Getting Down To
Earth
by Judith Poole
We cannot be truly healthy, have vitality and experience joy without being comfortable
and at home in our bodies. As long as we are physical entities we might as well move all
the way into our homes. The following fun exercises can help you get in touch with the
earth and energize your body as well. Bare Feet
Place your bare feet on the floor. Trace the edges of your feet with your finger, where
they meet the floor. This gives you a tactile sense of your bottom edge. It helps to draw
your energy body fully into your physical body.
Go Barefoot
Walk on the earth. Bring your attention to your toes, your heels, the middle and edges
of your feet. Note the sensation of grass, earth, rock, pavement whatever your feet touch.
Go barefoot indoors, and again note sensations. Wiggle your toes until you feel your
self extending into their very tips. Brush your foot back and forth along the floor,
walking up the soles of your feet.
Hug a Tree
Find a tree and hug it. Feel the energy flow in a circuit, from your hands to the tree,
into the ground, and then back to you again. Reverse the circuit so the energy is flowing
from your feet into the ground, being drawn up into the tree, and returning to your hands.
Pipe Legs
Stand in an easy pose, legs shoulder-width apart. Bend your left knee as you shift your
weight to the left. Exhale. Send energy down through that leg into the ground. Inhale back
up to the starting position. Bend your right knee as you shift your weight to the right.
Repeat, allowing your body to pivot easily. Let your arms swing loosely at your sides.
Send energy into the Earth. Feel the Earth respond. Imagine that your legs are hollow
pipes. Feel your soles opening like the lens of a camera.
Imagine bouncing energy down into the earth from the soles of your feet, as if you were
bouncing a superball. Feel the energy come back to greet you. The motion involved is
effortless. Remember to press your foot hard into the ground.
Breathing Down
Draw a breath down through your crown where a line drawn from the tip of your ears and
nose would meet. Bring the breath down through your spine and deep into the Earth, first
12 inches, then 36 miles deep into the Earth's core. Breath back up from the core of the
Earth through the balls of your feet into the pelvis and spine and out through the crown.
Much of the pain we feel comes from holding ourselves rigid in order to avoid feeling
pain. What a paradox!
As the process of clearing energy blockages proceeds, we can rediscover the exquisite
pleasure available within our physical bodies: being at home, being fully alive, and being
sensual tactile beings.
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