The Most Significant Health Discovery EVER… and Hardly Anyone Knows About It!

[stanmrak]

A quick search through this entire forum turned up only ONE mention of this phenomenon (and that was quickly dismissed by an all-too-eager skeptic).

The health discovery I'm talking about is called "Earthing," the practice of connecting your physical body to the Earth's electrical energy.

Now, primitive cultures have known about and used this idea for centuries; any master of martial arts, yoga, chi gong, etc. will tell you that the ideal way to practice is barefoot on earth. However, no one had ever thought to examine this phenomenon and discover the science behind it… until now. The weird thing is that it was literally a cable guy who stumbled onto it! Well, a cable industry CEO anyway, who understood the concept of grounding.

What they've discovered is that when you make direct contact with the Earth, there is a flow of free electrons from the ground into your body that floods it with healing energy — energy that wipes out any type of inflammation, anywhere in your body. The Earth's electrical energy is the most powerful and most natural antioxidant and anti-inflammatory that exists in nature.

Research into Earthing is still in its infancy, but what it's showing is that:

• People who connect with the Earth's powerful electrical forces function better and are healthier in almost every measurable way.

• When you are connected to the Earth, your body is, in fact, physiologically different.

• Truly optimal health may not even be possible without the regular use of this practice. It's like the proverbial missing link.

Why This Makes Complete Sense

The sole of the foot contains about 1,300 nerve endings per square inch. That's more than you'll find on any other part of the body of comparable size. The paws of all other mammals are equally rich in nerve endings. Why do you suppose you would want an abundance of nerve endings in the soles of your feet? It's because your feet are the vital link between you and the Earth, and the portal where the Earth's electrical energy enters your body. Every living thing, including humans, draws energy from this electrical field through its feet, paws or roots.

Think about the last time you took off your shoes and walked barefoot in soft grass or on a wet sandy beach. Can you recall how good it felt — how it made you feel more alive, refreshed and relaxed? Did you ever stop and wonder why walking barefoot in nature has this effect?

Every living thing on the planet — plants, animals, bugs, even bacteria — is naturally connected to the ground, around the clock. It's the way that life was meant to be. For the early part of their history, humans also spent most of their lives this way. Eventually, though, we began to live in dwellings with floors made of wood, and sleep in beds raised up off the ground. This meant that man spent much less time connected to the Earth. Today, with the advent of the modern shoe, with its non-conductive sole materials, that disconnect is almost complete.

This pattern coincides with the rise of inflammation-related diseases in modern world. Virtually every disease of modern living is somehow related to underlying inflammation. Cancer, heart disease, strokes, arthritis, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, etc. Researchers are now wondering just how much of this is connected to man's almost total disconnect from the Earth.

I have been Earthing about 12 hours a day for a month now, and I've got to say, this stuff is amazing… and it takes no effort! Although I'm a terrible guinea pig for this type of thing (I have no physical problems or lack of energy), I've noticed an amazing increase in my energy levels. If you read the book, Earthing by Clint Ober, you'll find amazing evidence and case histories of people healing themselves of all types of ailments with Earthing.

Professional athletes are using this now to recover quicker. Lance Armstrong's Tour de France racing team slept in grounding sacks every night between stages for the last 3 races he won.

David Wolfe is onto this as well. He calls the shoe "The Most Dangerous Invention Ever." Whatever you think of David, he hits the nail on the head with this one!

Shoes: The World's Most Dangerous Invention? - YouTube

I've got several pages of information about Earthing on my website, including instructions on how to make your own portable Earthing device for less than $10 from common electrical components:

Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?

or you can go straight to the official Earthing site at Earthing - Connect to the Earth and feel better...fast! and buy ready-made Earthing products that will last you a lifetime.

[Andrew Brunelle]

Funny you should post this today...I was just outside barefoot thinking about the same thing, about how the Earth grounds us far better than when we are wearing shoes. Of course, doing this on concrete won't do much for you, just on grass or dirt...

[stanmrak]

Actually, concrete works too, tho not as well. Because it's made of minerals and water, concrete still is somewhat conductive. Asphalt, however, is not, because it's made from petrochemicals. The same goes for the "modern" shoe.

