How Do I Explain Earthing to People Without Sounding “Woo-Woo”?

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[@valeriepetersen3524]

Is this why gardening and working in the earth is so therapeutic?

[@williamzondersen]

Good point.

[@guitarq359]

Possibly, but physical activity/exercising also releases endorphins which are the body’s natural pain relievers

[@ryandrabing114]

I felt so much better the couple years I was working in a trench. I get boils real bad, those 2-3 years they were gone. Not that I'm back to my old job they have started to come back along with other noticable things.

[@MeanGene1983]

My thoughts exactly.

[@MsMesem]

Spent years farming landscaping .. Didn't prevent évolution of congénital problèms....Thé océan is best .

[@capone3167]

It absolutely works! My neck and back were killing me last week until I stood in my front yard barefoot for 20 minutes. I still feel great. Trust the process

[@aprilmartian5837]

That's awesome, I need to start grounding ASAP!!!

[@aprilmartian5837]

​@@RyzeVirtualNatureNHiking try taking niacin or vitamin B complex, it's good for mood and some mental health conditions.

[@CoolCaliforniaMom]

@@RyzeVirtualNatureNHiking Saffron for anxiety/depression...Magnesium for CALM ...Magnesium Citrate or Magnesium Chelate are BEST or Drink CALM powders (lots of flavors)...Good luck Friend

[@klloo5689]

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21469913/

[@buu.888]

I have a 15 month old and we do a lot of activities but some evenings she can get a bit silly and kind of antsy. I end up taking us outside in the yard on the grass to play and within 10 mins she has calmed down and is playing happily. It's great for mummy and baby!

[@keving5235]

I did roughly the same thing, but we had shoes on. It worked equally well.

[@joeconcrete5067]

it is called "being outside"

[@michelleadams5609]

The way I usually answer the question is by saying Remember when you were a kid and you would go out and play on the grass barefoot for hours in the sun? Modernity is the thing that is backwards to spend 8 hours Per day in front of a computer and eat processed foods, Get no sun or outdoor exercise and Be in a constant state of stress? That's acceptable?

[@CesarMartinez-gi9de]

Just be a kid, notice how kids are happy when they’re playing outside, they pay no mind to anything and just go with the flow

[@andrewm8831]

Great answer, I wasn't going to watch this post but I,m glad that I did, I can't actually remember what aroused my interest in grounding but I,m just glad that something or someone did🙏

[@dixiefish0173]

@@andrewm8831 for me it was seeing it on a social media post & being a guy not giving a ᛇᚺᛁᛏ what others think I decided to do my own research same with anything the government tells me or that thing where they chopped off my foreskin at birth put whatever chemical ᛇᚺᛁᛏ in my body without my choice , this world run by politicians & dictatorships makes me wonder who put these people in charge of the world? Cuz they really suck at it don’t care for the war in Europe period don’t care which side is fighting it am like if these people who are in power do this they themselves need tossed into a ring with boxing gloves instead of making others die in there place.

[@RazorShalom]

We've become robots. Plane and simple. We are not the humans of the original image anymore. We have become this filthy b grade replica of ourselves. We are cyborgs.

[@rootintootin5167]

Hate seeing all those depressed shoe wearing kids. 😔 Y'all sound insane, these people just want y'all's money, IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

[@shirleyburnham2782]

Wow, all the things we have & fancy stuff don't mean nothing, it's amazing really how little we need. I'm taking my shoes off & heading to the garden xx

[@functionalmovementcoaching9223]

We are electrical beings. I use grounding to help train my clients online with back and knee pain. Grounding helps to activate your muscles which then makes the exercises more efficient and effective :)

[@62djones]

The comment about the animals really hit home for me. I remember when we used to let our dogs and cats "run" the neighborhood. Those pets lived WELL beyond the lifespan of today's pets. I remember throwing hilarious parties when our cat turned 16 and again when he turned 21. Good times.

[@starkravenmad3206]

That comment also hit me too. Made a lot of sense.

[@FremontLeland]

Yeah my cat is like 15 and he gets to roam freely. He acts 10 years younger than his actual age!!!

[@questioningcat7949]

Statistically, that’s false.

[@quentinlemaitre2998]

My cat is in his early 20s and has been living in my apartment most of his life. And he's still very healthy. Our personal experiences don't correlate as facts.

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

​@quentinlemaitre2998 Your one cat living long in an apartment isn't any contractive evidence either.

[@fwebster6226]

My husband dislikes anything woo woo but he is very much into grounding. He has convinced me to ground myself most days and the easiest way for me to do that is when I am hanging out washing or bringing it in, or enjoying sunsets in our back yard.

[@mountaingirl1797]

How long do you ground please and thank you😁👍🏻

[@elovingrosepsychic6771]

@@mountaingirl1797 See my response to Beetlejuice80s above. Minimum 20-30 minutes a day or as long you want/can.

[@mr.speyside5240]

I didn’t believe it until I spent an hour with my feet in the beach sand. My body felt weightless. It was magical.

[@brisaalfaro]

As a stroke survivor I have had multiple surgeries on my airways due to scar tissue that continues to grow back as a result of having a tracheotomy along with chronic headaches,anxiety and severe insomnia as a result of my brain injury. Grounding/Earthing changed my life COMPLETELY! I do not have to get surgery on my airways every 6 months as I did before. I am currently at almost 2 years now and I have NOT needed my regular surgery to remove the inflamed scar tissue that usually blocks my airways, which makes it extremely difficult to do life. That alone is amazing however this new ability to sleep though the night as a result of sleeping grounded, is PRICELESS! If you or someone you know that struggles with insomnia EARTHING is the answer that their looking for. 🙏 IT IS NOT A Placebo! (But even if you believed it is and it cured your issues….would that be so bad?) Think about it. 🤔 I myself was not a believer in grounding at first but now I will tell EVERYONE I know including my fellow stroke survivors what grounding/Earthing has done for me. 🙌 Great show guys! ♥️👣

[@Beetlejuice80s]

how much time per day is recomended? Grass is ok or only soil?

