Updated 2022.01.26

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Grounding is the act of going within, connecting to mother nature, and reuniting with your rooted, physical self. It balances all spiritual action and the upper chakras and can help pull you back down into the lower chakras’ primal powers, such as creating stability, security, creativity, and confidence. 

Winter is an excellent time for grounding. Due to all the darkness, naturally, as creatures, we are called to go within with the shorter day times. So if it's winter where you are, grounding really is a prime choice and what nature is asking you to do. 

When I worked in the environment, with trees and shrubs, it was known that deciduous species all put their energy into their root systems after a particular time. 

To us, as horticulturalists, that time is usually sometime around Halloween. Sometimes before, sometimes after, but it’s often Octoberish, depending on your growing zone. 

Once the plants start sending their energy down to their roots, this is always when I think about grounding and how important it is. 

Grounding can be a comforting, nourishing act and there are many ways to do it. You can ground based on your element, you can ground based on what makes you feel safe, and you can ground with tips from people who care for you. 

So today, I want to share seven ways to ground, in case you would love some ideas. Here are a few of my favorite ways to do it. 

7 Tips For Grounding Your Energy

1. Music

You can listen to music created by humans, birds, whales, whoever is around you. It can be songs created by any species. 

Back in the day, I used to work at a giant wild animal park and I would ground by going up to the cacti garden, walking through the bonsai house, and listening to bird songs. 

Music is known as vibrational sound therapy and can be performed by any species. We all have a way to do it. 

Tips to ground using music:

• Create your own music with tuning forks, singing bowls, or any other form of instrument you play.

• Let the Universe decide and choose a playlist on any station you love.

• Go out and find nature songs. See what the birds, critters, or trees are singing about near you with a walk in the woods or near a shoreline. 

2. Beverages - Dark Colored and Warming 

Typically, I suggest drinking beverages that are clear and flow like water. Still, deeper colored drinks contain vitamins and nutrients that can boost immunity and feed your physical body, mind, and spirit. 

Hibiscus tea, rose tea, coffees, licorice roots, berry drinks, dandelion drinks, and so on. These are all great grounding drinks. Some people also like Cacao-based beverages. I love chocolate, but I prefer it in a small piece.

A few grounding drinks I love right now:

I love Yogi Teas and Traditional Medicinal teas both. Yogi Teas has the quotes on their tea bags, and I find this so comforting. A Yogi Tea quotable is pictured in the header image of this post.

I also make loose leaf tea blends but enjoy bagged teas just the same. You carry them in your bag to take with you anywhere for grounding whenever, and you get to appreciate other people's creations. 

Tips to ground with beverages:

• Start your day with a grounding beverage, ideally one you have in your own cabinets already, but if you feel inspired to try a new one, do. 

• Rotate between a few different kinds and observe how each makes you feel. 

• Ask a Tea Magician you know and trust to recommend something to you.

3. Stand In Front of A Vast Oasis

It could be a waterway, the top of a hill, or an open meadow at just the right time of day. 

When you go somewhere that activates a greater feeling of interconnectedness, it's grounding. Sometimes, you feel the connection. Sometimes, you can see it. Sometimes, you can hear it. 

Do you know somewhere where this is for you?

This vast Oasis can be outside your window.

Wherever it is, it's grounding to connect with other species of this earth. Go to be with them, if even for a moment, and be noticed by them and allow yourself to see them too. 

I like going to the same place over a long period, because the other animals, plants, and birds get to know you and become friendlier the longer they have seen you, as trust develops. So once you find your vast Oasis, stick with it for a season, maybe more. It’ll be more rewarding the longer you amplify the energy in that space. 

Tips to ground with the Oasis: 

• Overlook your vast Oasis at least once a week, ideally once a day.

• Spend time finding a place that gives you the feelings of wonder and connectedness mentioned above. 

• Do things to protect the Oasis, tell others of its magic, or care for its creatures, which will come back to you full circle, because you are part of it.

4. Essential Oils

I like essential oils. They are the essence of a plant, and some plants give off so much oil and grow quite quickly, meaning the oil is rather renewable.

Vetiver is a watergrass that's rooted in more fluid soils.

In the absence of Ylang-ylang, I like to replace it with another floral, like Geranium. For Vetiver Essential Oil alternatives, burning another grass, such as Sweetgrass, if you have it, can do the magic. 

