Earthing, aka Grounding and Barefooting Information Bomb!

Hey y'all!

Today's post is a big one! I'm going to get heavy into earthing, grounding, barefooting, or whatever you want to call it, hopefully to help all of us protect our families and ourselves from the dangers of WiFi and EMFs. Last week I wrote about barefooting. Today I want to get into that more, plus give you all kinds of information and links you can take home and start implementing in your own lives. Later in the week I'll tell you how I got slapped with a Smart Meter (I know! Right?), and how I plan to deal with it.

I am so excited about grounding. Some of this may go over your heads, and for some of you, you'll get it immediately. Either way is OK with me, but I want you to get this.

First, I want you to understand that there is electrical current all around us, and we are constantly being bombarded with electricity. Some of it is fantastic energy- like the energy we get from the sun, the negative ions we breathe in from either ocean air or after it rains, and the fresh air at night if we open our bedroom windows just a crack. There is also wonderful healing energy from the negatively charged electrons in organic green vegetables. When we talk about "having more energy," it's actually energy- the same thing that runs motors! This is all great stuff.

But there is also energy that it not good for us. This energy is positively charged. I had to get clear about this, because I am not a chemistry major or a scientist at all. If a form of electricity has a positive charge- you know, the plus sign (+) on a battery, it is not healthy for us humans or the animals. This form of electricity is what is emitting from our computers, microwaves, electric wires, cell phones, everything electrical. These are EMFs- electromagnetic fields.  Refined junk food also has a positive charge.

The waves in electrical devices pass right through us, and since we each have an electrical charge, too, our  "voltage," if you will, is in a constant state of flux. That positive electricity in the EMFs are actually a very low form or dose of radiation. XRays and CAT scans are high doses of radiation; our cell phones and laptops are low doses of radiation.

Since our bodies conduct electricity like water- we are 70% water, remember?- we are like antennae. So we need to stay grounded or we actually build up a positive charge, which can lead to all kinds of serious diseases like cancer, brain damage, and now we are finding out, reproductive damage.

I want you to watch this amazing video featuring world-renowned natural health guru, David Wolfe. I'll try to interpret what he says for those of you who are not familiar with the language used in natural healing and raw foodie circles. You really do need to watch it, or the rest of this post isn't going to make much sense.

First, David says we are cutting off the ability to stay grounded- just like a grounding wire in our house or office- because we wear shoes all the time, which disconnects us from the ground. When he is talking about getting great ideas in the shower, he is talking about the negatively charged ions in the water, just like I mentioned with rain water. 

"The Flow" is what Christians call "The Spirit." Sometime I'll write a blog piece about the Flow as Holy Spirit. When a person is in the Flow, he or she is acting as he or she was created to be naturally in the presence of God. Onward....

David tells the audience about an earthing mat. You can purchase one and put it right under your desk where your computer is, plug it in to your three-prong wall socket, and stick your feet on the mat as you work. All of that positively charged energy your body is being hit with goes out of you and out of your house or office, down to the ground. You are grounded.

The earthing mat I recommend is the one from earthing(dot)com. It costs $59.00 plus shipping. I do not have one yet, but I want one ever so much. My dearest natural health friends have them now and gush about these all the time. I have never seen the enthusiastic responses about a product like I have seen with the earthing mat.

Now, we are not only getting delicious energies from the sun's magnetic rays and the negative ions from fresh air and rain, the Earth itself has an electromagnetic frequency. It does! Let me show you:

The Earth's magnetic field plays a huge part in grounding us from EMFs- image by endoftheworld.blogspot.com

Here is another representation, showing you that the Earth's electromagnetic field is in 3-D- image by Pittsburgh Suipercomputer Center.edu

So the Earth's energies reset our circadian rhythms, and David found research stating that every 90 seconds, our bodies check for this reset. If we're wearing shoes, or if we aren't touching the actual planet, or if we are't using some kind of grounding device like the earthing mat, we can't get that positively charged electrical energy out of us. Also, we can't absorb the good, healing, negative charge from the Earth. So what we're doing by wearing shoes, by staying above ground either in a pier and beam house or a high rise apartment or an office on the second floor, is short circuiting our bodies. This is where the concern is.

So we *have* to eat clean. We *have* to eat a lot of organic leafy green vegetables and fruits. We have to become as alkaline as possible, get as much anti-oxidants in us as possible (because oxidation= lack of oxygen= cell death= becoming really sick and eventually dying) , and re-mineralize with plant foods. Plus, we have to get the positive charges neutralized and away from us. 

