Episode Transcript
[00:00:01] Speaker A: Welcome to Woowooville, the next stop on your spiritual journey, hosted by two fellow travelers who found a soul connection on the path to higher consciousness. Our goal is to help you navigate the choppy waters you are likely to encounter on the spiritual path by sharing our experiences with you each week. Join us as we spill the tea on what it's like to wake up to your authentic self. Self. Hi, I'm Lola. I'm one of the spiritual travelers on this path of Woo Woo.
[00:00:32] Speaker B: And my name is Emeril. I'm the other part of it.
[00:00:36] Speaker A: Yeah. And this particular podcast started because we were having really good conversations about things that were happening to us as we progressed on our spiritual journey. And we became allies and friends to help each other go through the ups and downs, like, oh, I know what you're going through right now, or even just having a good listener. Right.
So that's what we wanted to do with the audience. We want to share with you how we're feeling, what we're doing, how we're adjusting on the spiritual path, because there's a lot of mental, emotional, spiritual shifts that go on, and then the body has to catch up to all of these shifts. So that was my clever way of starting to introduce what we're going to talk about today. But would you like to tell them what the topic is?
[00:01:24] Speaker B: Yes. So we all can definitely feel all these changes in energies, and so they're amping us up, and it's gotten so intense. And then we wonder, like, well, how can we feel better? And the answer is we need to be more grounded.
[00:01:41] Speaker A: Grounded. Yes. And the reason that came up today is because I was in meditation and I went to such a. I guess you could say high pleroma place in the astral plane. There's different levels of the astral plane. I was way, way out there that I was having such a hard time feeling in the body again, that I told Amaral, it's like, I'm just not grounded today. And I used a whole lot of techniques to get me there. And I needed all the techniques. Sometimes only one technique will do the trick. Right. And other times you need, like, a whole series of things in your arsenal to try out, I guess, because every time you're feeling ungrounded, it's a unique experience. So I guess it's a unique technique that might really get you back and feeling centered, I think so.
[00:02:30] Speaker B: I think it's also like how ungrounded you are, and then we're all so different. So what technique really resonates with you and you feel the grounding the fastest. Because I think that that also has a lot to do with it. Like what might work for some may not work as well for others.
[00:02:48] Speaker A: Yeah. It's personal choice. But I would encourage you to try out a few of the techniques we're going to discuss because you might find that one of them is a favorite for you. And they're usually pretty simple. It's just when you're not grounded. Grounded would be being centered and really present in your body. And we're on the spiritual path. A lot of times it's difficult to stay grounded.
[00:03:12] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:03:13] Speaker A: So see, I'm. I'm so ungrounded. I guess I just lost my train of thought here.
So I guess what I'm saying is that there's no wrong or right way to do it. But you're going to find there's certain things that you like better than others.
So just because maybe some guru yoga type person says this is the way to ground it might be traditionally thought that way, but maybe your, your system likes something different.
[00:03:46] Speaker B: Also another thing too that just popped in my head, which I'm probably not just because it's popped. It's just more I should be relating this message is I think we're so structured in a way where we think that whenever we start our spiritual journey there's only one way to do things. And really in reality we have so many different ways. But there's the one thing specifically that I did want to mention that I'm having to deal with, and I'm sure Lola can relate to this, is we once believe that grounding one time in the morning was enough. And the truth is it's not. But you kind of have to study yourself. Like if you feel really ungrounded, that's when you apply these techniques, that's when you want to reground again. So it's not really a one time thing as we were all taught of just doing in the morning as part of. I mean it works, it's great. And I mean I do it every morning. But what I'm finding is I have to reground. Especially when I feel like I'm definitely like out of my body. What would you say about that?
[00:04:52] Speaker A: Well, since we're talking about our personal experiences, I would have to say that I didn't like grounding.
I like being out in the ethers. I like it gives you kind of a buzz.
[00:05:03] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:05:04] Speaker A: And you don't really want to leave it, but you need to. Our job is to be the Embodiment of spirit on Earth. We're walking embodiments of our soul. And so this body is extremely important to that. We need to be grounded. It's just like a radio tower. You know, your feet are rooted to the ground like a radio tower, and then the top of your head is transmitting and receiving information from. From your spirit team.
It doesn't work if you're not grounded. I mean, it does, but it doesn't work optimally if you're not grounded. So being in the body, being present, being centered, is actually spiritual. But when I was new, I didn't think so. I thought that heady, buzzy feeling was telling me I was a success spiritually. When really the success is when you can. When you can embody. Like you said earlier, as above, so below. Yeah, so.
[00:06:00] Speaker B: And that's where that phrase is. So, like, it doesn't hit you until you realize, like, oh, yeah, I guess as above, so below means that we have to kind of like, do both. It's not just one or not just cater to one.
[00:06:12] Speaker A: Yeah. The body is extremely important in spirituality. But I didn't know it at the beginning. I'm just going to be honest with you, and I suspect other people who are listening can relate to what I'm saying too. I really thought, you know, when you're up in that buzzy, buzzy zone, that that's it, I've made it. But no, that's just the first step.
[00:06:31] Speaker B: Well, I was under the impression because, you know, like, we get on and at least for me, when I first started, it's like, oh, everything is love and light. So then if you think about it, yeah, when you're like, buzzy and stuff, you're like, oh, yeah, it's so, like, great and so love and light. But I mean, we have the ground. We are human. We are. We are doing a human experience. So for that matter, we're actually on earth. And we need to be aware of our feeling connected and feel grounded, because.
[00:07:00] Speaker A: That'S the perfect segue to the first recommendation for grounding. And that would be enjoy nature.
[00:07:08] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:07:09] Speaker A: Start experiencing the physical. So get outside if you can. And what's your favorite thing to do out in nature when you're grounding?
[00:07:17] Speaker B: So my thing is.
Well, it's kind of a combination of things, but I'm going to keep it really simple. So one is hugging a tree.
And when you hug a tree, I always just set the intention of, like, just letting go. Like, I asked the tree to help me let go of whatever it's no longer aligned with me, and you start feeling that energy working right away. And I like to thank the tree afterwards, but that really helps me.
