Earth Walking
This exercise expands your experience beyond the realm of personal energy and into the feelings of the Earth energy. Our ancestors slept on the Earth and exchanged energy with it every day. Most people barely touch the Earth now, with the ubiquity of shoes and floors. Earth walking, along with other exercises in this book, helps us come back into balance with the energy field of the Earth. Earth walking is a simple meditative walk outside. Start in some natural setting, on grass, in a field or park, on the beach, or in the woods, rather than on a concrete of asphalt surface. If you feel comfortable enough and it’s a safe area, do this barefoot, it is so much better, but with practice, you will feel this experience through your shoes.
Walk slowly and meditatively. Be aware of the Earth below your feet. Be aware of your personal energy, the auric field around you, touching the land, where your energy mingles. As you inhale, imagine that you re not only breathing in through your mouth, but breathing in through your fee. Imagine drawing in life force, Earth energy, through your feet as you walk. This energy grounds and centers you. It bolsters your metabolism and energy level, creating health and joy in the moment. For now, don’t worry about doing anything special while exhaling. Breathe normally. The excess energy will be released naturally through your daily activity. We release energy all the time. Focus on the connection you make to the Earth.
When on these walks, look for a quiet place that could serve as a meditation spot for later exercises.
When you feel you are done with this experience, walk and breathe normally and resume your day-to-day activities. If you feel too energized, too charged, get on your hands and knees, placing your palms on the ground. Imagine the excess energy flowing out of your palms and even pouring out of your head. You release only the excess energy to the Earth, grounding yourself. As you release this energy, you can place the intent that such energy be used for healing the planet. This is a basic method of grounding yourself if you are not releasing excess energy. There are other ways to ground your self. If you can’t reach down, you can imagine the energy flowing out of your hands and feet into the ground. You can hug a tree. Imagine the tree taking the excess energy for its own healing, and grounding it through the roots. You can even imagine yourself as a tree, and let the energy drain through you own “roots�?
When you feel comfortable with the Earth energy, you can include breathing through the crown of your head, to connect with the sky energy. Try the sky energy alone to get a feel for that particular vibration. Then try both Earth and Sky energies together. Ground yourself as I just described if you need to bring yourself back to normal perception. Sky energy can make you more lightheaded, open, and aware than Earth energy, so be sure to take care. Simple walking meditation can be as powerful and enlightening as any other exercise. Do not underestimate them.
Questions to follow exercise:
1. Could you feel the Earth’s Energy? How did it feel to you?
2. Where you able to find a good meditation location while you were on your walk?
3. How did you expel the excess energy after?
4. Did you try different methods to give the excess energy back to the earth?
5. How did you feel when you opened up your crown for the Sky energy?
6. Did you in fact become lightheaded?
7. Did you “see�?anything?
8. How often were you able to get out on your Earth walk?
9. Would you like an extra week to practice this exercise?
10. Any other comments?
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