[@xXEGPXx]

Making shit up because you are invested in a company is fun

[@elovingrosepsychic6771]

@@Beetlejuice80sGrass is wonderful! I believe the recommended time is 20-30 minutes, but you can do it as long as you want. I spend up to 90 minutes a day with my bare feet in the grass in the nice weather. I also sleep on a Earthing fitted sheet. They have really helped my arthritis pain. I've been having a lot of muscle spasms occasionally for years. In the last couple months that has increased to almost daily with excruciating pain. I got out my grounding mat a few days ago. I'm already seeing a lessening of the pain & spasms.

[@Beetlejuice80s]

@@elovingrosepsychic6771 Amazing, i already sleeping much better, before i star groundng i was waking up every night at 4 am and usually tool me 1 hour to sleep again, since i starting to grounding i could slept all night without any disturbance

[@kerryblumenthal8990]

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[@lenmitrovic1725]

Well my grandparents’ dogs had cancer and they were outside all day grounding, so there’s more to it. Healthy eating, not being around stressed out humans, etc. Grounding is definitely an important piece of the puzzle, but not a complete cure.

[@hotdog5927]

i don't think grounding has anything to do with it, its probably processed food. dogs are fed trash diets these days instead of real food

[@liberty8424]

Most dog food & pet foods have high Fructose syrup in them. It's been proven dangerous for everyone.

[@shantishanti1949]

It really works - skeptical as I was I bought a mattress grounding blanket and I sleep on it. I tell you we all know walking barefoot on the beach or grass... walk on grass and sand if and when you can otherwise get a grounding bed matt for 7 or 8 hours a night. Solid sleep, no interruptions and truly great feeling on waking... just sleep for me no healing needed just could not sleep for more than 3.5 hours now 7 to 9 and I need my alarm to wake me up.

[@julissadeleon3710]

This works 💯 I did it after my mother telling me to do it for months. It worked my sleeping issues left as well as my upper back pain and stress that couldn’t live my body.

[@joyces2222]

Symbiotic relationship with the earth and our scientific makeup. Everything's energy, we know we can block energy paths but not destroy it. Nature is a flow in all including the body.

[@MarroniMusic]

Thank you for this! Priceless information. Shared it with my family. Keep going!

[@Anotherclevername20]

I'm glad I realized this at 28. It's weird to state that my hobbies are learning and practicing things I learned but this one's one of my favorites. I walk, jog, run, chill barefoot outside inside on hot pavement I try not to go out in sub 32 degrees now cause I had a Nad experience with negative Temps 😅 you can get on grass in the heat but you can't avoid cold ground during the winter without shoes.

[@liberty8424]

Barefoot grounding shoes?

[@IAPPEARINVISIBLE]

The only reason people think the "Old Ways" are silly is because the AMA can't figure out how to charge for them.

[@dannoland]

@IAPPEARINVISIBLE But grounding mat and grounding sheet makers have figured out how to charge for them, silly or not.

[@AidanDrizzle]

@@dannoland those products arent being gate kept by the AMA and their 'prescriptions'

[@dannoland]

@@AidanDrizzle Do you think this would be a better world if the AMA started making money from these ideas by selling grounding mats and grounding sheets?

[@AidanDrizzle]

@@dannoland it would be a better world if they recommended it to patients with chronic inflammatory conditions at the minimum. Who profits? I don't care

[@tybrown7112]

I have a grounding mat, and decided to get scientific with it. I had rashes all over both of my legs from ankle to knee. I used the mat for 2 nights (below the knee). My pictures show that from below the knee to ankle -- healed almost entirely. The knees still looked the same. My scientist friends thanked me for giving them a snippet of "proof" that it does in fact help the body heal itself faster.

[@thebullshittersvonmatterho8512]

This is what we call in the scientific community anecdotal evidence

[@ttelander6663]

I would love to see the pictures.

[@ilfautdanser9121]

@@thebullshittersvonmatterho8512 he did say: a snippet of "proof". No need to be a dick about.

[@impdom3556]

Where did you get the grounding mat from? I really want to have the exact same thing to experiment on.

[@PlantbasedRunners]

I use an ESD plug in bed, as cannot use a grounding rod....it most definitely works, it has resolved some very strange electrical phenomena in my body. I attach to the ESD plug using bare copper wire. I noticed that the effects only really occur at the point of where the copper touches the body ..

[@GraceDollesin]

I bought me a moccasins shoes for grounding . It’s made of moose hide.

[@DivineDragonfly]

Great message! Earthing is so powerful! Big hugs 🤗

[@brianchesnet2537]

good bye shoes, hello ring worm!

[@shamiebubu6412]

Sad that we are so out if touch with nature that explaining it is considered woo woo.

[@mikelabor7688]

A truly interesting and encouraging post! Subscribed, liked and shared to fb.

[@versoturner5777]

it's funny how so many "Woo Woo" things actually work, yet people are still close minded maybe just experiment and if it works then do it

[@neelumahendra4695]

Maybe too much peer pressure

[@chrismullin8304]

It is because so many people practice learned helplessness. It’s easier to dismiss things that scare or confuse them.

[@klloo5689]

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21469913/

[@BalboaBaggins]

Shows you how easy it is to brainwash people.

[@wendyhammock421]

This is fascinating. I have have gone barefoot as much as possible since I was elementary age. Maybe this is why I love walking barefoot on the beach so much.

