(Madisyn Taylor)
As humans, we all have anger, sometimes more than others. A healthy way of purging our anger from our bodies is to give it to Mother Earth.
We can imagine ourselves being grounded as the electrical energy passes from us into the earth below. We can see that energy go straight to the core where it becomes part of the continuous growth process of our planet and is transformed from negative to positive, from dark to light. When we choose to give our anger to the earth, we trust our connection with the natural world we live in and the great universe that fuels it all. Mother Earth will lovingly transform your anger into light so no need to feel guilty about unloading to her.
To begin, sit and breathe deeply, ask Mother Earth to accept your anger, and imagine it coming down your spine out of your tailbone, and into the earth's deep core. To finish, be sure to honour and thank the earth for her loving service.
During our grounding meditation, we may be given direction to channel this energy for its best use. We may find that the earth can help us cleanse misplaced energy to use for its rightful purpose. When we do this with gratitude, we know that we are not misusing the earth for our own selfish purposes. Instead we are connecting ourselves with the energy of our homeland, and when we do this, we nurture the earth as it nourishes us.
My Thoughts:
I have a slightly different take on how to do this.
GROUNDING:
Breathe deeply in through your nose and out through your mouth
Slowly look around
Write down …
5 pleasing things you can see
4 nice things you could touch
3 things you can hear and like
2 things you can smell (or two things you like to smell)
1 positive emotion you are feeling right now
Doing this occupies the mind on things not related to the issues at hand and allows you to take a few minutes away from current problems.