The other thing that I really enjoy is walking barefoot on the grass. And when I walk barefoot again, I set the intention of just letting go what's no longer mine. But I also, like, I start focusing around and I start looking around me. And I just give, like, things for, like, nature, for the grass, for the sun.
And obviously, now that we have nicer days, we can do it more outdoors. And even when you're indoors, you can still be barefoot and you can ground. I usually like to be barefoot when I ground, even indoors, because I just feel like more of the connection myself. What do you like to do outdoors?
[00:08:33] Speaker A: Well, when I first started, I would. I lived in the city, in Seattle, and so the trees are few and far between, but I would lean against a tree, like waiting for the bus.
So I was still feeling that energy of the tree. And it's a really nice exchange when you think a tree and they're there to absorb the stuff that. Well, that's how nature works. The trees absorb everything we need to get rid of, and then they breathe through that, and then they give us oxygen, so.
[00:09:04] Speaker B: Exactly. So that's the other thing.
[00:09:06] Speaker A: They can do that with the spiritual, too.
[00:09:08] Speaker B: So as we speak to them, they're bringing in our breathing, and then they're in return creating oxygen. So what a. Like a great trade off that we're doing too, with the trees.
[00:09:21] Speaker A: Yes. Plus they have that mitochondrial root system.
So your energy is going all over the place. You know, wherever they're sending it, it's where it needs to go. So just thank them. And. And barefoot, walking barefoot. I just have never really lived in places where that was convenient.
Number one, for being in Seattle. Number two, the place I live right now, there's not a whole lot of grass either. So I love it, but I just unfortunately don't get the opportunity. But that would be like one of my favorites.
[00:09:54] Speaker B: It feels really good. I like the softness on your feet, but I also like the fresh, fresh feeling. Like it's. It's interesting because when you stand on the grass, you feel like this cushiony effect, but it's also very connected base. Another thing too is breathing, because when we're out in nature, obviously we're taking, like, more deeper breaths, like really bringing in that oxygen, Being aware of, like, how it's coming in when you bring in, it's like you're bringing in the good things, the great things. And then when you're breathing out, you're just letting go. Whatever knows longer serving you.
[00:10:29] Speaker A: And if you're too heady, you know, sometimes it's hard to remember the specific techniques, but one of the easiest ones, and it's for anxiety as well as for grounding, is to when you breathe in and then you breathe out, you always breathe out for a longer period of time than you breathe in. That is science. You can look it up. That will relax you.
[00:10:49] Speaker B: So you can do a countdown, too. So, like, for example, like, breathe in into three and breathe out into five.
Like, that's a good way to just get you in the right way of breathing.
[00:11:01] Speaker A: And then. Oh, and then speaking of breathing, another technique that I actually had Ameril try before we started the broadcast here is something I've mentioned in other podcasts, but I love it for getting grounded and centered. And that's to put one hand over your third eye on your forehead and another on your solar plexus. Then just breathe quietly, even breaths. And I don't know why this magic works. I found this on a website. I wish I'd written down why it works, but it does.
So I highly recommend, as far as you know, another breathing technique is while you're doing your breathing, try to put your hand, one hand on your third eye on your forehead and the other on your solar plexus.
[00:11:47] Speaker B: And where is your solar plexus located?
[00:11:50] Speaker A: A few inches above your navel.
[00:11:52] Speaker B: Yep. Just so that, like those of you that aren't familiar with the solar plex, you know where to put your hands at.
I love bodies of water, specifically oceans.
So when I'm out in nature, if I see an ocean, we know that the Northwest doesn't have the greatest oceans and that the water is cold and usually it's like freezing. But I like to just at least take my shoes off, put my feet into the water. The one thing about especially, oceans are such great places to just, like, let go of excess energy. So it's just, you feel very like ground in any body of water, river, lakes.
And that's the beauty of, like, when I've been traveling and stuff. That seems to be a lot of body of waters that I run into. And every single body of water that I run into, I must get in. Not necessarily like full body in, but sometimes I like, I'm just touching it, sometimes I'm just putting my feet in it.
But I always want to be near it, I guess is what I'm saying.
[00:13:03] Speaker A: It helps with the magnetism in your body. To be with my friend. Other people call as well living water.
So the shower can help, you know, but definitely a body of water where the water's always moving, like, yeah, that's the best. Yeah, that is the best. And then another thing that we kind of forgot when, you know, we're talking about paying attention to the body would be just to do a body scan. And people may not recognize what that is, but because basically, you just kind of feel what your body's feeling like, you take a second and you go, maybe start at the top of your head and just imagine what your energy feels like as you go down the sides of your body, you know, past your ears and your neck and your shoulders, and just kind of notice where there's tension, where. Where it feels like it's moving. Energy's moving smoothly. Do you feel nervous? Do you feel confused? What is it? How am I feeling right now? And then once you have that awareness of your body, then you can start doing these techniques.
So a body scan is a really good way to do it, because also, as you're thinking about it, you're actually smoothing out the energy around your aura.
[00:14:16] Speaker B: I like to close my eyes, too, when I do body scans. That way I can really focus on just feeling like what I do is, like, you can even do a body scan of, like, just imagining, like, a white light coming down and then just feeling like the peaceful white light just working its way down. And wherever it kind of stops or it's not coming down as easy, it's because you have stagnant energy that you want to clear out.
[00:14:38] Speaker A: Yeah. And if it's easier for you to visualize, you can visualize you're in a waterfall. Yeah. And just let that energy just kind of clear and shift.
[00:14:46] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:14:48] Speaker A: Yeah. That leads to some other techniques that require visualization. Now, your imagination. You guys have heard me use this before. Your eye Magi is the Pearl of Magus, which is magician and nation is one of your best tools. And that's why they kind of tell you not to use it at a young age, Right. Oh, it's just your imagination, honey. Right?
There's no just when it comes to imagination. Imagination is one of the best energy tools you've got.