In any event, how much time can most people spend outdoors barefoot? A grounding device attached to your body while you sleep gives you the same benefits for 8 hours or so. Many people won't believe this, but all the studies that have been done use people sleeping indoors with a grounding device attached to them and connected to a grounded electrical outlet.

[Clint Cora]

Originally Posted by stanmrak

Now, primitive cultures have known about and used this idea for centuries; any master of martial arts, yoga, chi gong, etc. will tell you that the ideal way to practice is barefoot on earth.

Not exactly. The vast majority of Chinese martial arts involves shoes including traditional forms of kung fu, wushu and even tai chi. It's really with the Japanese styles of karate and Korean tae kwon do (which was influenced by Japanese styles) where shoes are not worn.

[stanmrak]

Originally Posted by Clint Cora

Not exactly. The vast majority of Chinese martial arts involves shoes including traditional forms of kung fu, wushu and even tai chi. It's really with the Japanese styles of karate and Korean tae kwon do (which was influenced by Japanese styles) where shoes are not worn.

I guess they didn't get the memo. Isn't it still considered best to do these disciplines outdoors? if the shoes are made of leather, leather is a conductor and would not break the connection to the Earth. It's only the synthetic and rubber (non-conductive) soles that completely block the energy.

[elucidate]

I was just saying this to a friend the other day in regards to becoming energetically self-sufficient...but he didn't believe me.

Yes, we are electric, so it makes sense that when we put our bare soles on the Earth, we can benefit from the electro-magnetic impulses that are naturally rising out of her core.

People are so attached to shoes though so hardly anyone does it, but it feels so good to. I like to stop by the park on the way home and lie my whole body face down on the grass so the earth can absorb all the crap , radiation and just yuck energy from my workplace, and I always feel a hundred percent better after about 15 minutes.

I once spent about a year walking around without shoes, in the city as well. You get used to the concrete and it's actually good to toughen the soles of your feet up. People are so spoiled and afraid to hurt their delicate skin, but it strengthens your soul...which is funny because it's your soles that help do this.

It's so simple, people miss it.

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by Clint Cora

Not exactly. The vast majority of Chinese martial arts involves shoes including traditional forms of kung fu, wushu and even tai chi. It's really with the Japanese styles of karate and Korean tae kwon do (which was influenced by Japanese styles) where shoes are not worn.

Yes, but the shoes (tabi in japanese systems, which is what I practised) are extremely thin soled for the express purpose of being able to literally cling to your terrain and ground to earth, though the soles are made from rubber, so they would probably be non-conductive for electrical energy.

[Clint Cora]

Originally Posted by stanmrak

I guess they didn't get the memo. Isn't it still considered best to do these disciplines outdoors? if the shoes are made of leather, leather is a conductor and would not break the connection to the Earth. It's only the synthetic and rubber (non-conductive) soles that completely block the energy.

The Chinese styles came first before modern Japanese karate and Korean tae kwon do. And most Chinese martial artists do not work out outdoors. They train in kwoons which are the Chinese equivalent of dojos or dojangs.

If you are going to use martial arts as a reference, I respectfully suggest that you do your research. I've been training for almost 40 years and I train both indoors and outdoors but mostly indoors since Canada is seasonal. I wear shoes about 25% of the time depending on the surface I'm training in and the particular style I'm working on.

And no, I don't think if I trained 100% of the time without shoes and outdoors would have made me into a better martial artist.

[Andras]

My ex-teacher of Agni Yoga taught us to get up at dawn and go outside barefoot on grass while it is still wet (and conducts) and do breathing/stretching exercises. He also called it "grounding". I do believe it this one-hundred percent.

[ChrisGinsburg]

While I won't discount the fact that being barefoot outside could be helpful and grounding, I must say that this forum cracks me up. Everything gets played up 500%. If I was to follow the general advise of this forum I would need to get rid of anything producing an electrical field, stare at the sun for energy, walk barefoot everywhere, stop eating meat, regularly go on water fasts and by all means never listen to a medical doctor. While I do see merit in each of these things, I often wonder if anything 'alternative' or new age instantly gains acceptance here without question.