[@y_yy_2844]

If someone accepts that a ball of plasma 90+ million miles away can affect life on our planet, including our health, through its emittances of light/heat/radiation/flares/etc. then it stands to reason that a 8,000 mile wide ball of dirt/magma/iron core, with a powerful magnetic field, that we're living on top of also does the same. The earth's very obviousness leads us to forget it sometimes. Edit: There is also the day-night cycle caused by earth's shadow and its effects on essentially all life on our planet. Imagine human biology and society without a circadian rhythm.

[@richardpadilla7546]

Could you expand on that? I'm really interested.

[@y_yy_2844]

Stefan Burns on YT has lots of videos about earthing as well as the Schumann resonances. Those are a good place to start. Circadian rhythm has also been studied very extensively. A good place to look may be the wikipedia article. This discusses its many effects on our health. I actually got into this because I was reading about tidally locked planets. These are planets where the rotation and revolution around the star are the same, so the same side always faces the star. One side is always day, the other always dark. Assuming the light side of the planet was habitable, how would life be there? A very complex question with massive, almost unknowable implications. The function of sleep in living things is still not completely known and even human sleep is still being researched. It appears that REM sleep especially allows the brain to "wash" itself out from inflammatory particles it accumulates when using energy to function. So would something else have taken its place if we had no circadian rhythm? Would human colonists on such a planet still sleep or just function as "insomniacs" and somehow have their bodies handle these processes another way? There is so much we still don't know.

[@curtissearle6462]

Came over from Witsitgetsit's channel thanks you for this video!

[@brierobinson194]

It works. I too was skeptical. I had severe neck pain and swelling. I even ended up on steroids and as soon i was done it came right back. So i started grounding and within 3 days the pain and swelling went away and since then it has never returned. Earthing is real!!

[@GoodVibesOnly1914]

I liked the idea, I'm pretty open to the woowoo because I understand we cant possibly percieve all the ways the body works as its evolved in nature, but still try to be reasonable and logical about it. tested myself with a volt meter (it does drop), bought a silver laced conductive bedsheet and attached it to an actual 5' deep ground rod separate from the house current. Havent noticed a thing after a year of it but certainly wont hurt anything. We do lots of things for health we don't necessarily notice every day, this one is so easy it makes more sense to do it than not.

[@w1975b]

I've heard that silver can corrode, so it won't conduct anymore. You might need to re-check on a regular basis to be sure it's conducting. Or the cord could have been severed.

[@klloo5689]

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21469913/

[@TraciDoering-hw8hu]

I'm only part into this and wow wow wowing. I've heard and believe in earthing, though have never put it in action, each time impressed but forgetting. But, I just love what he captures here so fast. And, it never occurred to me that my entire life i insisted being barefoot as much as possible, having shoes off the shortest time and even barefoot in winter if it wasn't too long or too cold. I've been disabled , muscle-wasting and had immune problems, so consequently, I'm in the house most the time. But my barefoot preference my whole life was an aha, i suddenly remembered and always knew how GREAT i felt with my feet. I'd walk rocks any surface my whole life until i was disabled. I had an instinct for it. The other times i heard of Earthing, i was convinced but i just never got to it as my health was too complex at the time with fatal autoimmune (still here) and just many more health problems. I was overcome and struggling every second. Now, severely weak, muscle-wasted (ALS from nerve gas), but without all the other complications. I definitely will be doing religiously and a lot. I'll report back how my motor neurons and strength respond. It should be interesting. I've worked naturally with herbs and diet forty years. First learned earthing 7 years ago. Best of success to everyone healing and in preventing illness. By the way, people exposed to nerve gas in doses like me died of ALS longest time (many shorter) was 20 years. I'm at 38 years. So, I have had significant success in warding it off. Motor neurons repair so slowly, it used to be deemed impossible. For all intensive purposes, it's still the case. Herbal protocol for stem cells and conversion with maintenance and other complex nutraceutical and herb approach DID help me. I went from bedridden to exercising at one point, though i still collapsed hard and recovered very slow it was a GREAT improvement. I'm writing this long about neuro continuing down, in case it helps someone. Now, they have stem cells, which are limited all around, but especially for motor neuron disease. Why limited with stem cells? Because it requires MANY supportive chemicals in the body for those stem cells to succeed and modern medicine is NOT that good. They don't have a drug to treat all the necessary co-factors necessary. Herbs to the rescue. I did it with herbs. Hormones are a key player with stem cells. There are herbs for each part of the process. Unfortunately, with menopause comes a decrease in the hormones. I prayed I'd keep my cycle forever, because i KNEW i'd be in trouble once menopause hit - I NEEDED those hormones and would be much less able to multiply them. I wasted rapidly. BOOST your hormones and research herbs for every step in motor neuron repair if you have it. Or, if stem cells are required for another health condition, or would be ideal for regeneration, the same principle goes. Herbs CAN and do regenerate like and better than the expensive and limited stem cell treatments. They can't treat motor neuron disease with stem cells. Herbs did. It took many YEARS to see the regeneration and maintaining of strength. Drugs couldn't do it. That might sound discouraging, but it's all I had (besides the other areas i treated with herbs and diet to prevent damage and gain strength, mitochondrial protection, etc), but I KNEW from the studies the herbs were addressing every step in the process for this to happen. So take care as much as possible and treat this area as soon as possible if you have any neurodegenerative disease or other where stem cells would help. I only recently have considered that I MIGHT do synthetic hormones, because it may give me a chance to rebuild slowly and stop this rapid degeneration. Under any other circumstance, i'd never take synthetic hormones, but past menopause and my condition might be the only way i can address this fast enough. The risk and side effects (I don't go to docs or take drugs with rare exception and only so i can get diagnosis and testing of areas to find herbs and alternatives for) may be worth it in my case. If i can help anyone, feel free to write with questions or for us to talk so I can then help out. Simple request is fine. I'm not a doc but i can share what i believe and found. :). Everyone must make their own med decisions with their doctor. You are the final decision. Don't EVER hand over your health to anyone, even an herbal practitioner or other natural health person. Be involved and always make an informed and intuitive decision. Keep searching. DON'T just hand over your health to someone, no matter how much knowledge they have or what worked for them. You should be the final decision on your protocol and journey healing. It's not just about finding a good person to tell you what to do, especially the more serious a health condition, but even with relatively healthy. You are the captain of your ship with God and prayer. God bless.