So one of the most common ones is one of the ones you like. This. This is the one you're going to hear almost all the time when they talk about a grounding technique. And that would be the roots.
[00:15:32] Speaker B: Roots dropping. Dropping your roots. Grounding by dropping your roots. So it's imagining that you're Like a tree. And then you're going to be dropping your roots all the way down to the center of the Earth. Then once you're. What I do is once I imagine myself dropping the center of the Earth, and to be more visual, what I do is I usually imagine, like, as I'm dropping my roots, they're a certain color, because when you, like, for example, like, if you do like platinum color, then you can really get into the visualization. So what I do is I say I now drop my roots from my feet, from my ankles, from all my energy points, from my back, from my hands, because it feels really relaxing. And any excess energy that I want to release, so I focus on those platinum roots working their way down. I get to the center of the Earth, and then on the center of the Earth, I kind of stay there for a little bit, just thinking, our planet, Mother Gaia. Like, thank you for a beautiful planet. I love you. I love all the resources you provide for me. And I love that anything that I could ever want, it's already here, and I just have to align to it. So when you take that little bit of time is that you're really grounding in. You're really showing gratitude. So it's really just relaxing you, and you're establishing that connection with our planet, Mother Gaia. And so for that, I find that it grounds me the best.
[00:17:14] Speaker A: Well, that said, we talked earlier about there might be some techniques that you like personally and some techniques that you don't particularly like. And I have never, ever, ever liked the roots.
I have never. It doesn't relax me. It tenses me up, actually. I don't like the idea of boring my energy into Mother Earth. It feels aggressive to me.
So that's just me. A lot of people use that roots technique, and they do it beautifully, and it's very harmonizing for you. I have never found it relaxing.
[00:17:51] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:17:52] Speaker A: It feels like I'm violating Mother Nature.
[00:17:54] Speaker B: That's so strange, because I always see myself as a tree myself. So all trees have roots, and that's how we are able to stand. That's how we connect with the Earth. So that's why, I guess it doesn't face me that way.
[00:18:06] Speaker A: You know, potato, potato.
[00:18:08] Speaker B: No, I'm not saying.
[00:18:09] Speaker A: Just weird.
I've been trying this for 20 years. It has never been my cup of tea.
[00:18:15] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:18:15] Speaker A: I mean, consistently, when people start a meditation, that's a technique they almost always use is the roots.
[00:18:21] Speaker B: That is true, actually.
[00:18:22] Speaker A: And I just don't like it.
So I want to give credit I went to East West Books in Seattle and saw a speaker, and I'm going to credit the guy. His name is Colby Wilkins. C O L B Y W I L K. And he taught a technique that I love.
So instead of sending your roots down into the earth, what he recommended, it's more of the feminine approach to grounding.
So you imagine you're a tulip bulb and you've just been planted in the ground, and you're fine because the neck part sticking out of the ground. Okay. So you're doing the as above, so below, so you're safe, you're inside the earth, but you aren't pushing your way through the earth. Like with the roots, the part that I don't like, you're just sitting there quietly, and now you're allowing Mother Nature to bring that healing to you.
So everyone's different. I would say the root system is more of a masculine approach to grounding. I like the feminine approach, and it works really well for me, that technique, like the tulip bulb, I love it. So then I did a little twist on that.
I like to imagine. Another technique that I've also recommended for people when I'm doing sessions with them to help them get grounded is to imagine you're just a. You just went on an expensive spa vacation to the mineral mud baths. Like, you know, those ones they have in Arkansas. People spend thousands of dollars to go to these mineral and. Sorry, these spas and sit in mud. Okay. So I always imagine. I said, I recommend, and you guys can try this right now. You know, it's just this. This is a privilege to do it. You've spent. You know, this is. This is the spa. This is the. This is the good stuff. So you put your feet in the mud, and then you slowly allow the mud to rise to your knees, then over your thighs and up your body slowly, until you feel like that mud has gone all the way to over your shoulders and at your neck. And. Same kind of idea. You let the minerals, the beautiful. The stuff, the healing parts of this mud come to you.
So both of those techniques I like a lot.
And then today I tried a technique because I was so out in the ethers, it's like, okay, what. What's one way I can imagine that I'm very grounded? I said, well, why don't you pretend you're an ostrich?
[00:20:57] Speaker B: That was the next one I had written down.
[00:21:00] Speaker A: Yeah, well, I'm the one who did it. Do you want to talk about it?
[00:21:02] Speaker B: I brought it out. Yep.
[00:21:03] Speaker A: Yeah. So I Never tried it before. But the reason the ostrich puts his or her head in the earth is because it's that heartbeat of Mother Nature is very calming to the ostrich. So I went, okay, let's just pretend I'm an ostrich and I'm hearing the heartbeat of Gaia. So that was another trick. And then I went, well, can I take this further? And I went, okay, what would be even more soothing as a human? And then I went from being an ostrich to being a child in the womb and listening to my mom's heartbeat. So you could listen to Gaia's heartbeat as an ostrich, or you could listen to a human heartbeat as a child in the womb. Very safe. And those were very good techniques to try out today, too.
And you kind of liked that idea, didn't you?
[00:21:49] Speaker B: I did.
[00:21:50] Speaker A: So those are the ways you can. Visualization. There's lots of ways you can visualize. Those are just a few examples. And no offense to the roots thing. It works for, I think, 90% of people. I'm just the anomaly.
[00:22:03] Speaker B: And then we also wrote about. Did you talk about the womb?
[00:22:06] Speaker A: Yeah, I started as an ostrich and then I went to. Okay, how could a human experience this and that? So I went to the womb. Yeah.
[00:22:14] Speaker B: So another thing we kind of like. Well, at least the way I wrote it down, we kind of skipped on was meditating.
[00:22:19] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:22:20] Speaker B: Because when you meditate, like, there's obviously different meditations, and there's also, like, if you go on YouTube for free, there's meditation, for example, for grounding. There's even frequency music. You can just close your eyes and just relax and really just ground with that frequency music. But with meditations, there's a lot of different little meditations to ground that are really helpful. So that's a tool that you can definitely. It's very convenient. It's really easy, and it's online.
