Quantum
HEALTH
Issue 13 September/October 2011
darkfi eld miscroscopy, in which blood cells are imaged, shows that 40 minutes of grounding caused clumped blood cells to decouple and thin out, indicating greater physiological functioning from the improvement in viscosity and fl ow. Dr. Sinatra believes that grounding shows great promise for improving arrhythmia and blood pressure, among other heart-related health issues.
The practice is catching on. In addition to individuals using this method—and using earthing products such as specially designed conductive sheets and mats that transfer earth energy indoors, and patches and bands—athletes and others are claiming benefi t. For example, cycling teams from the US who competed in the Tour de France used the earthing sleeping bag-like conductive sheets and claimed they were able to dramatically increase recovery times from injuries.
So how does earthing work? The premise is that the earth’s natural surface electric energy provides health benefi ts to us. We are bioelectrical creatures, and just about all of the functions of our physiology, from the cell level up, are dependent on electrical stimulation or signaling. Over the course of our evolutionary history, our intimate connection to our environment balanced us and our health. However, in this modern world we are insulated from the earth, by wearing rubber-soled shoes, spending so much time indoors, and otherwise being disconnected from skin-to-skin contact with the earth. As a result, our physiology suffers. A minimum of thirty to forty minutes a day of contact with earth energy, by walking barefoot or sitting on the earth or using one of the earthing products, is said to help balance our physiology and enhance the body’s self-healing capabilities. Sleeping while conducting earth energy is considered the ideal, as during sleep our body is actively working to repair and rejuvenate itself. The earth provides negatively charged free ions, which some scientists believe counter the damage, especially chronic infl ammation, caused by positively charged free radicals made by cellular processes. Research continues into the benefi ts of earthing, and it has been endorsed by biophysicist James Oschman, one of the pioneers into energy
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medicine research. For more information, see
info@earthinginstitute.net.
*Source material included the Earthing Institute website and an article, “Ground Yourself: A Surprising Remedy for Many Ills, by Martin Zucker published in the Townsend Newsletter (May 2010, Issue 322, pp 52-55).
Earth Breathing
When we breathe in rhythm with the earth’s natural pulse, our health may improve. That is the premise behind earth breathing, a technique developed by UK energy medicine practitioner Ingrid P. Dickenson decades ago. Her research focus is on the health effects of electromagnetic fi elds, and she has presented her work at international conferences, published scholarly articles, been interviewed by various media, and is on the board of several alternative health-related organizations. Earth breathing is, according to her website, www.earthbreathing.
co.uk, “designed to boost physical, mental and spiritual health by performing a scientifi cally- based form of meditation which aims to protect the endocrine and immune system from the effects of stress and electro-magnetic pollution by activating a self-healing frequency within the brain. It also helps to delay the ageing process by stimulating the release of endorphins and the rejuvenating hormone Melatonin.”
The premise behind earth breathing is that we are healthiest when we are in sync with the natural pulse of our planet (the Schumann resonance), which beats at a frequency of 7.83 Hz. Electromagnetic pollution affects our body’s ability to stay in sync with this pulse, and as we lose the rhythm we experience decreased levels of melatonin, which is considered a major cancer suppressor and cell-rejuvenating neurohormone. Earth breathing incorporates meditation, movement, imagery and breath work to reestablish our synchronization with the earth’s pulse and enhance health.
You can learn more at Dickenson’s website and may contact her at
i.dickenson@earthbreathing.co.uk.
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