[@margaretleboeuf6765]

❤ Bless your heart, you have really been through some tough times. I admire your strength and determination to be your own advocate and find natural ways to heal. All of the best and 🙏 for your continued healing. I would like to communicate with you by whatever means possible to not only learn more but also to exchange info and ideas. Take care ❤

[@Troy_Hutchinson]

This is why going to the beach and spending days at it on vacation, you come back feeling great .refreshed !

[@M.S.B.]

i know when im super drunk if i lay on anything other than the floor i keep spinning . soon as i get on floor it stops

[@dillonpeel5555]

I never comment on KZbin videos but I just learned about this concept today and I will be testing it myself. I’m a 30 year old making 200k+ in sales living under a high degree of stress the last 10 years. I have had extreme inflammation the past 6-7 years but the doctors tell me it’s chronic gastritis and basically I’ll have to live with it and to watch my diet. I’ve tried everything. Cut gluten, cut dairy, tried keto and vegan diets for 3 months each, a few things that help are turmeric and increasing my fiber intake but I still feel the burning in my stomach 24/7. I will try this next and I will share my experience. I’m going to start today by watching football in the backyard probably for hours. No work tomorrow and I’m in Florida for work next week so I’ll spend my nights walking the beach. I’ll report back in weekly increments if I can. It’s worth mentioning I’ve never enjoyed walking barefoot so I constantly wear rubber soles and I’m wondering if this has been my problem all along. Excited to find out. If anyone read this and has some insight please share.

[@Kaydeleon]

Follow up??? How did it go??

[@beausimpson1172]

Yes I’m interested as well. How it go?

[@dickjohnson9582]

He died ☹️

[@originaLkomatoast]

How's it going?

[@carolfreeman2962]

@@dickjohnson9582 YOU are not helpful or funny. There are people out there suffering!

[@sf49erswarriorsgiantsgumba99]

I’d had insomnia for the last 10 years, and I started grounding 3 days ago. Today I woke up feeling fresh, and I’ve haven’t slept for 3 hours straight without waking up, I only woke up cuz of an alarm. And to top it off, I fell asleep pretty fast.. is it just my mind playing tricks on me? Idk but since I started 3 days ago, I can feel the difference in my sleep, including naps.

[@fiat2496]

That is awesome! Are you still getting good results?

[@sf49erswarriorsgiantsgumba99]

@@fiat2496NO!! I think it was all in my mind, it only happened that one time that I got some sleep. This crap is all advertising BS, and I fell for the scam! I guess when you are desperate, you’ll try everything just to see if it works.

[@fiat2496]

@@sf49erswarriorsgiantsgumba99 Bummer! For what tis worth, i have noticed a pretty big difference in my energy level when i spend about an hour and a half barefoot on the beach. Thanks for the reply

[@sf49erswarriorsgiantsgumba99]

@@fiat2496 yeah I think going natural is better. For some reason, we always feel tired and sleepy after the beach. Maybe it’s because we’re drain from the sun, or activities we do, like walking on sand, swimming etc,.. and while we’re on the beach, we feel relaxed and stress free. Everytime I go home to the Philippines, I get good sleep most of the time. Just the nature and the atmosphere makes you feel relaxed..

[@travistucker7317]

Homie got struck by lightning

[@sistertracy-thechurchofroc6574]

I was recently gifted an "Earthing" throw blanket. In the spring & summer months, I can easily ground outdoors, but not in the cold winter. The throw has helped immensely. I noticed the lessening of the joint pain in my hips (arthritis) within a day. No joke, those blankets work, as do the mats, which are more affordable (before Xmas, they were $40).

[@letsgoearthing104]

Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts on Earthing...I felt so thankful because I realized because of our poverty...given by Mother Nature on Earthing without our knowing. I can't remember we got sick...& realized why we have high pain threshold as well 🥰🥰🥰 Thanks so much Divine Providence 🙏🙏🙏

[@patrickscafe7]

Yesterday I was gardening and digging on my hands and knees. Sure I had pain when I first stood up, but it was gone incredibly quickly.

[@sarahk.466]

Holy F*CK. I watched this months ago and I jumped on here to find out what all I needed for that bed/ground thing they talked about in the movie Earthing. As soon as this dude mentioned about how you feel after being barefoot at the beach and what not for a few hours, it suddenly clicked. When I've been outside without thick soled shoes for a few hours, I feel tired but also complete within myself. I just now put the two together.

[@Haze1434]

Have to admit, I'm very sceptical, however a grounding mat for me to stand on whilst working from home is only £35 ($40), so what's to lose? I'll give it a go anyway. Cheap enough to try out and find out. Besides, as you say, grounding is free if you want to try it outside for a few weeks.

[@maswasembuze6488]

We love you Mother Earth!

[@BmoreBetterNOW]

Thank God who create everything including the Earth & these simple solutions.

[@rootintootin5167]

We do love earth, we don't love money hungry shills who are willing to fool gullible people into buying $300 "grounding mat kits". Don't give these con men your money.