For those of you. There's guided meditations even, too.
[00:22:56] Speaker A: Yeah. And that can really help in the moment. If you go to YouTube, you know, some just look for. Look, they have a timestamp. If you don't have a whole lot of time, some of those are only five minutes.
So, yeah, it's a great aid. I use guided meditations and I love frequency music.
So, yeah, you can use that in tandem with some of these other things we talked about, too.
[00:23:21] Speaker B: I also like to use a technique that, like, I use the saying as above, so below. So when I say as above, I imagine myself grounding into the Stars. And then so below. Then I imagine myself.
[00:23:38] Speaker A: I'm sorry, I. What I heard was grounding into the stars. How do you ground into a star?
[00:23:43] Speaker B: Well, well, no, like, just pulling up your energy, I guess, into.
[00:23:47] Speaker A: But that's what I meant. Yeah. Because I don't think you can ground into a star, technically.
[00:23:51] Speaker B: Well, you're connecting, I guess.
[00:23:52] Speaker A: There you go.
[00:23:53] Speaker B: That's what I'm saying. Connecting to.
[00:23:54] Speaker A: If I'm confused, someone in the audience is going to be confused too.
[00:23:57] Speaker B: Yeah. So I. I see. Because to me, like, grounding, literally, it's just a form of, like, connecting with energy. So I just see connection with. As above in the stars. And then we ground and into stone.
And after I focus on doing both, then I say to myself, I am the connection, because we are all that connected. We're connected to the stars as well as to the Earth, because we are living on the Earth.
[00:24:26] Speaker A: That's cool. So you're adding declaration to your visualization.
[00:24:30] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:24:30] Speaker A: That is powerful.
[00:24:31] Speaker B: Mm.
And which kind of gets me to the next one, which was gratitude towards Earth.
When we do affirmations of what we're grateful for that we have on Earth, it's also a way of just winding down and really grounding our energy by feeling grateful of what we already have or what the Earth is providing for us.
[00:24:56] Speaker A: I would start with being grateful about parts of your body.
You know, we take it for granted. So usually when. Even. Even if it's just the morning gratitude, I always try to pick at least one part of my body. And even things that we sometimes just forget about, like our fingernails.
[00:25:12] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:25:13] Speaker A: Isn't it great that I have fingernails? You know, isn't it great that my wrists move?
[00:25:22] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:25:23] Speaker A: So, yes. That would get you back in your body when you're feeling out in the ethers. Right. The whole idea is to get centered back into the body.
So I would recommend maybe think a couple parts of your body as well as nature, the things in nature. So would you be thinking in addition to your body, would you be thanking things like the birds and the sun and.
[00:25:49] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:25:49] Speaker A: Okay. What are some of the things that you would recommend for people?
[00:25:53] Speaker B: So I always say, like, for example, when I'm outside, I'm thankful for the grass. I'm thankful for the trees. I'm thankful for the birds. I'm thankful for the nice weather. I'm thankful for the sun, because a lot of times you can feel it. And I'm always like. I always focus on what's around me because sometimes there's, like, flowers that I'm thankful for. And I always think that they're beautiful.
And I love this. Somebody once posted on something that I posted online where it said that when flowers. Because usually flowers open up during the day and then at night, some of them close up. So it said that there's a Native American believe that when flowers are open, it's Mother Earth's ears hearing.
Hearing what we how? Like hearing us or like when we want to connect to Mother Nature to talk to the flowers, which I thought that was beautiful.
[00:26:53] Speaker A: Well, this is just tangential, but I also found out recently that there's a theory that when the birds chirp, it's to wake up the flowers.
[00:27:02] Speaker B: Oh.
[00:27:03] Speaker A: So I guess you could apply the birds chirping too, to that. That moment that you can have that connection.
[00:27:10] Speaker B: Yep. And then I also wrote down the technique that you, Lola, said that you had practiced before, which is the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
[00:27:18] Speaker A: Yes. So we were talking about, you know, visualizing the things you're. You're thankful for gets you back in the body because you're imagining it, right?
[00:27:26] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:27:26] Speaker A: Or you're looking at it physically.
So if we want to get our bodies centered, why not use the senses? Yeah. So this is a technique. Even if you went online and you plug in the web search for grounding techniques, this seems to show up a lot because we did a few web searches and went, oh. I have to admit, you guys, though, when you do the web search, it's not very spiritual. Even though I put in spiritual grounding techniques, it's pretty basic. The kind of things you would do for anxiety, for example.
[00:28:02] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:28:03] Speaker A: So it's really hard to get the, you know, this is welcome to Woowoo ville. So that's why we're telling you about some of the things you're not going to find online. But definitely you're going to see the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 online. Would you like to tell. Tell them what the 5,4,3,2,1 is?
[00:28:18] Speaker B: What's interesting is I'm rather new to the 5,4,3, 2,1, but how you wrote it, obviously it makes sense. So just like it says 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, so we're gonna do five things we see. So you're gonna look around and you're gonna see five things and just kind of call them out.
[00:28:38] Speaker A: Yeah. So may interject at this point, I didn't know about the 4, 3, 2, 1. I used to do the 5 all the time at work. When I got stressed out at work and, you know, I was in a cubicle A gray cubicle. So sometimes you'd have to stand up and look at. Well, what am I look. What am I looking at right now besides the gray cubicle wall? Because that's what you see all the. So even a pencil will break that. Bring you back into awareness. You know, the clock on the wall, my co worker over there, my lunch. Whatever it is, it gets you back in the body. So I'm just being honest. I think the five by itself is actually very effective. But then when I found out about the 4, 3, 2, 1. It's like, well, that will really do the tr.
[00:29:25] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:29:26] Speaker A: Yeah. So you could even practice right now, wherever you're at right now. Just. What. What are five things you're seeing? I'm seeing a drum. I am seeing lumber. I am seeing some crystals. And I am seeing a photo frame. And I'm seeing a couch. Okay. See, I'm back in the body just by saying that.
[00:29:44] Speaker B: Yep. And then it's four things you can touch.
