earth’s ionosphere. Electromagnetic waves generated by light- ning discharges excite these resonances. They travel around the Earth, bouncing between the surface and the ionosphere, creating a fundamental frequency that is approximately 7.83 Hz. (A NASA-pro - duced animated visualization is available at https://svs.gsfc.nasa. gov/10891/.) Researchers believe the Schumann resonances, the “heartbeat” of the Earth, influence human brainwave activity and health. In a 2021 white paper from NASA, researchers report that electroencephalo- grams (EEGs) show human brain waves harmonize close to the same frequency, especially during alpha and theta brain wave activity. For optimum well-being, our vibration and Mother Earth’s vibration need to be in harmony, which happens the instant you put your bare skin on the ground. Grounding, often referred to as “earthing,” involves making direct skin contact with the Earth’s surface. Both anecdotal evidence and sci- entific studies suggest that maintaining continuous skin contact with the Earth, such as by walking barefoot, can yield lasting benefits by
Animation of Schumann resonance in Earth’s atmosphere. Visualization produced by NASA/God - dard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab. To view, see NASA link, left column.
reducing inflammation, pain, and stress; and improving blood flow, sleep, and vitality. The Earth naturally provides electrons, and when we disconnect from it, we build up a negative charge. This can lead to physiological imbalances, such as increased inflammation, which is a key factor in many health problems. The electrons are beneficial for health by neutralizing free radicals, which are unstable atoms that can harm cells. By directly contacting the Earth’s surface, the body ab- sorbs electrons, bringing us back to homeostasis, and thereby reduc- ing inflammation, neutralizing free radicals, and realizing a myriad of
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