[@NYCThrax1]

!!!!!!!!!!! AWSOME info would be an understatement! Thanks!

[@brendan3081]

id love more info on the grounding mats for the bed, i have been trying to think of a way to ground myself at night

[@robbiedaug]

Could we remove the two electrical prongs and the wires from a three-prong plug and just leave the ground 'pole" intact and strip the green ground wire at the other end to expose the copper wire, and hold the wire in our fingers, or make a bracelet to wear as we sleep - with the ground-pole plugged into the wall? I did that and have one near my bed, one in the washroom for when i sit (or stand), plus i have an earthing mat where i sit at the computer. I want to attach another bare wire in the kitchen for when i am doing things in the kitchen, too. I even wear a cut up wire as described and wear the copper wire as a bracelet around my wrist during the winter, so when i go out, i can ground myself wherever there is an electrical outlet. I've been grounding myself for about three and a half weeks and i feel so many results: 1. carpal tunnel syndrome is MUCH better already. Maybe i should clarify on that. The numbness in my "resting" hands has almost 100% vanished, however, as soon as i do any hard work with my hands, like wringing out wet clothes, or using a screwdriver and/or pliers for long periods, the numbness comes back BUT it's not as debilitating as before. The grounding helps A LOT with the numbness. My c6 - c7 vertebrae etc are not pinching a nerve. 2. A pain in my knee seems to have gone away. 3. I stopped taking the supplements i was taking for seven years to help deal with my enlarged prostate, and i find i can urinate better. 4. I now can sleep for eight to nine hours each night much more often than before i started grounding myself. 5. I do enjoy the quiet moments more since grounding. When it's quiet i enjoy the peace. 6. It seems my air passages have been easier to "cough up" phlegm - i'm breathing easier. On a bit of a down-side, because i don't do enough physical activity, i think i have more stored-up energy than before, and it sometimes "comes out" in little, but more frequent, bursts of frustration.

[@hris2570]

was skeptical in the beginning but definitely Woo-Woo now.

[@jasonborne5359]

I developed spontaneously it seems vestibular migraines and PPPD about 2 years ago and its ruined my life. I still get dizzy and off feeling most everywhere i go. Going into stores and walking in general makes me feel off and disoriented. Do you think id benefit from grounding? I think im going to do it 30min a day each morning and see what happens

[@stgraw7004]

Hiking paths barefoot, climbing up trees, balancing on river stepping stones and fallen logs for 3 hours while high was honestly the best time I’ve had in years. Fuck the science, because for me that was a beautiful experience and I’m sad I’ll never have it for the first time again. It was like a dream.

[@africanelectron751]

I just tested the potential difference between me and ground and I got 5.3v when I'm on my bed. I have a very good grounding system that I use for RF applications. I made simple set up and I'm convinced I feel some difference.

[@impdom3556]

That's great! Would you please share how your set it up?

[@travistucker7317]

5v? Damn bro go get a lightbulb. Can you come and charge my phone?

[@africanelectron751]

@@travistucker7317 doubt there would be enough current to manage more than a few photons out of a led but I might try it

[@africanelectron751]

@@impdom3556 it's a copper ribbon about 15m long that is buried in moist soil and then to my gate and a grounding rod for my gate motor. The other end is attached to my mains ground, because the ground cable to the mains box on the street got cut when they installed fiber in my area there was no ground for my sdr radio set up.

[@dannoland]

@africanelectron751 Was that 5.3 volts ac or dc?

[@dannoland]

I learned from physics that if you could place extra electrons inside a solid piece of an electrical conductor, such as a piece of copper, because like charges repel, all of the electrons would move as far away from each other as they could. The result is that all the excess electrons would almost immediately appear distributed on the outside surface and no excess electrons would be found anywhere inside the object or body. So, how do those extra electrons on the surface enter into any chemical reaction inside the body of an animal or a human? I suggest that they don't at all.

[@PlantbasedRunners]

I use an ESD plug in bed, as cannot use a grounding rod....it most definitely works, it has resolved some very strange electrical phenomena in my body. I attach to the ESD plug using bare copper wire.

[@ggggg4030]

First heard of this a week ago. I know enough that discharging to earth ground makes perfect sense. As for the health benefits, we will see. I’m grounded under my desk and in my bed. Time will tell me. Hoping for the best.

[@matthewplizga1920]

Tell me how does it make perfect sense

[@ggggg4030]

@@matthewplizga1920 Well, if you are not currently grounded and you take a multimeter connecting one end to a known ground and hold the other end, you will register about 2 volts (at least that is what I registered.). When I touch the grounding with any part of my body, I immediately drop to zero volts. The atmosphere has a positive voltage charge and even though we are highly resistant (measured in ohms) we are insulated from ground due to rubber soles and other artificial insulators so we, at least in my case, pick up a couple volts. We are the only species on earth that does not ground routinely and all mammals are virtually always grounded except us. It makes sense that we should ground and the multimeter proves we carry a charge unnaturally. The question is, does a couple volts affect health? I dunno. But my nephew grounded his momma’s bed and her chronic cluster headaches stopped immediately. She’s been suffering off and on for years. I can’t say I’ve noticed any benefit but it makes more sense than the celery juice fad 🤣

[@ggggg4030]

@@notimeforspace2477 I can’t tell you what to do. What I did though, is made certain my breaker panel was properly grounded to the rod next to the foundation. In both locations I connected to the ground in my electrical system. In the breaker panel, the ground and the are neutral wired together. Stray voltage will seek the path of least resistance to ground-that won’t be through me laying in bed. My house has copper plumbing throughout and a boiler, both ground to the panel. I touch the ground circuit on a very regular every day-I realized that. The metal chassis on a computer is grounded and we don’t think twice about touching it. For me, I have no safety concerns, but if a thunderstorm rolls through, I would unplug my wires- while I’m quite the dancer, no sense performing the ‘110 Jig’ unnecessarily 🤣