[00:29:47] Speaker A: Four things you can touch. So you could do that at work too.
[00:29:50] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:29:51] Speaker A: Right. Because you can touch the table or the desk. Yes.
The pencil that's there. You know, you can touch the chair.
Right. You can touch anything that's. That, that's nearby. Even your. What about touch your forehead?
[00:30:08] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:30:09] Speaker A: You know, touch. Touch your shoulder. So that will definitely help you get centered and grounded. I.
I love the. The 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. I think this is just so practical. So what's number three?
[00:30:23] Speaker B: Number three is three things you hear.
[00:30:25] Speaker A: Yes. Now, I used to at work, they would teach every Friday, we would have mindfulness coaches. We would log online, and one of the things mindfulness coaches talk about is separating these things. Right. So being aware of what you're touching. You know, like a lot of times, for example, we're not even aware of our bottoms touching the chair, are we? Yeah, it is. You know, so you become aware of it. And I thought the one for hearing was so profound because there's so much sound around us that we're tuning out.
[00:31:02] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:31:02] Speaker A: And even soft noises.
So it is. I found that when I learned about mindfulness hearing, that that was one of the most, for lack of a better word, eye opening experiences I had. Because it's like, wow, when you really pay attention to what you're actually hearing, it's so much that you didn't even realize was there.
Like, right now there's a little bit of a hum on the computer. Right. And outside noises. I'm actually hearing some outside noises.
And, you know, if you're really still. You hear the heartbeat I used to love because I had a long commute on the bus. And this would really, you know, after a hard day's work, I would spend the bus ride practicing the mindfulness hearing.
So it's amazing what you hear on a bus ride. It's not just the people talking.
There's so much more going on.
[00:31:58] Speaker B: And then the two. Is smell. Two things we smell.
[00:32:03] Speaker A: Yeah. Now, that. That would be a little bit tougher because it's really obvious of one thing you smell. Right. Because it'd be whatever is close. Whatever's in the air. Right?
[00:32:13] Speaker B: True.
[00:32:13] Speaker A: And sometimes air just smells like air. Sometimes it smells like perfume. Sometimes, you know, smells like food.
Finding two things.
[00:32:22] Speaker B: I think it's also about using your imagination, too, on this one, because then your imagination, you can literally say, like, just think of something that. A smell that you remembered or that you. That it's around you, obviously. But you can add to it more, because I think that smells. Smells. Unless it's, like, really powerful, you'll be able to smell it. But otherwise, you kind of have to use your imagination a little bit.
[00:32:44] Speaker A: Yeah, but do you. Because we're talking about getting in the body. I mean, if you have long hair, you can pull your hair and smell your hair. You know, our hair has a smell. You know, you're a hairstylist, or you could maybe smell. Smell your clothes, whatever. Yeah, I know. It's.
[00:33:01] Speaker B: You know what's so funny about being a hairstylist is that every single styling product we use is, like, really smelly. Right. And for the last, this is kind of comical because I've been using this product for so long, and it's like a smoothing, like, oil base, but I only use a few drops. It's just to, like, it's. It prevents frizz and it gives shine.
And then just lately, I realized that it smells like food, like, literally. And it's not that I'm hungry. It literally just smells like. But it has that soft smell that no client can even smell it, but I can smell it. So now, because it's put in my head, I can't get it off. So every time I use it.
[00:33:40] Speaker A: Very sensitive.
[00:33:41] Speaker B: Yeah. So I'm like, whoa. Like, this really smells like some. Like, for example, you know, like, when you cook, all the smell goes into your hair and you can smell it. But a lot of clients cook something at home, usually, and they come to me, and then I'm like, oh, I can smell. All I can smell is food. And, like, a lot of the times I'll be like, you cook this. Right? And then they're like, how did you know? And I said, I can smell it on your hair.
[00:34:05] Speaker A: And then they become self conscious.
[00:34:06] Speaker B: Probably. But that's not what I'm trying to do. I'm just like, the smell does go to your hair.
[00:34:14] Speaker A: Then that's a good example for people with long hair.
[00:34:16] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:34:16] Speaker A: If they're looking for two things to smell.
[00:34:18] Speaker B: Exactly. And then our last one is taste.
[00:34:21] Speaker A: Yes. So if there's something you can enjoy snack wise, that would be great. Even the taste of water, you know, or most of us even at work, we've got some kind of beverage.
[00:34:33] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:34:33] Speaker A: Right.
[00:34:34] Speaker B: Yep. Or a snack or something.
[00:34:36] Speaker A: Yeah. But even the air, you can taste the air.
[00:34:38] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:34:39] Speaker A: So, so, so yes, five would be. Okay, let me run these through again because I think people should practice these. It's. Even if they're feeling grounded, it's a great way to keep your emotions in check too, in general. So five would be seeing five things I see right now, four things I can touch right now, three things to hear right now, two things to smell right now, and one to taste.
So that will help you ground. And all of the web searches brought that up. So it's obviously a tried and true technique.
[00:35:15] Speaker B: The other thing is, which I just did, is hydrating, like drinking water. If you're really dehydrated, you're not very grounded and so does just drinking water. And I think now most of us actually carry usually a water bottle with us, but if you get in the habit of it. So that way you always have a water bottle with you. Because if you're, if you're really dehydrated, you're very ungrounded too.
[00:35:45] Speaker A: And you might want to apply the mindfulness techniques to that too, where you would sip really slowly and feel the water in your mouth, you know, swish it around.
[00:35:56] Speaker B: Yeah. You might want to bless your water too. Like talk to it, think it, like love it. Like say I love you.
[00:36:03] Speaker A: It'd be good to say thank you for grounding.
[00:36:04] Speaker B: Yeah, thank you for grounding me. And then you set the intention. Because water holds memory, so.
[00:36:10] Speaker A: Yes, it does.
And then also on a related topic, you know, just that sensation of eating or drinking. So one of the easiest ways to ground is, is to honestly eat something.