Tips to ground with essential oils: 

• Get Vetiver Essential Oil and anoint yourself with it three times a day.

• Before meditating, apply Ylang-ylang or Geranium to your temples, burn Sweetgrass.

• Identify the properties of a plant that seems to have deep roots to you and see if you can creatively find a way to tap into that plant’s medicine. Maybe you go sit with it. 

5. Other Forms of Plant Spirit Medicine

Back in the day, I used to live in an area where Plant Medicine was massive, this place was at the tail end of the Appalachian Mountains where the hills started to flow into the more oceany lands.

I now live a little closer to the Northerly side of that same range, and Plant Medicine is still massive.

I have been fortunate to grow up in the world of herbal infusions and using plants to heal. My mother taught me a lot of it, but I’ve also learned some in school.

You learn herbal medicine by incorporating the plants and seeing how they feel to you in your body and this is called developing embodied knowledge. When you work slowly with plants, as you do when you ground, you naturally become your own herbalist. 

My favorite plant allies for grounding are herbal infusions with Skullcap,* Valerian, Kava Kava, Lemon Balm and Ashwagandha. 

Usually, the more rooting and more of a nervine the plant is known to be, the more grounding.

I prefer most types of plant allies in liquid form, so if you are going with adding a grounding herbal to your routine, I like tinctures, teas and glycerites. All grounding herbs need to be consumed in moderation like everything else. 

Tips to ground with other forms of Plant Spirit Medicine: 

• Head to your local natural foods or herbal shop and check out what tinctures they are advertising that season. They usually showcase the best grounding herbs for the collective, at that moment, right up at the front of the store. 

• Try a new tincture or tea that you have been curious about. 

• Check out an herbal medicine book from someone in your local area who knows the plants. You can usually get these helpful guides at nearby National Park or Historic Sites, or in Herbal or Native Spiritual shops of the area. 

6. Clothing - Heavy Blankets or Sweaters

Having heavy clothing, blankets, or things to wear can help remind the physical body to send the energy down and in, instead of out and about.

The thicker the knit on the clothing, usually the heavier the piece. I recommend having at least one heavy overcoat, sweater, or piece of dress that provides the feeling of comfort and warmth and protectiveness you may remember on a soul level from childhood. You may already have the piece in your closet. 

Tips to ground using clothing: 

• Get a giant overcoat that looks flattering on you, perhaps choosing an open neck if you want to highlight your collarbones or choose a high neck if you want to highlight your jaw and cheekbones. 

• Find a sweater blanket that’s heavy to lift - you can often get these at any home goods store. 

• Wear a heavy hat. This action protects and earths the Crown Chakra. 

7. Follow The Arc of the Light

Sometimes I purposely lose track of calendar days to get on track with the Moon. It is an awesome experiment. 

Deadlines, public requests, and keeping on a rhythm beat with the Human Universe is essential. 

Sometimes human number systems help us do this, sometimes following the arc of Light helps us do this. They are all systems designed to organize. 

I feel at times, though, when the human world seems ungrounded and when creative energy emerges, it recalibrates me to go back to the arc of the Light and chart my path using the Sun or Moon. You may find the same is true for you.

Tips to ground using the arcs of light: 

• When driving in the car, see if you can sense the direction you are going by the position of the Sun. 

• Note the position of the Sun upon waking and try to track it throughout the day. 

• Identify the closest waterway, see if you can track your location to that waterway, with the Sun, as you do your errands and groceries. 

• Try waking with the sunrise and putting work down at sunset or vice versa, if you are a night Owl.

To recap, try energetically grounding in these ways

#1

Music of any kind

#2

Consuming deeper colored beverages

#3

Soaking in the strength of a vast Oasis

#4

Essential oils

#5

Other forms of plant spirit healing

#6

Heavy clothing, blankets, and hats

#7

Following nature's schedule for a minute

So there you have it. My top favorite ways to ground the energy field.

Grounding can be a fun and exciting spiritual thing to do, and it is the first step to connection regardless of what faith or spirituality you practice.

It helps you build passion, life force, and excitement for later. Just like how the plant roots are storing nutrients for later, this is how I think of grounding.

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*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Please consult with a doctor before adding herbs to a regimen, as some may counteract or amplify the effects of certain medications. Some herbs are not to be used while nursing or pregnant.

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