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by ChrisGinsburg

While I won't discount the fact that being barefoot outside could be helpful and grounding, I must say that this forum cracks me up. Everything gets played up 500%. If I was to follow the general advise of this forum I would need to get rid of anything producing an electrical field, stare at the sun for energy, walk barefoot everywhere, stop eating meat, regularly go on water fasts and by all means never listen to a medical doctor. While I do see merit in each of these things, I often wonder if anything 'alternative' or new age instantly gains acceptance here without question.

I only accept this as true because I've experienced it for years.

But yes, I'm sure loads of people just take it at face value and believe everything they read...but that's anywhere really.

I don't think staring at the sun is a good idea at all, but walking barefoot is a great experience that fills me with energy when I'm on the earth, so I can testify to it working.

I think there are enough people here that try things out for themselves to see what they think though.

[ChrisGinsburg]

Originally Posted by elucidate

I only accept this as true because I've experienced it for years.

But yes, I'm sure loads of people just take it at face value and believe everything they read...but that's anywhere really.

I don't think staring at the sun is a good idea at all, but walking barefoot is a great experience that fills me with energy when I'm on the earth, so I can testify to it working.

I think there are enough people here that try things out for themselves to see what they think though.

Hey, more power to you. I just had to laugh about the way it was so pumped up as the single best thing ever.

[stanmrak]

The real discovery here is what happens when you ground yourself for 8 or more hours every day. Humans apparently are designed to be grounded 24/7, so an hour here and there really is a minimal amount. With earthing devices, grounding yourself for most of the day is easy to do.

[stanmrak]

Originally Posted by ChrisGinsburg

Hey, more power to you. I just had to laugh about the way it was so pumped up as the single best thing ever.

It did get you to click on the link... : )

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by ChrisGinsburg

Hey, more power to you. I just had to laugh about the way it was so pumped up as the single best thing ever.

Well, it's certainly nothing new, as stanmrak is presenting it as, though I've never seen devices for it. Loads of people know about this. Ask any yogi, meditation teacher, practising wiccan, of which there are many these days. Primitive cultures did this as a way of life, which is why they were so tuned into the land.

This is not new information. It's just the first time it's been presented here.

Everything that comes out on the market is pumped up as being the single BEST thing EVER. Many of those things are later discovered to cause cancer...

[ChrisGinsburg]

Originally Posted by elucidate

Everything that comes out on the market is pumped up as being the single BEST thing EVER. Many of those things are later discovered to cause cancer...

Haha. Yea, keep it basic. There is no improving upon nature. I was talking to a guy today who wanted me to get involved with him in selling a product called 'asea' that supposedly reverses chronic diseases, stops and even reverses the aging process. I later found out the only two ingredients are water and salt. He swears they do all sorts of special stuff to it that work on a molecular level. $45 a bottle, go figure.

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by ChrisGinsburg

Haha. Yea, keep it basic. There is no improving upon nature. I was talking to a guy today who wanted me to get involved with him in selling a product called 'asea' that supposedly reverses chronic diseases, stops and even reverses the aging process. I later found out the only two ingredients are water and salt. He swears they do all sorts of special stuff to it that work on a molecular level. $45 a bottle, go figure.

Well, they do tell older people that swimming in cold ocean water at dawn is wonderful for healing athritis symptoms.

There's another one out there at the moment called Black Mica , a naturally derived mineral from Mount Fuji, which is purported to dissolve all impurities from our water supplies. It already is present in the earth oceans and helps to dissolve anything that isn't meant to be there...which adds a certain fuzzy feeling to the whole oil spillage disasters aftermath.

Mercury, lead, chlorine, radiation, fluoride, everything...it all just dissolves and actually heals the body and sucks all the mercury out of us when we drink it. $79-$150 a bottle. Apparently people used it after chernobyl and escaped all the problems other poorer people couldn't.

What I want to know is why aren't they pouring all this stuff into the ocean at Fukushima if it works so well?

[ChrisGinsburg]

Originally Posted by elucidate

Well, they do tell older people that swimming in cold ocean water at dawn is wonderful for healing athritis symptoms.

There's another one out there at the moment called Black Mica , a naturally derived mineral from Mount Fuji, which is purported to dissolve all impurities from our water supplies. It already is present in the earth oceans and helps to dissolve anything that isn't meant to be there...which adds a certain fuzzy feeling to the whole oil spillage disasters aftermath.