[@klloo5689]

@klloo5689

[@peachesandpoets]

I used to roll my eyes or get annoyed at all these concepts that we always have used and still use in the parts of the world that the west has a habit of mocking and calling primitive. The more I seek clarity and mindfulness though, I'm learning to instead feel some compassion; I never was a baby learning how to walk with shoes on for instance. Most of my early life was barefoot, until thanks to colonialism and all of that, once we reached a certain age we had to be "civilised" by wearing shoes everywhere and curtailing our traditions in public until we came home. Every morning our parents would tell us to go and play in the ground and dirt outside before having a bath and getting ready for school etc. Of course at the time you just do what your parents say and don't think about it, but then you realize that our people have done that with their children for thousands of years. So instead of being annoyed at how our cultures have been mocked and destroyed and our traditions are now western "new age" stuff, I'll keep trying and trying to see it as progress. Thank you for sharing.

[@melissafeds1344]

Which country may I ask?

[@ddelv583]

Look at it as validation, that what you have done all of your life, is finally getting the recognition it deserves. I'll say this for Western civ... the more "educated" they become, the less of the natural they seem to understand...

[@ErikDaGreat]

Man thinks putting some shoes on is colonialism and becoeming "civilized"

[@dannoland]

Clint said at about 1:04, "I can explain it very simply. The earth has a negative charge. That is why we ground everything electrical to the earth in order to sustain electrical stability." Already it is sounding like someone does not understand the physics of electricity. I assume that Clint is referring to the grounding of electrical systems in buildings. We do not ground such systems because the earth has a negative charge. When there is a thunder cloud overhead, the earth is positively charged because the negative charge on the bottom of the cloud induces positive charge on the ground. We don't unground our electrical systems of our houses in such situations. Grounding our electrical panels in our homes or businesses has nothing to do with the static charge on the ground around the building. What does Clint mean by the phrase, "to sustain electrical stability."? What is electrical stability? What is electrical instability? What is stable or not stable? Can it be measured? If so, with what instrument? Clint went on to say, "The human body is the most electrical thing in our environment." How does one measure the electricalness of something? What does he mean by "the most electrical thing"? He is speaking nonsense as far as a knowledge of electricity and physics is concerned. Is the human body more electrical than a horse? A dog? An elephant? A toaster? A cell phone? How does one quantify electricalness? Clint said that animals in the wild are well grounded and therefore they don't succumb to diseases that we do, such as cancer. That is not true. Animals get cancer. Even wild ones, even dinosaurs could have cancer. See this website: www.cancercenter.com/community/blog/2021/08/newsletter-animals-and-cancer. Look particularly at items numbered 5 and 6. People who spend money on these things are being duped. Of course, these people will often say that you don't hear about this simple technique from the medical community because the medical community would be put out of business if people knew this is all it takes to stay healthy. Therefore, there is a conspiracy within the medical community to keep this information from you and the public. See: sciencebasedmedicine.org/earthing-update/

[@icevariable9600]

Electrician here…and here I thought this was a video on electrical grounding. This is woo woo.

[@user-zd7xp2sf7c]

Anytime you shower, bathe, wash your hands under the tap, or touch bare metal in a home in the UK, you would be grounded.

[@icevariable9600]

@@user-zd7xp2sf7c Yet, not the grounding I’m looking for.

[@Neddy540]

+1

[@dannoland]

@@user-zd7xp2sf7c Likewise with anyone living in a house in the United States built since about 1970. The grounding of residential electrical installations were required from about that time. Therefore, washing machines, clothes dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators, microwave ovens, and metal electric coffee makers are grounded through the electrical system. And as you say, flowing water from any tap in a home would have the same potential as the ground outside the house because water with dissolved minerals is a conductor and the pipes that carry it to the house run underground and are made of electrical conductors.

[@robfraser33]

Thanks for sharing and when you said you were 40, I was like WHATTTTTTTT... no way lol!

[@Eliketi]

I've ordered a grounding mat and am waiting for it to arrive. I've tried different remedies in the past to help with my OCD, sleep and stress and while some of them have helped with the OCD initially before the effects wore off, nothing has made a difference to my sleep or stress levels so far. I still wake up a couple of times at night. If this grounding mat helps me sleep throughout the night then I'll know that it's the real deal. Here's hoping!

[@slamdunkben]

Grounding isn’t a cure it’s just the natural way humans are meant to be connected to the earth. If you have chemical brain imbalances due to genetics, environment, habits(mostly not exceeding), and having proper diet go a long way with ur problems

[@GyanniBubba]

NAC (N-Acetyl Cysteine) fixed my life long OCD. Although, I still have some anxiety which is the actual underlying cause of OCD. It's definitely worth a try as it's a supplement but check with your doctor first.

[@Eliketi]

@@slamdunkben It's been reported to help others with their sleep, so I'm not sure why I should be an exception.

[@elovingrosepsychic6771]

Also, in the nice weather, be sure to spend time barefoot outside. I have the Earthing fitted sheet on my bed which certainly helps, but there's something about being barefoot on the Earth that is so very special.

[@Eliketi]

@@elovingrosepsychic6771 Oh no question about that. I'll be sure to ground outside when the weather is warmer 🙂

[@donnahenhoeffer]

Curious if you are doing an episode on the difference between earthing and grounding. In my teaching practice, I share how earthing is a great practice, however grounding is what humans are really seeking.

[@margaretthomas7573]

Would using a magnetic underlay have the same effect as grounding?