And so our Reiki teacher Samantha always had chocolate around when we had Reiki circles because we would be shifting so much energy, we weren't grounded. So at the end of the circle, it was extra wonderful to have a bite of chocolate to just get you where you needed to be, you know, after all that energy work and pushing energy around and then receiving energy from people, too.
So highly recommended if you're really feeling like you're out in the ethers. Yes. Don't. Don't over. Indulge.
And she used to have dark chocolate for a reason.
[00:37:13] Speaker B: Dark chocolate, it's the best because it's the healthiest for you, but it's also the most grounding because dark chocolate has less sugar, too, than the other ones.
[00:37:22] Speaker A: Right, right.
[00:37:23] Speaker B: It's more of its pure form and.
[00:37:25] Speaker A: There'S some good chemicals in it as well. But, I mean, even if you're home and you're really feeling out in the clouds, you know, maybe a couple bites of bread, you know, something that feels like you've eaten.
[00:37:34] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:37:35] Speaker A: Something that feels like it's. It's bringing you back into the body because it's substantial. So, like, a couple bites of alfalfa sprouts might not do the trick, which.
[00:37:49] Speaker B: I think I don't know if we talked about. But food does ground you too. So, like, when we actually eat, like, a lot of the times we feel like, so, like, up and above, and then we eat and then we feel a lot better because it does help to ground.
Obviously, the choices of food, depending on what it is, and the healthier it is, the better for you and the more grounding it will be, as opposed to something that's just heavy and it's not really the greatest for you.
Another thing we had on the list is dancing.
[00:38:22] Speaker A: Yeah. And that's something that even on the general website sites, a lot of them recommended movement and dancing being part of it. So.
[00:38:31] Speaker B: And now one thing that it. I mean, it's been around for a long time, but because it got corrected the other day, which is really funny because now it's like, I'm so okay with my ego that I don't really, like, care if I get corrected, because I'm like, great. But I said, like, something that's coming on that's really popular now. It's intuitive movement, which is really funny because every culture has had intuitive movement.
[00:38:54] Speaker A: Ancient cultures.
[00:38:55] Speaker B: Yes. Ancient cultures has had it forever, but.
[00:38:57] Speaker A: And I'm from Seattle. I've seen the ecstatic dancers at, you know, parks. And that's.
[00:39:03] Speaker B: And that's what I meant, too. It was more like an actual, like, structure, like, intuitive movement, where it's like they're playing frequency music and people are getting up and they're just moving to the rhythm of the music. So that's more like intuitive shifting, like energy and stuff. You know, some people are really good with that. And I remember when I was younger, I love dancing, so I was probably doing that in a subconscious way.
[00:39:25] Speaker A: I think all kids do it, See them do it. They move around just the way they want to go.
[00:39:31] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:39:32] Speaker A: Mm. So, yeah. Yeah. Movement. Absolutely. Will get you right back into the body. Absolutely.
[00:39:37] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:39:38] Speaker A: So I'm not much of a dancer, but, you know, like, one of the things that was recommended was just like to move your arms and shake them and shake off that energy. I can shake stuff off, no problem. Yeah. So I. I would. I would say that's a good one. I'll probably exercise in general, too.
[00:39:55] Speaker B: Well, when I was younger, I was like a big time dancer. Of course, growing up and like, being gay in Capitol Hill and stuff. You have to go to the clubs and stuff. But that was, like, really interesting too. To me, that was an interesting part of my life because there was a lot going on. And a club.
Yeah, a lot more than it leads up to it.
[00:40:18] Speaker A: And a lot of it wasn't grounded.
[00:40:19] Speaker B: No. There was very ungrounded activity going on there too.
I love that we can laugh about it now because, I mean, even Lola herself, she's been to clubs because obviously she, like, grew up in Capitol Hill, so she been to the clubs and seen, like, the full extent of it. So there's nothing that I can tell her that would shock her. But it's just funny that, you know, we all grow. There's stages of our lives where, like, we enjoy. Like back in the day, I remember, like, going to concerts all the time, and now I'm like.
Like, I really have to prepare and set my mind into, like, to be.
[00:40:56] Speaker A: Around that many people. Difficult for me and for a lot of people, once you discover you're an empath. Yeah.
So related to dancing, which. And exercise. Exercise. We didn't write that down, but that goes hand in hand. Exercise is a great way to ground.
Oh, yeah. Gardening. Get out in the dirt.
Put your hands in the dirt. That's another way of exercising, but also touching nature.
But another one is hand movements, which are called mudras in Sanskrit. M U D R A.
And there are certain hand signals that affect parts of our body that help us to relax. But there are also some that help us specifically to ground.
So I would definitely recommend you guys try mudras out. They work. This is based on thousands and thousands and thousands of years of trying this stuff out.
And you can go online and punch in. I would Type in grounding Mudra and I'm sure you're going to find a diagram with how to do it. And it's so simple. Well, some of them are pretty once you get your fingers in the right position. Some are real simple, some are a little more intricate. But once you do, those things actually work.
So I would recommend if you, if you try it out, you like it, just print it up so you have it with you, you know, the information or put, make a screen and put, put it in your photos or something. Because I love, I do mudras naturally. It's something that developed when I started to speak and sing in light language. And I know I'm shifting energy in my body and energy around my body, they work. I would highly, highly, highly recommend trying any mudra, but in particular for our topic, grounding Mudras.
[00:42:52] Speaker B: Yep. And then the other thing that, what's really interesting because we like totally almost space it was resting.
[00:42:58] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:42:59] Speaker B: Like taking a nap.
[00:43:00] Speaker A: If you're out in the ethers, take a rest.
[00:43:03] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:43:05] Speaker A: It's so funny that we couldn't think of that at first.
[00:43:08] Speaker B: Yeah. Because resting is what people is like, are lacking on. Like literally, like people go, go, go, like energize their bunnies and they just like feel exhausted and they're still going. So sometimes taking that time to just get a, like just a rest, half hour, like timing yourself and you know, sometimes we have to get anything we start doing that's new, we have to develop a getting used to part. Because it doesn't just come in naturally. Like, there's a lot of people that are like, naps. What is that? Oh, I can't nap. And I'm like, sure you can. Even, even the fact of setting yourself like a time, putting in frequency music, closing your eyes, even if you don't doze off completely just by focusing in your breathing and listening to like resting or integration frequency music will do the trick. That's what people don't understand is like everything's based on intention. So if you literally close your eyes and set the intention.
