Grounding means standing firmly on your feet in the physical sense, and a clear awareness of your reality, yourself and those around you. The question immediately arises, how can you not stand on your feet? After all, every morning we wake up, get on our feet and go about our business. But it’s possible. That same notorious “having your head in the clouds,” isolation from reality, when physically a person seems to be pouring coffee, but mentally he is absolutely not here and now. Or a person lives in the past, or the future, but not here and now, not in the present. And if we consider a person as an energy system, then at the moment of dreams, all the energy is concentrated in the upper part of the body, or rather at the head, without passing down the body. Such people, as a rule, have problems with real life, lack money, and desires do not come true, because energy does not pass through the entire body and does not ground it. The lack of grounding can also be seen in a person’s posture. For example, if a person is confident, feels strong and safe, then he has a straight, natural posture. If a person is depressed or sad, his body becomes hunched and soft. If a person is not confident in himself, but is actively trying to hide it, then his the body becomes unnaturally rigid. The quality of a person’s grounding depends on the internal feeling of safety. And the feeling of security comes directly from the relationship with the mother. If in childhood the mother loved, respected, saw, supported, approved - then the child’s body, in response to such actions of the mother, was in a soft, relaxed, natural state. Such a child grows up well rooted in reality, that is, grounded. And if the child felt a lack of love, lack of support, and even constant reproaches, then his body becomes rigid. Indifference on the part of the mother weakens the sense of security, breaking the connection with reality, that is, there is no grounding. From a medical point of view, grounding is very important for the human body. It directly affects high blood pressure. And if you combine grounding with deep breathing, then the “pressure of life” will noticeably decrease, that is, the person will feel the heavy burden of his life being lifted from him. The most common manifestation of insufficient grounding is blocked knees. A person walks and stands strictly on straightened legs, the entire burden of stress is transferred to the lower back (not allowing stress to go into the ground through the legs), tilting the upper body forward, and the weight of the body is concentrated on the heels (watch yourself to see if you have pain in the heels at the end of the working day? If there is, then this is the result of blocked knee joints). Dedicated to lovers of heels - walking in high heels blocks the knees and blocks the pelvis, since when walking in such shoes there is no softness and relaxation in the knees. And slightly bent knees when walking are our basis, since the knees act as shock absorbers. And also when walking in heels, the foot does not come into contact with the ground, but seems to hang in the air. Therefore, often, men are more grounded than women, because men wear flat-soled shoes. How to ground yourself? First, feel yourself here and now. Stop reading and realize where you are? What are you doing? What are you wearing? What year, month, day is it now? What do you feel now - hungry or full, warm or cold, sad or happy? Listen to the sensations of your body, maybe your shoulders are stiff and need to be stretched, or your lower back is aching from an uncomfortable position, etc. And this exercise should be done several times a day. Secondly, try to walk more in the fresh air, observe nature, trees, birds, insects. Realize that we live on planet Earth and observe its beauty. Thirdly, breathe. We often hold our breath or breathe shallowly. So we breathe and concentrate on breathing. An excellent square breathing exercise can help here. Inhale for 4 counts, hold for 4 counts, exhale for 4 counts, hold for 4 counts. If you have never practiced this type of breathing, then start.