Earthing for Mental Health

Anyone who struggles with mental health issues like anxiety, stress, or depression 
knows how difficult it is to manage. Your triggers and ways of dealing with the side 
effects might be different from other people, so it is a matter of figuring out what works 
for you. However, one method that works great for many people is grounding yourself 
through earthing. Here is more information about using this method.

The Basic Concept of Earthing
Let’s start with exactly how earthing works and what you should do. Earthing is the 
concept of putting your bare feet on the ground – the earth – to help ground you. There 
are many benefits to earthing, including helping to reduce anxiety and stress, relieve 
ailments like chronic pain and inflammation in the body, and even provide energy from 
the earth itself. 

Earthing requires always using your bare feet on earth, whether it is dirt, grass, sand, or 
even water like in the ocean. The concept comes from the fact that you get free 
electrons when you touch the earth with your bare feet, which can help to damage free 
radicals in your body. You are getting healing energy directly from the earth’s surface, 
which is why it is important to touch actual earth like dirt or real grass, nothing man-
made like gravel.

How it Works for Grounding Yourself
One of the main reasons people do earthing is to help ground themselves. This is really 
useful if you suffer from anxiety or depression. Sometimes, to get out of an anxiety or 
panic attack, you need to ground yourself to know where you are and get out of those 
panic thoughts. Touching bare feet to ground will help you to be more mindful of your 
surroundings, while you get all that beautiful natural energy to help your mind and body 
relax even further.

Tips for Getting Started
If you want to try earthing and grounding for mental health, all you need to do is get 
outside. Take your shoes off and find some earth to stand on. Aim for at least 20-30 
minutes of being on the earth with bare feet to get the full effects. Doing this on a 
regular basis, at least once a day, will do wonders for you. This might be something you 
do each morning while you stand outside in your backyard, or when you take your kids 
to the park and kick off your shoes. It is also a great reason to go to the beach more 
often and stand in the sand or the ocean.