David then mentions the earthing sheet, which has silver threads running through a cotton sheet. My friends are also raving about this. One of my male friends has had severe insomnia for years, bless his heart. He has tried everything. I know he bought the half sheet and he may have bought the fitted sheet as well. He can sleep now! I have to have one, and y'all do, too.

David loves to do analogies as a part of his teaching style. So our "mothers' include Mother Earth as well as our flesh and blood mother. So just like a newborn is supposed to have constant skin-to-skin contact with his or her mother, we are supposed to have skin to skin contact with Mother Earth. What he says about negatively charged food and supplements stripping bad calcium (placque) off our blood vessels is true. What he says about the emotional power of hugging our mothers is also true.

Now... y'all need to read this book: http://www.amazon.com/Earthing-Most-Important-Health-Discovery/dp/1591202833. I'm giving you the Amazon link so you can read all the reviews and gain more insight into how important grounding actually is. Now, this isn't a "new discovery." Indigent tribes have know this forever. But Western society has lost this knowledge, and it is uber cool that the practice is being re-introduced by natural health advocates. I'm asking you to read the book because the science is there. As much as David Wolfe comes across as an airy-fairy woo woo New Age hippie dude, he's really very knowledgeable and incredibly respected among his peers. But if you are put off by David's personality, read the book.

If you are of the persuasion that you prefer "real' science from "real" doctors and scientists, then please listen to this outstanding interview Dr. Joseph Mercola did with Dr. James Oschman, the author of the Earthing book referenced above. The video is about 1 hour and 15 minutes long:

What are your experiences with earthing, grounding, and barefooting?

A Free and Fun Way to Protect Yourself From Electromagnetic Field Radiation (EMFs)

Hey y'all!

The other day I posted about how WiFis and cell phones are causing brain cancer and are destroying the DNA in little girls' eggs. Today I want to give you a tip on how you can protect you and your children from electromagnetic field radiation (EMFs or EMR) that will not cost you a penny (or a pence, or a peso). I have to warn you, that when I first heard about this tip, I thought the people telling me were "bat poo crazy." I am prepared for you to think I am bat poo crazy, too. But I am telling you, the science is there to support this little tip, and if you will start doing it, and letting you kids do it, you will notice a positive difference in your health. So what is this "one crazy trick" to help protect you from electromagnetic field radiation? Going barefoot outside in the grass or dirt every day.

I'm serious.

Connecting with the planet every day in your bare feet is one of the best ways to get rid of electromagnetic field radiation (EMFs), and it's free- image by Care_SMC

In natural health circles, the technique of going outside barefoot and either standing, walking, sitting, lying down, or rolling around like a bunch of little kids is called "Barefoot Grounding." The technique is also called "Earthing." Yes, it is "grounding," just like a lightening rod grounds a house or skyscraper, and like grounding wires are used to prevent electrical shock in a wall socket.

I first heard about barefoot grounding in order to get of electromagnetic field radiation from one of the greatest master herbalists of the twentieth century, Dr. John Ray Christopher. Dr. Christopher was telling his "patients" to walk or jog or play outside barefoot every day in order to "cure" insomnia. I can tell you from personal experience that if you take a nap or sunbathe in your back yard directly in the grass without a beach towel under you for half an hour or so, you will go back into the house luxuriously refreshed and clear-headed. Dr. Christopher also insisted that any of his patients with a so-called incurable disease to "walk or jog barefoot on the lawn to get rid of the static electricity in the body and allow new electrical vibration to come from the atmosphere."

I found out from Dr. Christopher that our bodies are actually antennae. Electrical currents, or waves, go through us all day, every day. This builds up static electricity, and if we don't get rid of it, by literally standing on the ground, or as I like to say, the planet, those EMFs can actually change the electromagnetic energy (EMEs) in our own bodies. In other words, we can get re-wired. The medical studies are out there to prove this. What I thought was "airy fairy hippie stuff" is actually scientific truth.

Even if you sit in a chair outside and just stick your feet in the grass or dirt, you automatically ground yourself just like a grounding wire does. All of us need to kick off our shoes and go barefoot as much as possible. I almost never wear shoes at home. If you work outside the home, then when you change your clothes after work, go barefoot. Go outside and either work in your yard, or walk your dog, or go jogging in your bare feet. Let your kids unwind after school by allowing them to play outside barefoot. If you put chemicals on your lawn, stop right now, and start adopting an organic lawn care program so you can play outside in your yard without shoes. This is all free, and it really will make you feel good and help you and your family to become healthier.

In my next post, I will explore other options for staying grounded in your home and at your desk at work.

By the way, Buenos Dias, Columbia! I am so excited to have you and all of my international readers!