Why Looking Up Isn’t Enough: Find Your Missing Connection

Plug Back into Life: Rediscover the Power of Grounding

Remember the feeling of cool grass under your bare feet, the smell of damp soil rising after rain, the faint hum of quiet in your chest as you stand still. In that moment, you are not doing anything. You are simply being. That is your body remembering something ancient.

We used to be grounded without even thinking about it. Our bare feet touched soil, rock, wood or leather, all materials that conduct energy. We lived, worked, played, and slept close to the Earth. Every step allowed a natural exchange of electricity. We released excess energy into the ground and absorbed the Earth’s stabilizing current in return.

Somewhere along the way, we lost that connection.

Part of it was spiritual. In many ancient cultures, Father Sky and Mother Earth were honored equally. The heavens brought inspiration, guidance, and light. The Earth offered nourishment, stability, and life itself. But over centuries, particularly under Christianity’s influence, our gaze shifted upward. We were told to look to Heaven for goodness and salvation, to seek the divine “above.”

Slowly, “high” became synonymous with holy, while “low” became associated with base or even evil. Mother Earth was no longer seen as a sacred source. In some narratives, she became linked with Hell. We forgot that to truly be a conduit for divine energy, we need both connections, the cosmic influx from above and the deep anchoring from below.

The other part was physical. Leather and wood soles were replaced with rubber and plastic. Our homes, offices, and schools were insulated from the ground. We walk on vinyl, carpet, or insulated concrete buried under synthetic flooring. We sit in plastic chairs. We live in boxes that keep us warm and dry, but also sever the literal electric bond with the Earth. Then we wonder why we feel scattered, lonely, and untethered.

Ironically, many of us now pay for “grounding” experiences such as yoga, sound baths, or ecstatic dance. Even hiking. Yet we do them with plastic shoes on or on plastic yoga mats in insulated studios. We try to reconnect while standing on the very materials that block the connection. We try to bond with the Earth while still keeping apart from Her.

Grounding, or earthing, is not just a poetic metaphor. The Earth carries a natural negative charge. Our bodies, bombarded by positive ions from pollution, electronics, and artificial materials, become overloaded. When we touch the ground directly, negative ions flow into us, neutralizing the excess and restoring balance.

This affects far more than just mood. Research has shown grounding can:

Restore and stabilize the body’s electrical systems

Harmonize biological rhythms

Boost the body’s self-healing abilities

Reduce inflammation, pain, swelling, and redness

Improve sleep and emotional calm

Ease anxiety and depression

Lower risk factors for osteoporosis and heart disease

And because we are not just bodies, the benefits extend to our minds, hearts, and spirits. Grounding is whole-being medicine.

The practice itself is simple. Take off your shoes. Stand barefoot on soil, sand, grass, rock, or uninsulated concrete. Avoid rubber and plastic barriers. Breathe. Notice. That is enough.

If you want to take it further, try this quick exercise anywhere, anytime. Place your feet flat on the ground. Put your hand on the crown of your head. Close your eyes if you wish. Take three slow breaths, in through the nose, out through the mouth. Imagine releasing what you no longer need down into the Earth and drawing up stability and strength in return.

You can also explore countless other ways to ground: walking barefoot in dewy grass, gardening with bare hands, swimming in natural waters, dancing outside, napping in the grass, or meditating under a tree. Even standing still and feeling the Earth beneath you can shift your energy in minutes.

When do you need grounding most? When your thoughts are racing. When you feel overstimulated or “manic.” When life feels like it is happening to you rather than you choosing your own path. When you feel emotionally scattered or physically depleted.

And maybe, when you catch yourself only looking up for answers.

To be whole, we need to remember the full circuit. We are designed to draw inspiration from the cosmos above and strength from the Earth below. Connection in one direction is not enough. The magic happens when energy flows through us freely, cleanly, and strongly, from sky to soil, from soil to sky.

So before the day is over, find a patch of earth. Take off your shoes. Stand there for at least five minutes. Feel the exchange. Remember what it’s like to be fully alive. Let yourself be held.

And if you are ready to take grounding to another level, come join me in southwest France. I host two intimate retreats a year at my home, a true “grounding machine” surrounded by open fields and endless sky. It is a place where connection to the Earth happens naturally, where you can rest deeply, breathe fully, and remember what it feels like to be plugged back into life. So, if your heart calls, come be with us in France and let the land do the rest. You can explore the details here: https://isayabelle.com/sacred-retreats

Voilà.

I believe that is all for today.

I would be so happy to hear from you.

If this spoke to your heart, I’d love for you to share it with a sister, a friend, a fellow Goddess on the path.

I send, as always, love, light and gratitude.

Isaya