Why You Should Go Barefoot

Do you want to?

•  Lower inflammation

•  Improve sleep

•  Reduce pain

•  Improve blood pressure

•  Reduce anxiety

•  Alleviate fatigue

•  Improve mood

•  Reduce oxidative stress* 

There is one really simple, easy and free method to achieve the above mentioned health benefits. The method is known as Earthing or Grounding. 

It has been proven across numerous scientific studies that going barefoot on the earth has numerous health benefits. The Earth has a natural negative electric charge. On the other hand, free radicals produced in normal biochemistry and our overly electronic environment produce positive ions. (Although it may sound like a paradox, negative ions are actually good for you and positive ions are not.) Earthing facilitates a significant transfer of negative electrons into the body and neutralise these free radicals and positive ions. This transfer resulting in rapid, sometimes instant, physiological changes. 

Western medicine is slowly incorporating this knowledge into practice. For example, you often now see footballers post-match swimming at the beach to reduce delayed onset muscle soreness.

In our current lifestyles, we are disconnected from the Earth - we wear shoes with synthetic soles and live and work elevated from the ground.  

You can very simply ground yourself by walking barefoot on the grass, swimming in a large open body of water, or standing on the beach. There also many products on the market that you can purchase for your household/ workplace, such as earthing mats or air ionisers.

What if you just remembered you haven’t grounded today and it’s dark and cold and wet outside? Something you can do from the comfort of your lounge chair is holding an acupressure point to help ground yourself. This point is called Kidney 1 and is on the sole of your foot (see image below). This point is also known as “Bubbling Spring”. 

Holding your Kidney 1 points, on both feet, imagine standing on and being connected with the Earth. The Earth being a source of great energy. Imagine now, the spot you are standing on is a spring of water. With water bubbling up from the earth, bubbling onto the soles of your feet. The water brings forth purity and vitality. The water is full of gem mineral qualities and negative ions. You can draw up this vitality and life giving energy, up through the soles of your feet, up through your legs and into your whole body. Your body becomes refreshed, rejuvenated and replenished. You are grounded and balanced.

In a kinesiology session, I often use this point, to assist your body in grounding. Kinesiology provides a number of other methods to assist you in grounding, as well as many other methods to help your body heal itself. 

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(*Oxidative stress can cause damage to many of your tissues, which can lead to a number of diseases over time.)

The information on this page is explanatory in nature and is provided as general information only. It should not be relied upon as medical, or other professional advice of any kind. Always seek the advice of your doctor or qualified health care provider with any question you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment before undertaking a new health care regimen.