An easy way to reset and rebalance is to get outdoors as often as possible. In fact, for those who are Sensitive, spending time outdoors is near essential.
A stroll through a beautiful woodland, over a grassy meadow or near a natural-flowing stream is not only uplifting but also grounding. It’s not by chance Empaths love being outdoors. Their inner-Knowing guides them towards the Earth’s natural healing power, to harness its energy.
Spending time in Nature is uplifting for all humans, but to the Sensitive it activates a special kind of magic. It removes impurities from the energy field and quietens a busy, stressed mind. Even sitting in your garden listening to the birds sing, whilst eyeing over the vegetation, has a clearing and calming influence. Whatever the season, it serves the Empath to get outdoors, especially in denser wooded areas.
Woods and forests are as close to healing energy temples as you can get. Trees are powerful and majestic, but few pay little notice to them or their magnificence. Just
gazing upon the greenery of a tree has an instant soothing effect, allowing you to experience a release of pent-up emotions you may not realize you had.
The Japanese believe so much in the power of Nature’s healing that they developed a health program called Shinrin-Yoku.
Shinrin-Yoku basically means spending more time around trees. It is also known as forest bathing. The idea is to spend a time of quiet contemplation in densely wooded areas. Not jogging, hiking or expending energy, but just drinking in the natural vibrations of Nature. The Japanese found, through scientific studies, that forest bathing has numerous benefits on the physical and psychological. And they discovered it was not just down to the fresh air.
Trees emit oils called phytoncides, which act as protection from germs and insects. These oils also help build a strong immune system. It was also noted that by being in forests, heart rate and blood pressure lowered and stress hormones were significantly reduced. Forest bathing is also known to reduce depression whilst increasing energy.
Green is the color of the heart chakra, and by connecting to Nature you activate the power of your heart, which helps heal and clear your energy field.
As already discussed, the aura is constantly under stress. A poor diet, worry, alcohol, stimulants, medications and other people’s energy, weaken the aura, making it permeable. This is bad news. A leaky energy field not only lets energy out but also allows too much external energy in: in the way of other people’s negative energy, thought forms and emotions
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Being in Nature helps build a more resilient energy field. This goes a long way to keeping the Empath healthy, grounded and protected.
Here are some more benefits of spending time in Nature:
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Better Sleep
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Reduction of inflammation
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Energy increasing
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Normalizes circadian rhythms
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Relieves muscle tension and headache
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Improves hormone related symptoms
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Speeds healing
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Protects the body from electro-magnetic frequencies (EMF)
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Reduces snoring
After regularly spending time in nature, you notice the energy picked up off others does not affect you in the same way. It seems to bounce off (if only for a short period). Anytime is the perfect time to get outdoors, and if you want to get double the benefits why not try Earthing at the same time?
The Earth’s powerful healing energy is something I take for granted or forget about, especially whilst my feet are swathed in toasty socks and sturdy rubber-soled shoes. Grounding with the Earth is also known as Earthing and is a quick powerful way to harness the Earth’s power
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Earthing has gone from being a somewhat ‘woo-woo New Age trend’ to being a well-researched practice, with a number of proven beneficial health benefits. From the perspective of being an Empath, I have found Earthing has some of the following positive benefits:
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Decreases Empath fatigue
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Reduces EMF (electrical magnetic frequencies caused by televisions, computers, mobile phones, etc.). EMF disrupts bioelectrical functions, often leaving the Empath wired or energetically open.
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Helps clear unwanted energy picked up from others.
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Calms the mind. Its grounding effects helps pull us out of our heads and reduces repetitive thoughts.
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Charges us with vibrant energy and positive feelings.
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Contributes to building a more resilient energy field, which helps repel other people’s energy.
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In combination with meditation, helps balance the chakras.
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Helps calm the emotions.
The Science Bit
Studies show, the Earth’s negative charge can help stabilize internal bioelectrical functions which helps
prevent disease and also offers pain relief. We are electrical beings and our bodies produce positive charges, which are harmful in excess. The Earth’s abundant free electrons produce a negative charge which works in being counteractive.
According to scientific theory, when Earthing, we absorb an abundance of negatively charged electrons which prove to have an immediate physiological impact. The electrons have the effect of being anti-inflammatory, antioxidative and beneficial to regulating the body’s circadian rhythms.
An article published in ‘The Journal of Environmental and Public Health’ stated the many benefits of Earthing. Their research showed the following were all improved by the act of regular Earthing:
Researchers believe most health benefits are derived from Earthing’s anti-inflammatory effect. By the premise
that wherever there is illness there is also inflammation, to reduce inflammation will also reduce disease.
As long as we have a skin on earth connection, by walking, standing, sitting or lying on the ground (grass, earth or beach) it reconnects us with the Earth’s powerful energy. Easy to do in the summer, not so much in the cold and wet winter months. If you find Earthing beneficial but cannot get outdoors during the winter, a grounding pad, which harnesses the benefits of Earth’s electrons, can be used.
Earthing makes you feel alive and refreshed and is great for staying ‘grounded’, which is so desperately needed in these trying times.