Grounding is the action that brings you back to yourself. You become ungrounded when you have detached your awareness from your body and the physical world because of overwhelming emotional pain. Recognize that when you lose touch with yourself you inevitably lose yourself, becoming untethered from living wholeheartedly and partaking fully from the delights of life. It helps you to reconcile yourself to the truth of who you truly are coupled with the inner knowing that You. Are. Enough. 

 It is by grounding yourself that you put paid to self-doubt, that reignites your confidence in yourself to rise to the occasion, to be courageous and to have faith in your ability to traverse life’s vagaries; shaken but never defeated. Grounding allows you to tap into the reserves of your Eveready battery to keep on going, to arise from the ashes of setbacks, disappointments and grief that inevitably accompanies our life journey. It helps you move from pain to peace aided by your unwavering faith, trust and hope in yourself and life. 

Cultivate the habit of grounding yourself whenever you feel yourself unravelling verging on the edge of becoming unhinged. This will stop you from floating aimlessly in Lalaland. Grounding yourself will help you see the reality of a situation. 

Fear is an illusion and a distraction tool that fills you with unnecessary anxiety and a sense of futility as you float aimlessly along or manically engage in meaningless busyness. Grounding yourself enables you to focus and take deliberate action to become emotionally balanced which aids you into bringing your best life to fruition.  

It is also by grounding yourself that you prevent your emotions to rule your actions. It gives you the necessary space to explore the genesis of the emotion to gain the necessary clarity before taking action. This gives you the necessary respite to collect yourself before dealing with whatever triggered your undoing. 

Take a breather and truly explore and assess what it is that you want to be written in this chapter of your life. Self-awareness is key to getting acquainted with your true self. Know that self-knowledge is a lifelong quest as you continuously evolve by dint of your myriad experiences. Understand that though you are molded by the sum of your experiences you should never allow it to diminish your true core essence.   

Inner peace, resilience, patience, clarity is some of the benefits of grounding yourself when the need arises. There is a myriad of grounding techniques available to help you become grounded when you feel yourself becoming untethered when the vagaries of life assail you.  

When distressing memories, flashbacks, nightmares, thoughts or emotions threaten to overwhelm you, know that you can catch yourself before you fall by executing a grounding technique that will give you immediate relief by returning you back to yourself and anchoring yourself in the here and now which will stop you from spiraling out of control. 

Grounding yourself can be done anywhere anytime you feel out of control. You can focus your mind, engage your senses or use soothing self-talk to Consciously calm yourself. A form of mental grounding can be reciting the alphabet or a favorite poem slowly. A physical grounding experience can be as simple as standing barefoot on the earth, running water over your hands, or deliberately connecting with nature. Using soothing self-talk as a means to regain control by means of kind statements such as “I am in my safe space. I got this. I can do this.” 

Choose a grounding technique that works for you and practice it regularly so that when the need arises you can calm yourself without losing yourself or becoming unhinged. 

Allow the following quotes to guide you into what serves your highest good and that highlight the people and situations that is triggering irrational behavior that is tripping you up and that you need to release.  

It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the ‘I Am,’ our real presence, can awaken - G.I. Gurdjieff 

Total awareness is what allows you to sync with yourself and your surrounds as it awakens you to the delight your senses infuse you with and fills you with wonderment and appreciation at the gift of being alive. This grounding severs you from the past and the future allowing you to be fully present and centered in the here and now, which is the only timespace in which wholehearted living can take place.  

In a tense or nervous situation, take a moment to center and ground yourself and make a thoughtful decision. Remember nothing is as important as it first seems - Robert Cheeke  

Grounding yourself is what allows you to respond with discernment and not react mindlessly. It allows you to stand in your truth as your self-awareness shields you from BS whilst focusing on what really matters. Grounding helps you to connect with your core essence which emboldens you enough to engage in the experience of life wholeheartedly. 

 Empty yourself and let the universe fill you - Yogi Tea 

Learn how to liberate yourself from the onslaught of emotional deluges that tend to overwhelm your senses and trap you in the whirlpool of swirling emotions that prevents you from tapping into the universal abundance that surrounds you. When you are plugged into it, it gives you the necessary support to engage and feast on the delights that life holds.  

Be like a tree. Stay grounded. Connect with your roots. Turn over a new leaf. Bend before you break. Enjoy your unique natural beauty. Keep growing - Joanne Raptis 

Cultivate and nurture the habits that allow you to remain rooted in yourself, steadfast and true. Learn that the happenings in your life is not there to break you but to act like fertilizer, nourishing your roots of self so that you can bear the fruit of grounding that is love, happiness, kindness, resilience, courage, inner peace and faith.  

Get yourself grounded and you can navigate even the stormiest roads in peace - Steve Goodier 

Grounding yourself helps you to gain control over your feelings and become mindful of yourself and your surrounds. It is by making a deliberate conscious effort to retract from distractions and connect with your inner self, your soul, that grounds you. This allows you to deal with the agonies and ecstasies of life whilst remaining steadfast, feeling safe and secure within yourself. 

Ground yourself, strip yourself down, To blind loving Silence - Rumi  

Grounding yourself is switching your awareness to the here and now, surrendering to ‘what is’ with no judgement but just allowing the fulness of the moment to awash your senses. You release expectations and embrace ‘what is’, with love and acceptance whilst staying connected to your inner truth in silence, totally content with who you are. So be still and go within, that is where all the magic happens.