[@donnahenhoeffer]

Grounding for me is about becoming fully present in your body first by breathing deeply in your own human being, consciously and into your entire body, When this is done in a space of heart coherence, you can then expand and set your own energy field so you take presence over your human form. The electrical and earthing (as I see how this video describes) definitely work because nature does 'ground' the electrical charge...however because we are also nature as an energy, not just electrical, we thrive best when being one with nature and not as the 'reason' or 'check-list' to 'ground'. We are nature and like gaia, she is resting fully in the now of where each weed, flower, plant, weather pattern is, accepting of it all without expectation, and not rushing her growth, or living in the past. She doesn't pulling at weeds to 'get rid of them as bad', rather she sees them all as a part of her whole. So yes, Go Be Earth...practice both and you might be incredibly surprised!!

[@bestill365]

I try to focus on those I know will listen and sincerely ask me questions about earthing. I like to start with inviting people over and let them see me grounding on my grounding pads. The rest takes care if itself.

[@jj1982ify]

I just bought a grounding mat from groundology....first purchase of the year for me though 😊

[@rootintootin5167]

That's all they wanted, to take your money. You've been played for a fool.

[@ddelv583]

@@rootintootin5167 a friend once told me that if I don't have a better idea, solution, answer to just stfu, rather than discouraging someone, or chasing from their dream. So...

[@windridr66]

You’re also connecting the the Schumann resonance. 🙏🏼❤️

[@mrgruffy4499]

In addition to grounding, one should get plenty of sun light. From "The Secrets of Underground Medicine" Dr. Richard Gerhauser, page 144: "At the same time of your sun exposure, I recommend that you be grounded to the Earth. Your body actually gets energy this way. You ground by going barefoot on the dirt, grass, beach or on concrete. Asphalt is an insulator, so it doesn't allow grounding."

[@mrclymer]

i thought concrete was also an insulator. I did not think that concrete conducted electricity.... Yes, one should get to the earth with as few barriers as possible, i will agree, but concrete as a place to ground? I just got introduced to the concept of mats/sheets that are connected to electrical ground, i am just starting to research is, but it makes sense with my basic understandings of electricity and martial arts. (Certain strikes are more effective disconnected from the earth (jumping) than connected to it, and the reverse is also true.

[@rootintootin5167]

We biologically benefit from sunlight because we use photons to help create essential vitamins in our body, grounding does absolutely nothing but placebo.

[@judithrossouw807]

I agree completely. It is just to expensive for me in South Africa with the Rand Dollar exchange. I LOVE YOUR GOOD VALUES....

[@HMohr]

Ive tried a grounding sheet for 2 days. I live in an apartment at the 13 floor. I don't know if it's too much EMF, but I felt really strange. Tingling all over the body (not in a good way). I don't think plugging those things on electrical outlets are good idea. Barefoot is the way.

[@nightbot.3266]

This makes sense, when I was in the army I was outside 2 to 3 times a week, once I got out, got all the health issues, just like everyone else l.

[@briancrumpacker]

Look at the fact that your house's plumbing is tied to earth ground per code for safety. So....every time you bathe, you're grounding.

[@robinsonmbapah2049]

Grounding is helping out my health

[@ninaisaac4890]

It really works!

[@tinoestrada6825]

I remember my Mom that went to an old town in Mexico they were doing grounding this happen in 1978 and my mother got better no need for surgery on her heel. And also change food that what she did. so now so many years into the future I just came across on KZbin and I connected the dots Im goin to do it. hope it works.

[@questioningcat7949]

What to do when living in snow , cold, rain.

[@WMeier-kd8hz]

To Clint Ober : you safed my sanity with youre equipment. Thank you

[@mlopezqc]

How to get parasites through your feet, explained.

[@rashad500]

which grounding mat were you guys using?

[@DV-mq5fv]

I'm wondering, can you get grounded by putting your hands on a tree? If so, this could be helpful in colder climates.

[@w1975b]

Dr. Laura Koniver says yes, and she shares many other ways to ground on her channel.

[@lostmarxbro]

People don’t realize how life changing this “hippie” behavior is

[@junbin3950]

Can someone help? crawling worms & bugs are really yucks to me so I'm paranoid & stressed about grounding. Can I at least get a fresh leaf and put it on the ground then put my feet on the leaf? Or if I use a clay potting pot with holes underneath and fill it with soil then put it on the ground then my feet in that soil in the pot? The soil in the pot will get in contact with the ground so it's the same thing right?

[@manuhernz2745]

So I found Intermittent Fasting then Cold Shower Therapy and now Earthing (Grounding). Cool I will start experimenting with this too. Thanks for the Info

[@darshangowda9347]

Can ESD or Anti-static mats be used on the beds for grounding? That would be a cheap alternative to buying expensive grounding mats/ save me the trouble of making one myself.

[@JimmyRussle]

yes, and if you wanted you can actually use an ESD strap, ground it and just put it around your wrist at night.

[@christopherworth1]

I started grounding myself about a week ago for help with my aches and pains and so far the only obvious change is that my beard went from snowy white to its natural red. Weird! Anyone else? Still hoping for arthritis relief.

[@cacatr4495]

In a WEEK??

[@christopherworth1]

@@cacatr4495 Wasn't even aware of that possibility, so it seems unlikely to be a placebo effect. go figger!

[@cawa794]

Your beard regained its natural color?! Does that mean it might help my mom's hair regain its color?🤔 Damn I really need to try this earthing/grounding.

[@swaters5127]

Consider carnivore for RA.

[@faridasarwat6523]

I have grounded at home on floor tiles for 2-3 years now during warmer weather and need no BP medicine during those times.