I want to rest. And just make sure you set a timer in case you have to get going so you're not running behind. But it does work.
[00:44:21] Speaker A: And it's probably the last thing you think of though, when you're out in the clouds.
[00:44:24] Speaker B: That's true.
[00:44:25] Speaker A: But yeah. So try to remember rest and stillness.
Get that body regulated back in the body. And then another one that I remembered from. I used to be a counselor to help people quit smoking. And one of the things that is documented that a cat's purr will calm you down.
So why not if you have a cat pet the cat or the dog. Or the dog? Well, the dog, yes. But no purring. No purring with the dog. But the benefit of the cat or the dog or any pet you have that you can touch is that that's going to bring you back in the body right there.
[00:45:05] Speaker B: Yep. Because it makes you feel present. It makes you feel like you are sending love to it. It's sending love to you. And this is really interesting because even though, yes, the purring is like literally, like healing energy, like their form of sending energy to you, but a dog absorbs your negative energy too, just being around you. So it's like they're both using different tools, but yet they're like kind of working on the same thing as far as it comes to, like, the person they love and they want to, like, help them with getting the extra load off. Like, how many of you guys get home and get so. Like, are so stressed out and feel so tired and feel so just mentally gone, and then you sit down on your couch and then your dog comes over and then just wants to lean next to you and you start petting it and automatically, it's been scientifically proven, like, you just automatically relax, you feel better. What they don't tell you about, which is the woo woo part, is that the dogs are actually absorbing the energy, the excess energy, but also the cats come to you and then they start purring. And that purring is healing energy too. That's helping you to heal all that. And they know exactly what to do. So, yes.
[00:46:13] Speaker A: And I want to go back to dogs because I love dogs. I didn't want to besmirch dogs when I went through a breakup.
I was really sad one day and I just couldn't stand to be in the apartment anymore because apartment we used to share. So I went to the closest park. And in Seattle, sometimes a park is a bench, wastebasket and some grass. Okay. So I went to the closest one, which was basically a bench, wastebasket and some grass. And I sat there and I was really sad, but. And I was on the verge of crying, but not quite crying, but I was definitely blue. And there was only one other person at this very small park, and he was with his dog.
And I will never forget, the dog came up to me, looked at my face and set his. And set his chin against my leg and just looked at me and comforted me. So, yes, they're very attuned to People's emotions.
So I'm sure your dog, if you're not grounded, the dog probably knows and would love to have the opportunity to be near you to help you too. Yeah. And yes, there are some animals that maybe are less attuned to that, but still holding them would bring you exactly back in the body. Even your pet snake. Right.
[00:47:39] Speaker B: Each animal has a heart, and so their heart space expands as you set the intention of carrying your start already grounding. And their heart space kind of just does that naturally for us. Whatever animal it might be, it will help us ground.
[00:47:57] Speaker A: And speaking of heartbeat, one thing we almost forgot that is so important in both of our lives, especially since right behind us there's a big medicine drum, is drumming when you feel like you're not grounded. I've done that so many times. Why we almost forgot to mention that because that you're matching the heartbeat as well, too. That gets you in the body. Your. Your hands are. But it's really, I think the. The matching the heartbeat that really helps when you're out in the ethers to get you grounded.
[00:48:29] Speaker B: Well, and also it can help on so many things because I think that a drum is really about setting intention and playing it, and it can be used for so many things. But yeah, grounding is so amazing. Especially, like, you can be super stressed out and you start grounding. And my favorite thing to do is putting my drum next to my heart space and then just hitting it and it just relaxes you so fast because it's like right on your heart space. So you feel that vibration and it really calms you down right away.
[00:48:59] Speaker A: Yeah. And if you don't have a drum, a rattle would work, you know, just that. Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. Of the rattle. But, you know, I was thinking while you were talking too, even if, you know, not everybody has a drum, but any musical instrument would get you back in the body, you know, go tickle the ivories, you know, or pick up your clarinet.
Yeah.
[00:49:23] Speaker B: So any instrument, as well as you listening to an instrument playing is improving that, like classical music can definitely calm you down. Ground you just put you in this daze. Especially when you're really stressed out. You close your eyes, you listen to some classical music will just bring you back because it grounds you. Another thing we forgot to mention is tapping the eft.
[00:49:47] Speaker A: Tapping emotional freedom. Tapping.
[00:49:50] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:49:50] Speaker A: You can find that online, too.
Some people in the audience will know exactly what we're talking about. Other people won't have a clue.
[00:49:58] Speaker B: But if you don't have a clue, like, really look it up, because it does release some.
[00:50:03] Speaker A: You tap certain meridians on your face while you're saying declarations and I am statements.
[00:50:11] Speaker B: I like to use them on, like, pretty much like your chakra points. So, like, you think your root chakra is where you stand and stuff. So I am standing on firm ground. I am safe. I am looked after.
Then you go to your sacral, which is your feeling. I feel great. I feel loved.
Then you move to your solar plex and you can say, I am strong. I stand on my power. Your heart. I am loved. I give love to others. Your throat. I speak my truth. I speak great things to others. I speak great things about myself. Your third eye is.
I see clarity.
I see what aligns with me. And your crown is I have connection with the Divine. The Divine connects with me. I am part of the Divine.
So just things. Affirmations and tapping on those areas as you're working through really calms you down, really puts you in a present state. And there is more that you can do and those you can look up online of certain, like, pressure points, especially around your face, there's some that can really help you with calming.
[00:51:32] Speaker A: Yeah. There's a lot of people who post videos of them talking you through it and giving you the affirmations to say at the same time. So I'm sure there are some about grounding. There has to be. But even if. Even if it was about something else, you know, you're still touching your face and your body. That's going to get you more centered too.
