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Coming Home to Your Center: The Life-Changing Practice of Grounding · The Spiritual Shitshow Podcast

• 0:06
  Speaker 1: Hello and welcome back to the Spiritual Shit Show.
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: My name is Julie Nguyen and thank you for being here.
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: My goal in life one of them is to normalize the woo and to know that this woo, woo stuff doesn't have to be so weird that we can actually just implement these things because it's normal and it works.
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: Today, we're going to be so weird that we can actually just implement these things because it's normal and it works.
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: Today, we're going to be talking about the power of grounding and I don't know about you, especially now, it feels like we are constantly on this ever-changing energetic, emotional, what the heck is happening?
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: Type of roller coaster on the planet.
• 0:43
  Speaker 1: And this is why this podcast is so important, because we're going to talk about why it's so important to ground, ground, ground, ground every single day.
• 0:54
  Speaker 1: To ground is to reconnect, to return to the root of who you are, to feel your center line of strength, truth, clarity.
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  Speaker 1: When we are ungrounded, we tend to feel your center line of strength, truth, clarity.
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  Speaker 1: When we are ungrounded, we tend to feel scattered or anxious, overwhelmed by other people's energy, disconnected from our body or intuition, unfocused, irritable or stuck in our head.
• 1:19
  Speaker 1: But when we are grounded, something powerful happens, and I love teaching how to ground because I've been able to experience such powerful shifts in my own life by doing this.
• 1:30
  Speaker 1: I also teach it in workshops where you can somatically feel the difference in your body when we put on a grounding cord and when we are intentionally grounding, we feel clearer, we breathe deeper and we remember our center and strength.
• 1:48
  Speaker 1: A little backstory I first learned about energetic grounding when I was in psychic school about 15 years ago, and the entire course was focused on energy protection and clearing, and that's when it really clicked for me.
• 2:00
  Speaker 1: As I deepened into my spiritual and energetic practices, I started noticing these really incredible, powerful shifts that happened in my life.
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  Speaker 1: When I grounded myself daily, I also would ground my business.
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  Speaker 1: I grounded my home, I grounded my car.
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  Speaker 1: I was also more intuitive, I was more stable and I really felt more like myself.
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  Speaker 1: I was more me and I think that's why I have to share it.
• 2:26
  Speaker 1: I have to share it because it's life changing and the woo works.
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  Speaker 1: Give it a try.
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  Speaker 1: We are energetic bodies constantly reacting to the external world.
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  Speaker 1: We're running energy throughout our systems all day long and when we feel anxious, where does the energy go?
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  Speaker 1: We can usually feel it in our chest, throat, head, we have swirling thoughts, tightness and a spiraling emotion.
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  Speaker 1: This is energy.
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  Speaker 1: But when we begin a practice of noticing our energy, we reclaim choice.
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  Speaker 1: We gain the power back to anchor it, to alchemize it, to build our resilience, strength and ability to manifest.
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  Speaker 1: So why is grounding energetically important?
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  Speaker 1: Energetically, grounding is what keeps us safe, sovereign and present in our own energetic field.
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  Speaker 1: It stabilizes and strengthens your aura, strengthens your boundaries and prevents you from soaking up energy that isn't yours.
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  Speaker 1: Physically, grounding is a non-negotiable.
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  Speaker 1: It keeps your intuitive channel clean and your nervous system regulated, so you're not just wide open, absorbing everything.
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  Speaker 1: Grounding creates a container for your spiritual gifts.
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  Speaker 1: It protects you from energetic overload.
• 3:43
  Speaker 1: Spiritual gifts it protects you from energetic overload.
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  Speaker 1: It increases clarity, confidence, strength and it anchors your ability to manifest what it is that you authentically want into the physical realm.
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  Speaker 1: I love being able to say the deeper you root down, the higher you fly.
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  Speaker 1: As above, so below.
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  Speaker 1: Here are some easy ways to ground yourself.
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  Speaker 1: It could be as simple as walking barefoot on the earth or intentionally breathing deep into your belly.
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  Speaker 1: You can also sit under a tree and feel supported by its roots.
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  Speaker 1: Some people like to use grounding crystals like obsidian or smoky quartz.
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  Speaker 1: I love to move my body with intention.
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  Speaker 1: I dance, I stretch, I shake, I do improv on the floor, hip hop and house anything that is getting my energy down into my feet.
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  Speaker 1: Eating grounding foods is also really important, like veggies, warm stews, healthy fats.
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  Speaker 1: Grounding really is about being able to claim your energetic space in the here and now.
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  Speaker 1: So let me ask you this do you believe that we are energetic beings?
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  Speaker 1: Because if we are, then grounding becomes one of the most important energetic practices we can ever learn.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so now we're going to shift into the guided grounding cord meditation.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, make sure that you are in a place where you're not going to be disturbed for the next 5-10 minutes and you're not driving a car or anything like that, and before we do any type of energy work, I always invite us to surround the space with a beautiful golden white light.
• 5:24
  Speaker 1: So we are intentionally creating a safe and sacred space for us to be in the center of and then find a comfortable seat, close your eyes, take a deep breath in and then just slowly exhale.
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  Speaker 1: Bring your awareness into your body, feel your sit bones rooted, feel the earth underneath you.
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  Speaker 1: Steady, steady, supportive, wise, and now from the belly.
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  Speaker 1: I want you to visualize a grounding cord that extends from the base of your spine, really is strong in the root chakra and then begins to make its way down to the earth.
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  Speaker 1: This energetic grounding cord can be a rope, a vine, a beam of golden light or tree roots whatever feels right.
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  Speaker 1: And then allow this grounding cord to travel through the soil, stone, crystal layers of the earth all the way to the molten magnetic heart of the earth and then anchor it there.
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  Speaker 1: Let it plug in like an energetic charger and now gently release anything that feels heavy, stuck, old or simply not yours.
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  Speaker 1: Just send it down the grounding cord like you're emptying out your energetic trash.
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  Speaker 1: Let it go and remember that the earth knows exactly what to do.
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  Speaker 1: Your grounding cord is your composting system.
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  Speaker 1: It transmutes the old stuff and sends back the good.
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  Speaker 1: And so now feel the earth sending nourishing energy back up, like golden, warm vitality, traveling up your roots, filling your legs, your belly, your heart, your mind.
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  Speaker 1: Allow every cell of your body to be full of this incredible life force energy and, when you're ready, take one more deep, juicy breath.
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  Speaker 1: Feel your energy rooted, clean and clear.
• 8:14
  Speaker 1: Clean and clear.
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  Speaker 1: You are grounded, you are home, you are whole.
• 8:24
  Speaker 1: Thank you.