[@guruouroborosbukelenakamot8498]

If I use a separate ground rod outside , route a wire in my bedroom and put a grounding mat under the bed. It appears that my body voltage goes up as the electric field is coupling more with your body. is that a good thing? I'd be attracting more electricity from wires etc

[@guruouroborosbukelenakamot8498]

Is it important for me touch the metal or can I have it let's say under the bed. Let's talk technicalities here.

[@chronos401]

I don't know anything about the mats, but your skin must touch something conductive like metal or carbon to ground the way you're describing. Suggest using a meter to check whether or not the voltage is increasing or decreasing in your body. Grounding properly sends all the environmental EMR pollution which the body absorbs into the earth. So, the voltage should decline (not rise) quite a bit.

[@denisehand9500]

Growing your own food, putting your hands in the soil is how people used to ground themselves.

[@arudelic9538]

Patients that have defribilators and pacemakers implants want to know if practicing grounding or earthing Really works and will it affect the implants?

[@rajinndorsinghsaroya9]

please share your opinion or experience on this thing that is there any issue if i walk barefoot at public places or anywhere where there would be some bad infected liquid or like human spit or cough or anything virus occupied thing and come in touch with our feet and i kept that whole day with me until washing my feet. please share your thoughts on this case ...

[@dbspecials1200]

You describe how the body runs on electric signals and how the Earth is a gigantic dynamo. that's how you explain it. we are complex products of simple physics.

[@fpvsushi8590]

2:47 citations please! I'm open to it but need evidence. All I heard was mechanisms and anecdotes.

[@JMGENTERPRISES]

So how much grounding is recommended for good health? 20-30 minutes a day?

[@LucidDreamer54321]

This whole Earthing thing would be hilarious if it wasn't so tragic.

[@takakonobe]

Was a skeptical but tried it and got damn I feel amazing.

[@dennissorensen8765]

Without sounding "woo woo" .... yeah. Well that train derailed immediately.

[@MacDaddyD]

When grounding a electrical service the ground wire is connected to the neutral connector. This is because electricity does not want to go to ground but wants to go back to its source. Electricians also install a ground to earth but they need to have a lot of contact with the earth to actually have little enough resistance for this to work. For grounding rods you need to have at-least 8ft. of buried copper to lower the resistance. Even these rods are an attempt to return to the source of the power. My point being that your body a) does not produce enough voltage for you to be conductive with the earth. And b) you do not have enough contact with the earth with just your feet and hands or even your whole body especially when copper is a much better conductor of electricity. This belief that we can and should ground our selves is flawed. Well I am sure that many people have started doing this and have felt results that is most likely due to some other variable that is being overlooked.

[@whynotyou783]

What’s the best brand of mat to use for the bed

[@schifahrer123]

The video says "Grounding: The Science", but proceeds not to talk about the science hardly at all....

[@jonmackie3859]

How long do I have to spend grounding to get benefits?

[@anielyantra1]

I understand the concepts of grounding, I prefer water grounding. I think you attribute too much to grounding.....much of pain and inflammation come from refined grains, seed oils, and plant based diets. Water grounding provides higher surface contact for better charge displacement.

[@Repla12481]

Just started using a grounded pillowcase. Are these safe for toddlers? Thanks

[@mharrod258]

So, I'm a little confused - should I invest in a Grounding mat - or just go walk on the grass for 10 minutes each day - are these plug-in mats really as great as some say? The natural thing, I can totally understand.

[@gen-zeke-8571]

Piece of glass, or rusty nail: "Very funny Mother Earth"

[@SLBLADE]

Fantastic buddy

[@Carina_Rose]

Back in May my mom had major surgery, removing a tumor from her spine and replacing some vertebrae with titanium counterparts. She’s over 70 and although she’s progressing ok, she’s still having issues healing and recovering. I was reading an article last night about earthing to my son and as soon as he heard that it helps with healing he ran up to tell my mom to stand in the grass barefoot. She did it this morning, I think it’s going to take a bit longer than 20 minutes, but I’m hopeful that this will reduce potential future doctor visits. Personally, I had heard that it was good to do, so I started intentionally doing it a week or so ago and I’m not as tired, like no caffeine needed around 3 pm to keep me going through the day. Is it a coincidence? I’m going to keep going and see. I enjoy the time outside, so it’s a win either way.

[@chronos401]

Suggest asking the surgeon how long the healing process normally takes and when it's okay to start physical therapy and weightlifting with the maximum weight allowed. Suggest doing PT first to correct muscular imbalances and body misalignment then a full body beginner weightlifting program with free weights (not the machines). Your mother needs to rebuild her muscles and their strength. There are small ones running down the spine that stabilize it. The easiest way to work those are with weighted carries (do a search for some). Start with very light weights even if it's only one pound then slowly and progressively increase them over time based on what her body can tolerate. A good beginner program will have this built into it. If healing is going too slow, suggest checking her blood sugar levels. High blood sugar interferes with this. Wishing her the best in a full recovery.

[@Carina_Rose]

@@chronos401 For sure! She actually started PT right away and has been going twice a week, almost every week since the beginning of June. She’s doing well with that and recently got permission to take off her neck brace, which is exciting. She’s had a lot of blood work done bc they were trying to figure out what was going on, no signs of a blood sugar issue. She was going outside everyday for about a week after I made the initial comment here, and she started feeling remarkably better! She even was able to decrease the amount of Tylenol she was taking. I think she has another month or so of regular physical and occupational therapy appointments.

[@jll1695]

When you swim in cold water, you are also super grounded !!!!

[@varamaur9567]

Ah, I miss living in Hawaii for this reason. Lots of routine grounding and free Vitamin D. When I moved back to the US mainland I had to get used to wearing closed-toe footwear again.