[00:51:52] Speaker B: And another thing that we almost, like, spaced off, which is really conf. Really funny because there's. They're everywhere is crystals.
[00:52:00] Speaker A: Well, in the wonderful world of Woo Woo, they're everywhere.
[00:52:03] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:52:03] Speaker A: Everyone who's in Woo into Woo Woo has at least a few favorite crystals, probably.
[00:52:08] Speaker B: And literally we're here, like, recording at Lola's house, and there's nothing but crystals all around us and skulls. So it's interesting. So the rule of thumb, it's not real. Thumb is generalized. Generally speaking, the darker crystals will help you to ground.
[00:52:24] Speaker A: Yeah. So usually the black ones.
[00:52:25] Speaker B: Yeah. In the clear quartz, they're known as intention crystals. So that clear quartz, whatever. Intention, like if you want to set the intention to ground, you can certainly use them for that. And it's as simple as holding your crystal like I like to hold into my receiving hand because. Which will be my left hand. Your left side of your body, it's connected to your divine. Feminine, your right side is connected to divine masculine. So when you want to receive things, you hold with your left. When you want to move forward, take action and something, you hold it with your right.
And then I asked the crystal to help me with grounding. And they do help you energetically. It's like you can really feel it if you relax, focus on the breathing, set the intention to help you calm, to help you ground. And same as the clear quartz. You can also, like just set the intention. I would like some help with.
I find it that nowadays, even though I mean, which we are in the right podcast, obviously this is a woo woo thing, but you're making sure that your crystals that you have open up to help you by asking them to help you and they function a lot better and they really are there for you. If you take the time to be like, can you help me with this? Like, kind of really set the intention and you will really feel the.
The reaction of it, just the energetic reaction of it, and it'll connect better with you too.
[00:53:59] Speaker A: And I just looked up real quickly, you know, online you can do a search for grounding crystals.
One of the sites I'm pulling up, Obsidian, is coming up as number one. That's a black crystal. Smoky quartz. That's pretty, but it's not quite black.
A brownish, but it's a clear, ish, brownish black agate. Oh, and our friend Shungite, you can get shunguide@st mysticalwares.com and Red Jasper. I didn't okay that because it's the root chakra.
[00:54:37] Speaker B: They're saying should be some tourmaline somewhere.
[00:54:40] Speaker A: Yeah, tourmaline is here. And hematite, which is my favorite hematite, almost feels like metal. And I love how heavy it feels in my hand. I do find it very comforting. So, yes, I think you get the idea. Most of them are the black or the dark grays or the smoky quartz. Yeah. So I think we've gone through most of the list, but there is one that we tried out before the podcast because I read about it on one of the sites. A way to get grounded is if you're in a situation where you can do this is to get a hug.
So Amaral and I tested it out. We did a big friend hug before we started, and we both felt back in our bodies. But I think that would only work with someone you know and trust.
[00:55:28] Speaker B: Yeah, because you don't want, like, if.
[00:55:30] Speaker A: You really don't like your roommate, you.
[00:55:31] Speaker B: Know, or a random stranger.
[00:55:35] Speaker A: Well, yeah, that would. But. But even someone you know, if it's like, oh, yeah, my roommate. Yeah, I don't.
You know, you might want. Not want to hug that person, but if it. And. And you need to hug for more than a few seconds.
[00:55:49] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:55:49] Speaker A: I think it's 26 seconds.
[00:55:51] Speaker B: I think so too.
[00:55:52] Speaker A: 26 seconds for a very. A hard exchange to happen when you're hugging. So that's what I would recommend is to try to find a good quality friend.
Hopefully that's your spouse or a good friend in general.
[00:56:09] Speaker B: It doesn't have to be your spouse.
[00:56:10] Speaker A: Well, I'm just saying, you know, you.
[00:56:12] Speaker B: Can also hug your pet.
[00:56:12] Speaker A: That's why I said good quality friend.
[00:56:14] Speaker B: Yeah. You can also hug your pet too.
[00:56:16] Speaker A: It works. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely.
[00:56:18] Speaker B: Dogs love to be hugged. I find it that cats is like more moody. Like, you can hug them, but they have to let you hug them. And some cats are really loving. I love my cat because I can hug her at any point and she'll allow me to. But when she's done, she's like, starts pushing me, like, okay, let me go now.
Do you hug me as much?
[00:56:40] Speaker A: No, she doesn't put up with that.
She's not a hugger. She loves being pet, but she's not. She doesn't like. She's like having my arms around her.
[00:56:48] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:56:49] Speaker A: So. Oh. Another thing is you can give yourself a hug.
[00:56:52] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:56:52] Speaker A: Yes. And that works too. It actually does. It helps to calm you down and get you back in the body.
So we talked about a lot of ideas for grounding here. Oh, my gosh. It took the whole episode.
[00:57:05] Speaker B: Yep. And the other thing too, the breathing, you can do anywhere. So you can also do inside your home. Just think of like slowly breathing, counting to three seconds and then letting it out by counting to five seconds.
[00:57:21] Speaker A: Yes. So pick and choose. Try them out. We're giving you a wide variety of things to try. I think I've tried most of these and I'm going to keep them in my repertoire.
Some days, depending what's going on, how far out you go into the clouds, like I did this morning, you might need to try a few several techniques, not just one and then another one. I think that's been really good. Is just to talk this out. Yeah, that's really helpful. I'm feeling a lot more grounded now.
[00:57:51] Speaker B: Yeah, I find it like, well, and then there's like some things that are really interesting. So for example, it sounds funny, but screaming really gets your excess energy out too. So try that when you feel angry.
[00:58:08] Speaker A: In a safe place.
[00:58:09] Speaker B: Please. Or over.
[00:58:11] Speaker A: Hello, works great.
All right, well, we'll be back with more tips on how to travel the road of Woo Wooville.
[00:58:20] Speaker B: Thank you for joining us. Please share.
[00:58:22] Speaker A: Yes. Tell people about the podcast, please, especially people who are new to the spiritual journey. And we'll talk to you next week. Next week. Bye.