Mercury, lead, chlorine, radiation, fluoride, everything...it all just dissolves and actually heals the body and sucks all the mercury out of us when we drink it. $79-$150 a bottle. Apparently people used it after chernobyl and escaped all the problems other poorer people couldn't.

What I want to know is why aren't they pouring all this stuff into the ocean at Fukushima if it works so well?

Mycelium is also known to filter out any and all impurities in the land. In some spots on the earth there are mycelium connections miles wide. They also found out that the mycelium communicates within itself like a giant version of nerve cells in our body. Lots of interesting stuff out there and even more people trying to make tons of $$$ off it by relabeling it and giving a good sales pitch.

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by ChrisGinsburg

Mycelium is also known to filter out any and all impurities in the land. In some spots on the earth there are mycelium connections miles wide. They also found out that the mycelium communicates within itself like a giant version of nerve cells in our body. Lots of interesting stuff out there and even more people trying to make tons of $$$ off it by relabeling it and giving a good sales pitch.

I'll have to check that one out. I love reading about all these intelligent things that often do reflect something akin to what goes on in the human body. It's fascinating stuff. Just wish people wouldn't get so greedy, but hey, what can you do?

Have you noticed that it's often 'hippies' cashing in on all these things?

[sk8joyful]

Originally Posted by stanmrak

The real discovery here
is what happens when you ground yourself for 8 or more hours every day.
Humans apparently are designed to be grounded 24/7.. With earthing devices, grounding yourself for most of the day is easy to do.

Grounding-discovery?

I am regrowing my heart and Left-leg, via
N-52 Neodymium (rare earth) magnets, 6-8 attached to my skin 24/7.
why? -
(Because the earth's magnetic Field has steadily been weakening ...)
And these strongest magnets, restore our own Magnetic field,
such that our atoms move faster, for faster healing. Time is of the essence: I have a DATE with the ice as a skater

[stanmrak]

Originally Posted by elucidate

Well, it's certainly nothing new, as stanmrak is presenting it as, though I've never seen devices for it. Loads of people know about this. Ask any yogi, meditation teacher, practising wiccan, of which there are many these days. Primitive cultures did this as a way of life, which is why they were so tuned into the land.

This is not new information. It's just the first time it's been presented here.

Everything that comes out on the market is pumped up as being the single BEST thing EVER. Many of those things are later discovered to cause cancer...

I didn't claim this phenomenon was new; however, no one has ever done scientific studies on the benefits of deliberately grounding yourself for 8 or 16 hours a day. THAT is new. And if that would cause cancer, so would standing barefoot on the earth all day, every day. That doesn't seem likely.

John Gray (Men are from Mars...Women are from Venus) shares his experience studying with yogis in India who live in caves and sleep on the ground. They gave him an earthing device because he wasn't willing to do this as part of his training. The device was the same kind that was used by royalty thousands of years ago when they wanted to study Yogic techniques but weren't willing to sleep on the ground. The Earthing devices sold today are no different.

[stanmrak]

Originally Posted by Clint Cora

And no, I don't think if I trained 100% of the time without shoes and outdoors would have made me into a better martial artist.

Well, an hour or two a day won't make that much of a difference.

However, although I know nothing about martial arts, I'll go out on a limb and guess that if you were 15% stronger than you are now, you'd be a "better" martial artist.

The Earthing book has some amazing testimonials. One guy, 53 years old, is an exercise physiologist and football coach. He's been a powerlifter since the age of 12 and holds many weight-lifting records for his weight class. After 6 months of sleeping on a grounded sheet, his personal best in the squat went from 505 lbs. to 585 lbs. He found this remarkable enough for a man his age that he went to an endocrinologist to see if his testosterone levels had gone haywire. They were normal. He went on to win the world powerlifting championships the next year. His improvements happened across the board, in all events.

What was his explanation? "I didn't change workout patterns. I didn't change my diet. I didn't lay off and then come back. The only thing I can attribute to this unusual improvement is grounding."

Again, these benefits come from 8 hours of grounding a day and more, not a few minutes of walking barefoot. All the double-blind studies they're doing use subjects who use grounding equipment while sleeping.

Anyone can try this out at little or no expense, and zero effort. I have instructions for manufacturing your own grounding device out of common electrical parts on my website at: Earthing Products Let You Ground Yourself Almost Anywhere

[stanmrak]

Originally Posted by ChrisGinsburg

Haha. Yea, keep it basic. There is no improving upon nature.

Earthing is as natural as you can get. If you prefer to stand outside for 12 hours a day barefoot, go for it. If not, try an earthing device. There is no difference except your comfort level and convenience.

[EvolveWithFlavor]

Sounds pretty awesome, I certainly believe it

[ChrisGinsburg]

Originally Posted by stanmrak

Earthing is as natural as you can get. If you prefer to stand outside for 12 hours a day barefoot, go for it. If not, try an earthing device. There is no difference except your comfort level and convenience.

I will say now that you mention it that I did have an interesting experience not too long ago. Me and the fiance went camping up in the mountains and slept in a tent with very little padding. I only got like 3-4 hours of sleep due to a bunch of drunk people that stormed into the campground mid evening. Even still, I got up and felt significantly more energized than when I sleep that long at home. Of course there's the fresh air and all the other variables but it was interesting.

[Bonadea]

For the past month I've been relandscaping my whole yard. I get my daughter on the bus, work for a couple of hours, head in during the hot time, work outside some more, pick her up and work until the bug eat me alive, all while wearing crocs. Anytime I sit, I take them off and put my feet on the ground to ground myself.

Truthfully, I haven't noticed a difference.

Not to put it down, if it works for anyone else, great, but thought I'd share my experience with it.

I've been doing it in part to try and ground myself (been getting over a couple hard life blows).

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by Bonadea

For the past month I've been relandscaping my whole yard. I get my daughter on the bus, work for a couple of hours, head in during the hot time, work outside some more, pick her up and work until the bug eat me alive, all while wearing crocs. Anytime I sit, I take them off and put my feet on the ground to ground myself.

Truthfully, I haven't noticed a difference.

Not to put it down, if it works for anyone else, great, but thought I'd share my experience with it.

I've been doing it in part to try and ground myself (been getting over a couple hard life blows).

Do you put your attention on your feet when you are doing this, or are you mainly in your head the whole time? it helps if you are focusing all your attention on your feet when you go barefoot and really feel into the ground.

[stanmrak]

Originally Posted by ChrisGinsburg

I will say now that you mention it that I did have an interesting experience not too long ago. Me and the fiance went camping up in the mountains and slept in a tent with very little padding. I only got like 3-4 hours of sleep due to a bunch of drunk people that stormed into the campground mid evening. Even still, I got up and felt significantly more energized than when I sleep that long at home. Of course there's the fresh air and all the other variables but it was interesting.

If you were in a nylon tent, you were not grounded, even if you didn't use any padding at all. A leather tent would work, however. Ha Ha. Your skin must touch the Earth, or be connected to it with a grounding device.

The last time I went camping, I attached a wire from my foot to one of the metal tent stakes to ground myself.

[stanmrak]

Originally Posted by elucidate

Do you put your attention on your feet when you are doing this, or are you mainly in your head the whole time? it helps if you are focusing all your attention on your feet when you go barefoot and really feel into the ground.

If you are properly grounded, there's nothing else to do. Focusing doesn't change anything. This has been demonstrated with test subjects in double-blind tests where they are connected to electronic monitoring devices. When you're grounded, electrical readings in your body are unmistakably different, all for the better. When researchers disconnect the grounding device, the body's readings change instantly, indicating that the body doesn't "like" being disconnected.

[stanmrak]

Originally Posted by Bonadea

For the past month I've been relandscaping my whole yard. I get my daughter on the bus, work for a couple of hours, head in during the hot time, work outside some more, pick her up and work until the bug eat me alive, all while wearing crocs. Anytime I sit, I take them off and put my feet on the ground to ground myself.

Truthfully, I haven't noticed a difference.

Not to put it down, if it works for anyone else, great, but thought I'd share my experience with it.

I've been doing it in part to try and ground myself (been getting over a couple hard life blows).

Try sleeping with a grounding device for a month before passing judgment. What you describe could not be considered a good indicator of its effectiveness. If you were experiencing chronic pain, you might feel something right away. Professional athletes are now using earthing for this very reason.